CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 4263, 25 October 1876, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Wednesday, October 25. (Before A. Mollison, Esq., and J. Hislop, Esq., J.PV) Drunkenness.—William Patterson and Edward Huttota Were each fined ss; Ann Johnston, whose, case was an aggravated one, was fined 20s, in default three days' imprisonment. Profane Language.—Ellen Hester, for making use of obscene language in a brothel, was ordered to pay a, .penalty ; ef 40s, in default, fourteen days' imprisonment. A Worthless Fellow.—Frederick Jonea, a character well-known to the police, was charged with being a rogue and vagabond. When arrested he was in such a dirty condition that he had to be separated from the other prisoners.—Detective Henderson adduced evidence concerning his character, and proved previous'convictions against him. —lnspector Mallard said prisoner loafed about the streets at early hours of the morning, and was a most idle, worthless fellow. There were a number of his class in town, in fact the place was getting full of them. Next day he would ask their Worships to commit one or two more of them to gaol.— Prisoner was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labor. ' - A- Precious Child. —Mary Dobig, aged ten-years, was charged by Emily Gardner with stealing a dress valued at ss.—lnspector Mallard remarked that he had never come across a child so possessed of criminal cunning as this one was. After stealing a dress from prosecutrix, she went to another woman and asked' her to give her a written note to a pawnbroker asking him to pawn it, adding that the reason her mother did not give her one was because she could not write. The child had been in the Industrial School on two former occasions, and licensed out to her father.—The Bench re-committed her to the Reformatory for a term of five years, Mr Hislop adding that, so long'as he was officially inspector of the School, the child should not be again licensed out. Assaulting the Police.—JohnM 'Mullen, a new arrival by the Timaru, pleaded guilty to being drunk and assaulting <'onetable Wallace.—The first charge was dismissed, and for the second offence he was fined 10s, or, in default, three days' imprisonment.