CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 4273, 6 November 1876, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Monday, November 6. (Before Captain Baldwin, Esq., R.M., and Dr Niveri, Esq., J.P.)

Drunkenness. Thomas Watson was fined ss, in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment ; James Murphy, 10sj or fortyeight hours; Henry Ayers and William Doughty were each fined 20s; Alfred Darling, 20s, or forty-eight hours. Theft.—lsabella Daly was charged with stealing one shirt and one pair of trousers, the property of James Soult.—Prisoner, who appeared with a child in her arms, had been living with prosecutor, and the clothes, prosecutor stated, had been stolen by her and pawned with Mr Hart, from whom they were obtained by the police. Prisoner stated that prosecutor gave her the articles to pawn for him.—The Bench wished to consider the circumstances, and deferred a decision till I to-morrow morning. Fighting. Jacob Lewis Rotsky and Joseph M'Nary were charged with conducting themselves in a manner calculated to provoke a breach of the peace in George street, at three o'clock: on Sunday morning. The men had been having words together, when Jacob struck Joseph with a stick, breaking it over his head. Joseph then "rolled into " Jacob, and they were having a stand up fight when Constable Green "opportunely put in an appearance and arrested them.—M'Nary was fined 10s, in default, twenty-fours' imprisonment; Rotsky, 20s, or forty-eight hours' imprisonment.-r-John Smith was charged with conducting Himself in a right-of-way off Walker street in a manner calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. Sergeant Anderson proved that prisoner was the occupier of a house frequented by prostitutes and' other bad characters. Yesterday the house was the scene of a drunken bout.—The Bench stated their intention of making an example of the accused, and fined him L 5, or one month's imprisonment. Illegally on the Premises. John Ptuart was charged with entering the shop of Hyam Metz, tobacconist, Princes street, yesterday afternoon, with a view to commit a felony.—lnspector Mallard pointed out that the policb charged accused with a misdemeanor. He would offer what evidence be had and tuen ask for a remand to ascertain who tbe accused was.—Prisoner said that he went on to "the premises thinking it was a public-house.—Hyam Metz stated that while in his shop he heard a noise in the back part of the premises. On going to ascertain what it was he found that the accused had gained access to a back room, through a trap-door, by means of. a ladder. When he asked him what he wanted he said nothing, and ran away. Witness gave information to the police, and Detective Henderson arrested the accused twenty minutes later. Had : the accused succeeded in secreting himself in the upper part of the buildiug he would easily have been able to get away after witness locked up the place, as was locked from the inside. This trap-door was always open while witness was on the premises. The Bench granted a remand for a week, but would;admit accused to bail.—Inspector Mallard pointed out '