CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 4286, 21 November 1876, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Tuesday, November 21. (Before T. Birch, Esq., and A. Mercer, Esq., J.P.'s.) Drunkenness. —Robert Johnston, who failed to put in an appearance, had the amount of his bail (40s) forfeited. As. ault.—Harry Johnston was charged on remand with assaulting Joseph Edwards, at Kensington.—lnspector Mallard: Prisoner was remanded from last Saturday for ; a week, on the understanding that he would be brought up to-day, so as to give him an opportunity of getting bail if the man Edwards, now in the Hospital, was better. The man who it is alleged iie assaulted is better now, sa that there is no objection to his being admitted to bail if your Worships wish it. I may say the assault was a very brutal one.—The Bench were willing to admit the accused to bail op his own recognisance of L2O, and one surety for a like amount.

Vagrancy.—John Samuels was charged on remand with having no lawful means of suppcrt.—Mr Birch : This case was before us yesterday, and we have taken time to consider the whole matter. The case has been gone into very carefully on both sides —for the prosecution and the defence. The character of the prisoner is now well known to the world, and had it not been for the testimony of several tradesmen, who came before us to testify that he had had dealings with them, we should have felt bound, under the circumstances, to have given him the full benefit of the Act—three months' imprisonment with hard labor. As it is, we will give him the benefit to a certain extent to redeem his character, and have, after due consideration, come to the opinion that the information must be dismissed. In discharging the prisoner the Bench were of opinion that he had better mend his ways and avoid evil company. The police knew the prisoner's character, the whole world knew it, and the Bench recommended him to lead a new life, for, being a young man, he had every opportunity.

111-treating a Horse.—Joseph Pring, a cabman, who had unmercifully applied the whip to his horse, was fined 20s and costs. —Dr Niven stated that there was another cabman whom he had frequently noticed beating his horse. If he again saw similar brutality, he would lay an information himself.