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CEEISIOHUEOH. Monday, September 5. fßeforo J. Ollivier and E. Westenra, Esqs,, J.P.’s.] Drunkenness. —Wm. Mann, the old man who had been up on Saturday, and who was then stated to bo a new arrival by the Lutterworth, again made his appearance, charged with bsing found drunk. The police said they found his money had diminished £1 in the few hours he had been at liberty. Ho was fined 10s. —A woman, for a first offence, was cautioned and dismissed. —Two men, for first offences, were fined each ss. Fowl Stealing. George Hyde, John Hancock, and Martin Hancock, boys aged from ten to fourteen years, wore charged with stealing fowls, valued £1 Is in all, from three different persons. The fowls were stolen from roosts and taken to Preeoe’s saloyards, where, some of them being recognised by their owners, the thefts were discovered. — They pleaded guilty.—The police otated that the boy Hyde had been frequently convicted and punished for larceny.—He was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment. The others were cautioned and discharged. Vagrancy. —Anna Utting, who on the 3rd instant had insisted on being arrested, pleaded guilty to vagrancy. —Mrs Willis, matron of the Armagh street depot, stated that the prisoner had been in that institution three times and as often expelled for insubordination and idleness.—The prisoner said she was subject to constantly recurring epileptic fits and was quite unable to work'—She was remanded till Thursday next.—Peter Brown, Frank Smith, Isabella Leckie, and Mary Brown alias Edwards, were charged with having no lawful visible means of support. —Howard Fitzgerald deposed that on Saturday night, being drunk, he was induced by the prisoner Smith to go to the house kept by the prisoners, where he was robbed of his watch, coat, vest, and hat. Ho went to the house with a detective the day following, and recovered his clothes but not his watch. He was too drunk to recollect who were in the house when he went there with Smith. Detective Neill stated that the prisoners were thieves and prostitutes who lived in the house in Salisbury Grove, to which Fitzgerald had been taken. He further deposed to finding the clothes as stated by the previous witness. Sergeant Hughes gave all the prisoners very bad characters. They were all old gaol birds, &o. Smith, who had never been up before, was sent to gaol for one month. The others received three months’ each. Using Obscene Language. Thomas Gillon, alias Gallan, alias Dillion, alias Maurice, for creating a disturbance in the streets on Sunday morning, was fined 20s, or seven days’ imprisonment. Illegally on Premises. —Alex. Campbell, an old offender, was sent to prison seven days with hard labour for being found on the premises of J. Brightling on Saturday night last. Protection Orders. —Mrs Howarth obtained an order protecting her earnings against her husband, William Howarth. She was ordered to have the guardianship of their two children. —A similar order was made with regard to the earnings of Mary Ann Hogget, as against her husband, Robert Hogget, the wife to keep charge of two children. Miscellaneous. —William Woodworth, brought up for trundling a wheelbarrow on the footpath in Lower High_ street, was cautioned and the case dismissed. —O. H. Lewis was fined 10s, Geo. Steel 20a, and W. Smith 20s for allowing horses to wander at large.—David Grow and Alfred Ford were each fined 5s on account of wandering cattle. —John Moore, a cabman, for attempting to prevent another from getting a fare, was fined 10s, and 5s expenses of one witness. —A case againsl Anthony Hill for being away fron his horse and cart when it bolted, was dismissed.—Thomas Brown, for tethering a con r so as to allow it to stray across a footpath ■ was fined 20s.—Henry Donovan was fined 10s 1 and George White 20«, for keeping unregis , terod dogs.—James Anderson was fined 20i for allowing a bull to wander at large.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2315, 5 September 1881, Page 3
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654MAGISTERIAL. Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2315, 5 September 1881, Page 3
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