POLICE COURT.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5762, 17 September 1879, Page 3

POLICE COURT.

Tuesday, September 16. (Before the Hon. John Martin and Walter Johnston, Esq., J.P.’s.) DRUNKENNESS. George Pound was fined 10s., or in default of payment, ordered to be imprisoned for fortyeight hours. Margaret Knight, for a similar offence, and for using obscene language in the public streets, was fined 205., or seven days’ imprisonment. ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES. Edward Tolly was brought up on a charge of obtaining from Wm. Robert Overton certain goods, to the value of £B, by means of a valueless cheque. Prisoner was defended by Mr. Buckley. Prosecutor deposed he was landlord of the Foresters’ Arms Hotel, where prisoner had been boarding from the 31st of March. At that data he owed £7 15s. for his board and lodging. In payment of that amount prisoner gave him a cheque for £B, receiving 5». ehange. The cheque was one of his (witness’) own. He told witness that the cheque would be met, as he had certain moneys to receive out of a bankrupt estate. The cheque oh being presented was returned with the words, “ Refer to drawer,” marked on it. Witness said be would not have given the 5«. change if he had thought the cheque would be dishonored. On receiving that as change prisoner took his carpet bag and went away to W-nganui. Did not see him again until this prosecution. Mr. Buckley, in defence, contended that there was no false pretence upon the strength

of which the goods, viz., the board and lodging’ bad been obtained. The case was one of simple debt, and must be treated in that wav. There was a second charge against the prisoner. The Bench considered the case was one for a civil, and not a criminal Court; and the prisoner was accordingly discharged. THE CITT BY-LAWS. Andrew Eusrnissen was fined 55., and costs, for having his chimney on fire. Z'ichariah Nirarno, James Mullens, and W. Rascoe were each fined ss. for allowing their horses to stray at large in the public streets. sui’rnEssioN or a nuisance. Mr. W. U. Pasooe, the well known brewer, was .summoned for allowing his promises in Tory-sfcreet to be a public nuisance. The Inspector of Nuisance* (Mr. Johnson) proved that the nuisance was one of a very serious character. Unless something was done to abate it, it would be a vast fever bed in the summer time. Already the people were leaving the neighborhood in dread of an epidemic. John Mackenzie deposed that he lived near the nuisance, which consisted of dead fowls, rabbit skins, and animal and vegetable refuse generally. In some places it was as much as sft. deep.

Defendant denied that the nuisance was eo bad as complained of. The stuff was put there by McKirdy’s men, who received a caution as to what they put there. The alleged nuisance was of a very “ mixed” character. The Bench pointed out to defendant that he was liable to a fine of £5 for what was known as a “ continuing” nuisance. He would now be fined 405., and they would recommend him to at once have the nuisance covered over with clay.