POLICE COURT.—Yesterday.

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POLICE COURT.— Yesterday.

Before W. Fraser, Esq., R.M. Drunkenness. —Anne Swift was charged with being drunk and disorderly the previous day in Pollen-st. She was further charged with having no lawful visible means of support. The lady pleaded guilty, but said if His Worship would let er ofE this time, she would take her departnre at once for Auckland, where she could get work.—The R.M. said there was a record before him which shewed that she had been many times previously convicted.—'Mr Bullen said the woman was incorrigible, and it would be very little use to let her go. She had, he believed, been sent away from Canterbury at the Government expense, so as to get her out of the way, and after being in Auckland some time, came down here.—Sergeant Brennan and Detective Murphy both gave the woman a bad character, saying they never knew her to do any lawful work, and that she usually lived in brothels and associated with all sorts of bad characters.—The R.M. said for the first offence she must pay 2Cs, or go to gaol for 48 hours, and for the second she must be imprisoned and kept to hard labor for three months. Vagrant Cattle.— John Allen was charged with allowing two cows to wander at large in Clarence-street, on the 13th instant. The defendant’s wife appeared for her husband, and said that he was in the bush.—The R.M: said he must inflict a penalty. Defendant was fined ss. William File was charged with killing a pig within the limits of the township of Grahamstown.—Mr. Bullen stated that this was the first case under the Slaughter House Act, the provisions of which were made to extejid to Grahamstown, by proclamation appearing in the Gazette on the 9th June, 1870, at his request, in consequence of this pig-killing having been become an intolerable nuisance. The Act was therefore extended to the boundaries of Grahamstown proper. The R.M. observed that as the law now stood, pigkilling was lawful in Shortland but Grahamstown. He did not think it was generally known that the Act

had been extended to Grahamstown, and under the circumstances he would fine defendant in the nominal penalty of one shilling and costs.—The defendant, who said he had been unaware that ho was breaking the law, paid the money, and left the Court. Unclean Premises. —A young man named George Southcott was charged with neglecting to keep clean his premises, in Pollen street, to which charge he pleaded guilty and was fined 10s and costs. The alleged nuisance, which arose out of the removal of an old closet, had it was stated, been removed. Transfer of License. —Emma Stark applied to have her license for the Tararu Hotel transferred to Jacob Young. The application was granted.