POLICE COURT.—This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1373, 4 July 1874, Page 2

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq , E.M.) I_?.___BBlAT£-_.

William CVow was &ned 20_t and ecab, James King 10% a-^d George Harvey Iftj far being drunk last night. gnSAUYe A IJ___>T*S SHAWL. Richard Taylor, a man without shoes; was charged with stealing a shawl, the property of Miss Blake. . Mr Broham asked lor a remand a co__» __e_nt£Ooe of pressure of business. Remanded until Wednesday. l__jgO_____B___.__?l SEAICES1.

Thomas Callow was1 charged with d». obedience of lawful commands en board the Loch Awe on the 3rd instant. Prisoner said he was guilty. He had a pain in his back, and he merely went cs shore to take a walk up Queen-stre&t, think-, ing it might do him good. He then weal back to the ship. The captain was then coded, but did ail aotjear. Mr Broham informed the Court that t__e captain could not be found. His Worship said that the captain deserved a severe censure. He had charged the man with disobedience, and he was more disobedient than his men. What could be expect from men when he was more disobedient than they. Prisoner, you are discharged. John Pinkey, a seaman bekmging to the brig Minova, was charged with the same offence. Mr Joy appeared for the prosecntkaj, and Mr Alexander for prisoner. This case was also remanded till Monday. I_A_BC'_-_ST. Phillip Vidiviek, a seaman on hoard the Minova was again brought up on a charge of , stealing a galvanic battery from the premise* of Mr C B. Edwards, of the Waitemata Hotel, j on the 2nd inst. Mr Joy appeared for the prisoner. Mr Broham asked that this case might also be again remanded in order that other business of a more important nature might be proceeded with. The prosecutor was not present. Mr Joy urged that the case might go, on as | his client would have to be k^pt in prison j until the hearing of the CMse , id he under- ( stood that Mr Edwards did S»t intend to appear against the prisoner. H_3 Worship said that prisoner might be admitted to bail, which was immediately | forthcoming in two sureties of £50 each.

The case was remanded until Monday. One of the sureties was a seaman, who lodged the money in Court.

H__3 Worship remarked that seamen -were not generally sufficiently prudent to save £50.

This was all the business.