POLICE COURT.—This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1391, 27 July 1874, Page 2

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Dr. Home and — Owen, Esq., Justices.) DRUNKEN-NESS. David Golding, AlexanderGreec, Frederick Layman, William Pinnester, and Charles Pill were each convicted of this offence and mulcted in the usual penalty. Mary Burke, whose dissipated appearance betokened the lowest stage to which a woman can sink through habitual drunkenness, was charged and convicted of being drunk on Saturday night. For this, as an old offender, sh« wag sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. She was then charged as a rogue and a vagabond, in having been convicted of drunkenness three times within the past three months. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and on the second charge was sentenced to imprisonment for a period, of six months. HOW FIRES ARE CAUSED.

Patrick Nolan was charged with a breach of the Vagrant Act by being found at halfpaHt two on the morning of the 26th instant on the premises of Patrick Darby.

The prisoner pleaded guilty to being found on the premises, but denied being there for an unlawful purpose.

Constable Fuller deposed to taking the prisoner into custody at the time named. He was in a room in Mr Darby's new building, and had a fire lighted in a little tin can on the wooden floor.

Mr Inspector Broham said that the prisoner had only lately come out of the Asylum. The Bench sentenced the prisoner to three months'imprisonment with hard labour, and recommended that he should be looked after carefully while he was in prison.

A VAGRANT,

Edward Little was charged with a breach of the Vagrant Act by having no lawful means of support.

Prisoner said he waa very sorry. If let go he would try and get work.

Mr Inspector Broham said he had no objection to withdrawing the oharge on that condition.

Their Worships dismissed the charge after giving the prisoner a caution.

THE TOMAHAWK.

James Farrrel was oharged with unlawfully assaulting Geo. Jocelyn on the 26th inst., on board ime brig Syren, with a tomahawk, with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm.

'Ihe prisoner himself appeared as if he had beeii assaulted, for his face bore visible marks of i>l-usage. Mr Broham said that Mr Laishley, who had takea up the prisoner's case would be glad of a remand until Wednesday to gather the facts of the case. He thought it was reasonable that such a remand should be granted.

j.-,T^ eQcll granted a remand of the case till Wednesday.

THE GREY-STREET OUTRAGE. Alexander Harrower Finlay, a respectable looking man about 45 years of age with a long beard and pale expressive features, was brought up and charged that on the 25 th msJ'- he did feloniously present, aim, point, fa jVel S deadly weapon, to wit a revolver, loaded with gunpowder and divers bullets H fTO?*™* 8011 ' at Auckland ; aad also wftt lie did feloniously duoharge the same at

the raid Fum T:r('m< vii) jji tf" murder him. Cr 1 elrp ■) ' r yl-,,^ to say to the charge prisoner ang Veife » " Nothing, your Worships." '™.' Mr Inspector Broham quoted £. c v bold's Practice to prove that the question of the prisoner's state of mind would notcoJl before that Court. Some friends of th prisoner wished to have the case remanded till Wednesday. Their Worships agreed that rhe reaumi ought to be granted, and tbe hearing of flu case was accordingly deferred till "^dnegdav * A HABD CASK v !' James Cook was summoned fo™ jlo^jjj,. his chimney in Wyndham street tf;atchfi4 on the 18th July. > $A Prisoner said he had only just " W q, 3 premises, and the fire that set-' , hr ~ in a blaze was the first that h v *lT%i ;^)k after his taking possession^ V4s£~*&?<*^ Mr Broham called attention tv fleriong consequences which were liable to ensue from persons not being cautious as to the cleanli. ness of their chimnies. The Bench said that although it did not appear to be altogether defendant's fault they must mark their sense of there necessity of of greater caution against fires by inflicting a fine of 5s and costs. Defendant said it was very hard he should have to pay for other people's negligence, and paid the fine. MBS SARAH BELL. It will be recollected that a charge wag brought last week against William Bell for neglecting to support his wife Mrs Sarah Bell and his children. Mrs Bell now attended, and stated that since the remand her husband had provided for the children. Under the circumstanceg she wished to withdraw the charge. Their Worships upon this dismissed the charge. This was all the business.