POLICE COURT.-This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1488, 17 November 1874, Page 2

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before Joseph May, and Gustave V I Heyde, Esqa , Justices of the P P °* ■ TOO S'fKONG. °c') I Augustus Thompson, and' J atnea * p were charged with drunkenneia an^ I jected to the usual penalty. ' aH. B VALITELE.SS CHEQUES I; Fredeiick B. Du*al, a military «, I brought; tip on three « pirate ct,1 *" ■ obta ning monrj on valueless ehf Ou «f ■ the sum of £3 on the 6 h inttint f r «l W B H I Ora-n, of the Prince Arthur Hold *** I srrent. 2nd, £3 from A( l 3ffi C^,7«- I Mail Victoria-street, atKl 3rd. the., °-r^ I from Ed «ard Perkins of the Occikn!! I on the sth instant. I Mr William Leary appeared 'for I and pleaded not guilty to all three?!1 I charges. / « ■ Mr inspector Broham said that asL ■ were other charges agiiast the piisoner I vvould ask for a reniaud until Tuesday I Mr Leary a 3 ked that prisoner vLhi I ajmitied to bail ; and as Mr Brohamlf Z l no objection, pris >ncr was allowed bail hi ■ self in £100, and two sureties of £50 each 1 A EACHKLOIi AND HIS MOSEY. ' I Jano Gledhili, a decent looking pere I remanded from yesterday, was again brLht I up on a charge of ateaJii.g £llin mrney V I property of Thomas Skelion oa the W I in-t. I Prisoner pleaded not guilty. I Thomas Skelion, the prosecntw, w v spoke in so low a tone that itwas'aW impossible to hear him, was understood fa say that he was a single man lodger in, bonse in Queen-strpet occupied by prisons and that on the 7'h .November he left i% 10s in bis box, secured in a Hut left his b»x unloched. On the 145h, upon ins; ecting the sock, t e found that it had lessened considexablvin v;:lue ; he misiC i £11 and at once apprfifj Mrs Gledhill and her husband of lie deficiency. He gave the number of ihtht I ound vote (09457) to the police. Prosecator .*aid he was a boarder intbe house, and occtpied one room Prisoner expressed her snrprise up >n 1' arning that her lodger was a rich, and did not think there was so muck money in thfl house. Richard Hemming, grocer, of Wellington«treet, deposed that oa the 12th November p ismier came to his store and paid the balanc of h*r bill, and him an order fot g,ois to the amount of £5. and a littt over. She gave him a£s nte, -k as he took another on that daj he could nr-t sw^ar as t) which prisoner gare to him. The Nos of the notes wereO94's7o J and 012,73'). Pris-oner said that some jars asjo she had lent, m mey to a friend, fbuhai just; returned ic. Both were jSexhkd Bank notes. Detective Jeffrey arrested prisoner ott&e presint charge yesterday m-rning. She acknowledged that she t.iok the money Tlie prisoner, who' nppeared in a fatDtiog condition, was then ful.jr committed for trial, and was led away from the deck. BURGLARY William Perry w-is charged with breaking and entering the duelling house oE William Richard?, and srealirg the.efiom a silver watch, ani sundry articles of jewellery, value £1L 5s ; also 30a in money, on the 131 inst

Prisoner pleaded not guilty. William Richards deposed that he mil resident of Dake-street, and knew tbff • prisoner, who lived in the atoning cotti? On the 12th inst., he left bis hooseat & o'clock ; he returned about one o'clock, » his cottage was safe then ; but on freturaii!' again at rive o'clock to tea, he fnurd th»U burglar had been there, and taken hisi "Jitta all." He locked his door and mileo te windows down previous to going out H* only missed 30* in cash that day, which he hid secreted in an oldsn chest of drawers in the sitting-room. Subsequently be missed his silver lever watch, g.id chain, and two gold rings. He identified the articles pro-, duced as his property He also missed »«» of gold, and a set of common .'tads; »l«)» pair of x a'uable pins ; also a qoantity of gom dust, vaiue ss, which he had "in his possession for years. • i Mr Mori is Marks, pawnbroker, aeposw that on the 13ch of the present mwj prisoner came into his shop and pawn tlvee rings and a set of stnds. objected to one ring as it was »«»,£»* j to prisoner's surprise. He lent him M shillings on them. He stated that hewa blacksmith in the employ of Messrs. Cousp | and Atkin. , _ T _„.. Benjamin Levy, foreman to Mr NeumjJ pawnbroker, deposed that, prisoner cauea the 13-h at the sh-p, and pawned »«iw lever hunting watch in the name ot J^Js Andrew Heavey, pawnbroker, ot w) ham-street, deposed that he knew tWR soner. He called at his shop on t&e i and pawned an albe.t chain for eign» , lings He subsequently pawned atnj . pins for two shilling*. He said W. pawning the things for safety, and W want of money. , Prisoner had no questions to asfc. .^ Detect.vo Ternahan took the PMOjJJ custody at the house of the last *i round the tickets and the g»M ■*>» -fa him. The key of pri*°*rSjTU* exactly fitted that of prosecutor s j* Prisoner's name, according to tns i ~ tion paper, was George Willara; « new arrivaj by the James WMjg.^ assumed the name of Perry on reaching

Prisoner said he was very sorry fo he had done ; it was his first offej* The depositions were then read o* | prisoner was fully con>mitred for tn» MOBB LIGHT ! # fo » TUchard Dixon appeared m •» offenC c summons charging him £ ? l _ t k eep» against the by-laws, by feilig^ st re* hoarding, ereced by to id % ovem ber, sufficiently lighted on the IOtHM , from sunset to snnrise. n d ffith dr»ff . Mr Broliam said that he J«« eX ceed-. this char,e, as Mr wasal^ iuglV careful in such matters. thdraW n., The charge was according Bun i-, William Philcox was summonea , said that defend^ #*'•> proved the offen-, Defendant did not appear. The Bench bavins '■™ B*? c£ sU . , fined the defendant 40s and cost lunacy. Dawe) *» / A wild-looking "^n it na w r B bewn, fI X charged with lon-oy- ft w the.^e ever, that his afflict ?° J ron g drin^ ■ excessive indulges m^g case wis remanded for awe This waa all the business.