POLICE COURT.—This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1605, 6 April 1875, Page 2

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., E.M.)

DRUNKENNESS,

Jofon Enrrell and Henry Andres were each fined 10a and costs for this offence, and Charles Queentick and Thomas Smith 209 each and costs, for the same offence in an aggravated form. Some laughter was caused by Sergeant Sanderson calling out Burrcll's name, first as Kussel], then as Bussell, and lastly BurreHL INDECENT LAS«UAGE. — A EOSE HOT SWEET.

Mary JKose appeared in the dock to answer a charge of using unparliamentary language to Mrs Lamb, in Drake-Street, last night.

Constable O'Reilly gave evidence of the language attributed to the prisoner. There were a number of people round the place. Prisoner was drunk at the time. The neighbours asked him to take her into custody.

Martha Lamb, a married women residing v in Grey-street, said that yesterday she waa stoading at her door and the prisoner at her's, when the latter made use of filthy language to her in a loud tone audible in the street. Prisoner had a little beer in her or she would not have done it.

Witness : She pulled my body off. His Worship : Pulled what off?

Witness : Mj body, sir.

His Worship : Well, you look very well for a person who has lost her body. (Laughter) However, that is another matter. The Courts are open ; you must go elsewhere to recover your body. You had better take proceedings under the "Habeas Corpus Act."

Prisoner said that witness had flung her name about, and having a little drop, she, did let out a little at her. She was very, sony. His Worship having given fche accused » good talking to, sentenced her to pay a fine of 10s and costs, or in default to go to prison for 4S hours. mat> drcnk. George Staple was charged with behaving in Queen-street in a way calculated to pro* yoke a breach of the peace. Serjeant-Major Fardy said the prisoner i was rushing about Queen-street yesterday, with a shutter-bar, threatening to knock everybody to "blazes." Sentence 20s and costs or 7 days. WITHDRAWN". The charge of wife desertion against Bobert Spears was withdrawn. THOSE NAUGHTY MEN. Robert "Moon and Ellen Whitaker were charged with keeping a house of bad repute in Edwardes-street. Constable Mulville said that from complaints made to him about a house ..in-EdwaTdes-street, he went there a few nights ago and found the prisoners there. They told him they were the occupiers. The woman lived there altogether, and the man came there every Saturday night, and stopped the Sunday. The woman herself was a prostitute, and the house was frequented by very bad characters. William Underwood said he lived over the prisoners in the same house. He could not say that the girl was a bad character. She was quiet enough when there were no men there, but when they came there was always a "jolly row." He always took Ellen Whitaker to be a respectable sort of young woman, and she was, so long as the men stopped away. Latterly he had not been quite so sure of the respectability of the house, and had given notice to leave. The ( detectives being in attendance at the Supreme Court, His Worship directed the prisoners to be remanded till to-morrow., THE BARON ABERDARE. Michael Boyle, Hugh Kennedy, Thomas Caldwell, Peter Ward—four seamen of the ship Baron Aberdare, —were charged with being absent from tbe ship without leave on the sth inst. .! They all pleaded guilty. Captain Edmonds, who was in Court gave the men a good character. At present he had thirty-five men left on board out of his crew of fifty-two. He could not spare bands at present as he was sending down a mast. The men left the ship in the morning, and were away three hours. Since last Thursday the men on board had thought they could do what they liked. In fact the whole crew had been quite demoralised since the acquittal on the cargo-broack-ing charge. His Worship. Indeed ! Then I must shew them they can't. If you like to withdraw the charge against Ward and Boyle I will discharge them, but I shall send the other two to prison for fourteen days with hard labour.

As the Captain coincided in this arrangement, Ward and Boyle were directed tp.be returned on board, and the other two were removed in custody. This was all the business.