POLICE COURT.—This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1636, 17 May 1875, Page 2

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Dr. Home and John Lambert Tole, V Esq , Justices.) P&NK, BIBT, AND DEGRADATION. i i John Morris, John Anderson, Alexander % Kelly, Henry Savage, James McGuinnesa, James Henderson, William McKeown, and , Oliver Monkton were successively introduced I to the Bench, charged with being drunk and insensible on tbe evenings of Saturday and Sonday, and were fined 5s each, exceptng McKeown, who was fined 20a and costs, beiDg his second offence. "I'll be off your worship." William Shields was brought up on a charge of having no visible lawful means of support. Prisoner said lie was guilty, but he intended to be off if the Bench would kindly iet him go. $n'e Bench : Where will you be off to. __ Pristt*3T :: To the Waikato, your Worships. He was an innocent man, and had never beeia before the Court before.

Mr Broham stated that prisoner had stood in the dock fourteen times. Prisoner : If you will let me off your Worships, I'll be off the Walkato at once, even to-day. The charge was then withdrawn, on condition that prisoner cleared out at once. TJNFATURAL PARENTS. Eliza Cash, a well-known person, wa3 brought up on warrant, charged with failing to contribute the sum of 2s 6dper week towards the support of her child in the Industrial School. Serjeant Bullford, who kept the Industrial School accounts, showed that £6 7s 6d waa now due. Prisoner said she was now m a situation at the Thames, and was willing to pay if time was allowed. The Bench granted a month for payment of the amount. William Brooks (on warrant) was charged with tbe same neglect. Sergeant Bullford shewed that a debt of £4 17 6d was due to the school from tha defendant." Mr Broham said that the prisoner made noeffort to contribute. Defendant dogmatically stated that he no means ; he had neither money nor goods ; he was not particularly interested ; ho had been in prison before. The Bench : How will you pay the amount? Defendant: Can't pay at all j got nothing to pay with. The Bench : Have you any goods ? Defendant : No. The Bench : We are are willing to giv« you time, say a fortnight's grace, ifjou wil pay. 1 Defendant: Ha ; got nothing, can't pay. The Bench: Then you must go to priscn. Defendant : Ha, can't help it. The Bench : You must go to prison for a fortnight with hard labour. Defendant: Ha. Francis Burgon, on warrant, was brought up on a similar charge, and told a similar story. He had got neither money nor property, only two children in the Industrial School. Amount due, £G 10s. One month's imprisonmont with hard labour. The charges against AntoDia Nicholson for similar neglect in not paying £3, and Stephen Home, £1 55., were withdrawn, as defendants paid the money previous to coming into Court. Susan Wathrell was ordered to pay five shillings a week towards the support of her two children in the Home for Neglected Children. Defendant promised to do her best, but at present she was penniless, her husband having bolted and left her destitute. THE GAPFIITS. Ellen Gaffin was summoned for using terrible language towards her lawful husband Henry Gaffin, on the 7th inst.-, whereby the said Henry Gaffin feaaed that his natural life would be brought to a sudden termination by Ellen's claws, and not in accordance with the law of decay. Henry Gaffin was convicted of drunkenness a few .days since, and his wife, Ellen, hunted up her friends, and paid the fine, after which she so terrified Henry, that he preferred imprisonment to liberty if subjected to feminine rule. After preferring the charge against Ellen, Henry decamped instead of appearing against the woman to whom his heart was bound. As there was no appearance the charge fell through, and Ellen left the precincts of the Court to go in quest of Henry, who had last been seen running, with hat in hand, towards the wharf, with the intent, it was supposed, of committing suicide. ATTITUDES AND BLOWS. Thomas Lupton again appeared in answer to a charge of assaulting George McCaslin on tbe 21st April, on theKyberPass road. Mr Rees appeared for McCaslin, and stated that Mr Laishley, ,who was engaged for the defence, was very unwell and could not be present; he would therefore ask for an adjournment of the case. Adjourned until Wednesday. This closed the business.