POLICE COURT.-This day.

Auckland Star, Volume VII, Issue 1975, 8 June 1876, Page 2

POLICE COURT.-This day.

[Before Dr Ho ,ie and W. J. Hurst Esq.,

Justices. J

THE BLACK JACK,

Margery Kelly, v. ho had been hob-nobbing too freely with Simon the Cellarman last night ani making herself a nuisance, was fined 20s and costi, with the alternative of doing 4S hours hard work in Mount Eden.

Prisoner said she would much rather pay the money than work, but the feet was she was out of caih. She was removed.

John Rutterman and Charles Robertson topers who had been liberate: i on bail, failed to appear, and had their bail forfeited.

QUEEN ELIZABETH.

Elizabeth Nicholson, a determined-looking female of doubtful antecedent.3 and dirty stcokings, appeared to answer a charge of using very unwomanly language to Uncle Andrew Heavey, of Wyndham Street, to whose resistance sbe had been compelled to resort, but whose advances she had met by calling him an old rogue, and telling him to go to h: —1, and also threatening to break his head with a brick-bat.

Elizabeth indignantly pleaded not guilty ; she never used bad language, aa it w?.s low., (Laughter). Andrew Heavey deposed that he exercised his lawful call;tig of pawnbroker and alleviator of human distress in general, in Wyndham-street, where he saw a good many phases of character which he studied minutely. On the 6th in ■at. Mrs Nicholson, who had always been a good customer,' came to hia emporium and " began," about some tic'tets—not railway tickets. There were two ladies from Onehunga in his establishment at the time; they had come to Auckland on pur pose to inspect his stock. The language usr d by the defendant was so bad that their hair nearly stood on end, and they could not see across the shop for blushing. He was not |if raid that Mrs N. would do him bodily harm, but he did apprehend that the lady's untamed passions and tongue might lead her to seriously annoy him. Under theso circumstances he begged the Court to bind her over. His witnesses were not in attendance, but if the case was adjourned he could get them. . The defendant, on being asked what she had to say, denied in the strongest terms that 3he had so far forgotten herself as to use the foul words imputed to her. On the contrary Mr Heavey had not behaved as a gentleman should behave to a lady of her rank and importance : It was him who used that awful expression, "Go to H—ll." The case was about to be adjourned for further evidence,, when Mr Heavey said that if Elizabeth would apologise he would consent to the charge being withdrawn. Mrs Meholson at h'rsfe indignantly enquired whaS she was to apologise for, but on its being represented to her plainly that she might have to go to gaol over the business, she said she was very sony, and the charge was allowed to be withdrawn.

Thia was all the business.