POLICE COURT.—This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2336, 11 September 1877, Page 3

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before R. C. Barstow Esq., P.M.) INEBRIATES.

TomlParke- was fined 5s for being drunk last even ing, |and Anthony Reid "for being drunk and disorderly was fined 20s, or 48 hours in Mount Eden. OBTAINING MONEY, &C. James Frederick Cobb was brought up on a charge of obtaining money by false pretences, on or about the 17th ult. Prisoner pleaded guilty as to receiving the money, but not on false pretences. Sub-Inspector Pardy stated the circumstances, and asked for a remand until to-morrow in order to get the witness together. 1 The prisoner, according to the information, obtained the sum of 10a from Mr Oockburn, of Newmarket, as part payment for books from the depot in Shoi*land-..treet, of which Joseph Rogers is the acknowledged manager. The case was remanded accordingly. Till' SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD. A noi ■ 'va ''.: ••rd —a crash, a sudden glare, "" ""■>_ lady started for a sjhost was there. James M- '-"';• :: -J "• bh)".::--ff young man was charged by Bridget Smith, alias Mooney, with ' maliciously and wilfully breaking two panes of glass, and smashing two pictures with his natural fist, value £3 10s on the 10th inst. The informant blushing, and with a fair complexion, came forward and whimpered. '• 1 wishgto withdraw the charge your V. orship."

His Warship said that the name of the informant appeared as Henry or Richard Smith. Mr Haultain informed the Court that the lady herself laid the information. The lady was asked her name, when the blush of conscious innocence again mantled her fair checks, and, hesitating, thought it was Smith ; did not recognise Mooney ; was sure that was not her name. It was whispered that there was a skeleton in the cupboard, and Mooney'.. ghost had been heard in the house. His Worship said " Smith " was a most convenient name, as was disclosed a few days ago in the Court. gflsabella Smith, or otherwise, said she could not conveniently press the charge against , although the portrait of O'Conncll —frame and all—was smashed to atoms, but it was the ghost in the house, and not Jemmy. His Worship said he would allow the case to be withdrawn. "BE JUST AND FEAR NOT." Richard James Vercoe, settler, of Henderson's Mill, was charged at tbe instance of Sergeant Gamble with having certain false weights and imperfect scales in his possession. Mr Beal, solicitor, appeared for defendant and said lie would plead guilty, but begged to inform the Court that his client was not a store-keeper really, and did not use the scales and weights 'publicly, only for his private purposes. Serjeant Gamble deposed to the circumstances and defendant was fined 10s in each case, with costs.