POLICE COURT.—This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3840, 4 December 1882, Page 2

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Jcioro Meaara W. J. Harst and P. Walker, J.V.'P.) DBUiiKiBDS-—Tbioa paroons wero panished for thU offence. HQiIURBKU.—JaaicB Crowiey xtwt brooght np and obarßod with feloniously and wllfull, and o' inalicu afdrethouitht, did kill and inurdor hia v/..e, j-.ilou i:rowl«y, at rtrangu, on the 9rd inst.-l.lr lleskoth, fur tbe pris:>nor, ngfeod for a remand anili Tuesaay next, wbich wna Rrauted. VaUIKQ AWAY,— Mini Lost, rune wiu olmrKwl with drunkonsessand with stealing a pununLd mouoj l£! 0:) ou ttvi Zna lnntant, tco property of Tt.ouibs Parcel!, Prisoner pleaded guilty to ihoflrst dl'euou ned not dullty to tha second. —. • nnlo Salina umdrord deposed tbat tho know Klixa, and taw ho.- on tho nlghc in question In rtsliiuei-'a lloiol; dio saw hur puc her hand In Mr Porcoll'ti pocket and draw uo the purse; mreoll asked for tho vane, but she rerato.l to ;ivo it np; efco B&ld she had a ri«Ut to It. Bhs vr»3 eugaßea to Me Parcull, «nd ho had promised to marry her, bui the A — bad uoi done ee.-Euzi: I object to apoak io such etiuactors na tbu vvlti cas.—Thomaa Purcol, labourer, reruombered Saturday last. Uo wan In tho Nottingham Un'tlo Hotel with Kli/n. She collared hlr puree, and £t lnU. The lane witness told the police, lild not know cow much ho hau over the pound.-Kllzii: Now, Farooll, how much money had you on Saturday, mornlog} — Comnlainent; Don't know, but know X gave you two eoios. and you stole the third,dldu'c joui-Kllz*i All right, IW, my biy. — Cou.-.tablo Carroll arrested prisoner on tho obmyo. Sao named to Bit down a minute, pullcid oir her Bhoo and stooklnfc. and from the latter she shook out 9j. Sabseqaontly other monoy, Up, was found upon her. — Crossoxamlncd by prlnonor: Did not know that sho

wan engaged io Paroell. You shook tho money out of your stocking. Yoa, It was a loug one.— t'nrouli. ta tho Bench: llu should value ilu empty purse at 6J. bat wltn notos la It, it was

worn inure —Sor«otmt White said complainant was undor the influence ot liquor, and could not toll iibouc anything dlßilnotiy.—Bilzi i Xonr Worships, This 1b my first offenoo since I left Mouot nderj,— 1 he Bonoh wmonci'd prisoner to fQutto.m dais' imprisonment. JVlutiPHf and Smith.-Gcorpo Murphy and Itoboit Smith Wiiro oba'ged with oommlttlnK a e<nio» of laroaniOß, viz.. two pairs of boots, value Al is lid, property of lioary tawklns. Victoria-street; ooaC, £1 5), proporty ot Henry Keeeing; pair shoos, ljliJ, pruparty of JMwurd Wllhloa, ■! umbrellas, 12s, property o£ Joseph Green; pair boots, 10a. proporty of William Dampier; pair shoe;, 33, property of John M. Soon; ouar, 20a. property of Sydney Asber; and two t'sim boots. 159, prop.Tiy of Honjamln Crocker. — The booob wore stolen between tno Ist and isili oC November.— The pvitoainv. mere luda, treated tbelr position very lightly, whtoh oaused iho Bench to inform thorn taa; they should not laugh In Court, The prisoners pleaded Ruliry io the whole cf the charges.—Sew ant White elated the faots toiha Bench; Smy-h was 15, and Murphy 12; ho hoped the HoLoh would punish the boys in auoh. v tray as the Beach thought fie; possibly in* younger hoy misht ba sent to the Industrial sohoo/.- Mr Murphy dald the nnfortnnato boy wasovor i;< yearn old; lie resetted that the boy hid oommlttoi these thefts without bis knowledge.— Tho tsonoh did not eupposa that Mr Mut'ihy was cognisant of his Bon's conduct, from the manner In which the boys seemed to treat llio aflMr. Murjhy would bo sent to the Training School nnill 15, and the Bench would tako time to oondder tho cuss ot s-mj tb. A Pnrir and a Btow.-Cbarles Hopkins, of tho " Tarn o" Shantor," was chsrged on snmmons with striking John Mookenzle. shipwright, on tho 25th Novemtor.—Mr Cotter appeared for defendant and pleaded not guilty. Complainant deposed ihn ho was a shipwright, reeidiDg in Unioii-etreot, and defendant llvea opposite. Ilia wife was talking to a lady, when defondanid daughter thioy dirt upon his vornndsh. Ho went over to soo defendant,-who was In bed. His daughter called and said that bo wanted him, Hopkins called out, " What is it, Mao?" &c roplted, "Your obildren have thcowu dirt on my verandah, and It you don'c cba9tiEO them, I'll get it done for you." On going baok to his hcuse, defendant save him a blow on the back, and fearing Booh oonauot Will bo repeatod.Jhe would aik that ho be bound over.—Mr Cotter explained tho simple faota of tho caeo, It was a storm in a ten-cup.— Mr Mackenzie: Nothing of tho sort. Tea was over. It was nino o'clock at night. It would not have been bo bad, but hia wife interfered.— To Mr Cotter: Ho. did not say ho would chastiso tho children. Ho (Hopkins) might bavo matto a mistake Tho captain touched him sharply on tho ear.—To tho Bench: Did not think of interfering with hia children. Had no witness.—Tho defence was a denial of the main charge. Did not strike complainant on the ear. Prosecutor called at an unseemly hour, made a great noise, and put himsolf in an aggressive attitude. — Tho Bench thought tliero was no necessity to bind defendant over to koop tho peace, and imposed a lino of Is and costs. Beating Children.—Mary Churton appeared in answer to a summons charging her with assaulting Edith and Gertrude Kendell on the 29th inst. Mrs Churton saitl sho certainly did mack tho children, and well thoy deserved it; liey wore continually turning on her water, and doing other damage,—Mr Rendell, father of the eirls, said Mrs Churton seemed to havo a penchant for beating children; in fact it was a kind o£ mania with her.—Mrs Churton said sho had a right to "vollop" tho children when trespassing upon ncr grounds.— The Bench Baid Mrs Churton must not lake the law into bor o «n hauos.—Mrs Ctrarton a-iciid ror a remand,— The Bench advised defendant to make an apotoey and promise not to daitagaln,—Mr Caurton p'oml'ed to fog that tho conduct was not repeated.—Complainant said that was lisyond Mr t burton's power; Mrs Churton was 'add ictefl to drink.—The Bench consiaeroi that was jot a proper romnrk and dismissed the case oa defendant's promise of liir cuaiuoat and payment ot IJ■* co'itp.