POLICE COURT.- THIS DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 209, 4 September 1893, Page 3

POLICE COURT.- THIS DAY.

(Boforo Messrs D. B. McDonald and H. M.

'Shepherd, Justices.) Drunkenness.—Three first offenders wer G each lined 5s and costs, while a fourth for feited his bail of 20s.— Margaret Lyons, Mary McKegnic and Owen Carroll wero each lined 10s, or 48 hours' hard labour in default, for having boon drunk.—William Montgomery, for a similar ollenco, was lined 20s, or „ev_n days' in default, and Eliza Lestrango, for habitual drunkenness, was sentenced to one mouth's incarceration with hard labour.

AiliKflKD Larceny". —• Ellen Willis was charged with having stolon three blanket., value 555, tho property of Hannah McLachlan.—Mi* G. vi. Brassoy appeared for the accuse^ and obtainod a remand for one week, bail being allowed prisoner in her own surety of £10 and another in a like sum.—Benry John A .kin was charged with havingstolen one pair of opera glasses, value 60s, belonging to John Thos. Bosworth.— Servant Gamblo conducted the prosecution.—John Thomas Bosworth, telegraph operator, deposod that the opera glasses produced were taken from his lodgings in Alten Road. Bernard Gnldwater, pawnbroker, deposed to having purchased the opera glasses for Cs from the prisoner. Prisoner stated that tho glasses wero his nwn ,—Acting-Detective Bailey deposed to having arreated tho accused.—Prisoner reserved his defence and was committed to tako hi& trial at the nexb criminal sessions ,of the Supreme Court.