POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 147, 24 June 1898, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY,

(Before Mr T. Hutchison, S.M.)

Drunkenness.—Henry James McKeown, for this offence, was fined 10/, with the option oil 48 hours' hard labour. Joseph Charles Macauiay was fined 5/, or 24 hours hard labour; and two first offenders were convicted and discharged. Alleged Assault.—The ease against Edward Trevor, charged with assaulting Philip Sanford, was adjourned for another week, on the application of Serg-t. Kelly. Mr Ngata, who .appeared for the defence, said he would agree to the remand on the understanding that it. should be filial.

Stole a clothes-brush.—An elderly woman, Jessie Kennedy by name, pleaded guilty to stealing a clothesbrush, worth .»/, and was ordered to be kept in police custody for seven days. A further charge "against the woman, of stealing a gold brooch, worth £2, belonging to Richard Cnthbert, was adjourned for a week.

A Street Brawl. —Elizabeth Corney was found guilty of disorderly conduct while drunk, and was fined £1, with costs; in default, 7 days in gaol. Henry ('. Smith pleaded guilty to two charges arising out of the case against Corney. viz., obstructing and resisting Const. Matthews in the execution of his duty. lie was fined £2, Avith costs, or Jt days for obstruction, and X" 1, or 7 days, for resisting" the policeman. Dr. Laishley appeared for the defence in both cases.

Given a Chance. —A young1 woman named Annie Woods pleaded guilty to usingl obscene language in a public .street. Dr. Lnishley, who appeared for ilic accused, said the latter would undertake to leuvc the city if given an opportunity, and on the understanding that she would do this the woman was convicted and ordered to come uj) for sentence when called upon. Alleged Theft, from a Steamer. —A man named John .Joseph Dover was arrested on warrant by Const. Miller on ICth hist, on a. charge of stealing a watch, chain, and pendant, souths clothes and other articles to the value of £'> 11/, the property of John Jennings. Dover appeared, on remand, this morning", and was charged with ■the offence. The owner of the clothes, a seaman on the steamer Invincible, said that the accused was working as engineer on the vessel last December. Witness left his watch, xa/.or, and spare clothes in his berth on the evening of the I.sth ot that month and missed them the next morning. John .Mendoza, pawnbroker, said that the accused pawned the articles at his shop on the 20th of December. The watch was redeemed on the .")Oth by another man. A witness named Robert Pan* stated that the accused sold him for 2/<> a pawn-ticket on a watch. Witness paid the pawnbroker 5/4 and redeemed the watch. To His Worship: This was the Jirst time he had done anything of Hie sort. Constable Miller deposed to recovering the pendant from a cabdri\er, who had got it from the accused. Dover was committed for trial at the Supreme Court on a charge of stealing an overcoat, worth -82, belonging to Christopher (.1 undersoil. Dover was convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment.

A Charge of Burglary.—The two boys, Robert Walker and Henry Rose, who were arrested by Detectives Bailey ond Mcllveney in connection with the recent burglary at Mr N. K. Burton's .house, came before the Court this morning. Mrs Burion stated that she left the house securely locked up nn the evening1 of the tflth hist., when she went, to her mother's house. On returning between twelve and one next liny she found the box in which her jewellery was kept lying open on the table in one of the rooms. The lock was broken and the trays of the box were scattered about the table. She had always kept the box locked up in a chest of drawers. Jewellery to the value of £20 to £H0 was miss'mcr. Three windows had been opened: Some jewellery produced in Court was iclentiHeel by the witness as part of her missing property. Mary Hartley, second-hand dealer, said that Rose came to her shop on the afternoon of the :10th to sell a watch-guard, made of threepenny bits, together with a gold-mounted pencil. He offered the" things for 3/6, but witness refused to buy them. She was almostsure it was Rose. Harold Neilson, electroplater, deposed to "Rose offering him a gold ring for 2/. "Witness offered i/i> and got the ring at that price. His Worship: Do you usually buy ladies' gold rings from young men like that? Witness: No; this is the first time. John M g loza, pawnbroker, said he gave Wilder 2/ for a chain. Kose was outside the shop fit the. time. Acting - Detective McTlveney also gave evidence. While he ■was handcuffing the accused together. Walker furtively dropped a gold chain and brooch, which witness found. A gold link was found in Kose's pocket, the neighbour of one left at Neilaou's. Both the accused were, committed for trial.