POLICE COURT.—Tuesday.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3401, 10 June 1868, Page 4

POLICE COURT.— Tuesday.

, [Before J. Babir, Eiq., and J. H. Horni, Eiq., Juitlcei.] . The Court eat at 11 10 a.m. , , , i Drttnkennks3.— Henry White, Michael,, Ryan, and James Heaton were fined 55., 10b., and 20s. and oosts respectively for this offence, I Abusiv^ and Thrbatenino LAN,GT/AGE.--Adam ,Chisholm pleaded not guilty to using abusive and I threatening language towards W,illiam Hodgson, and i complainant further stated, that -he was jaf raid to j retnra to defendant's service unjejs the latter were restrained. -^Mr» Hesketh appeared for complainant.; I Mr, Gillie* fqr Oh* 3efcndaijlj,r-^r.£TJ.esketb. opened the case to the Bench, and called,W,illmm, Hpdgiony. who deposed:, I am the oqmplaj.nant.uMy occupation !is that of a stopk-driver. , -About January last T j entered defendant* employ at Waiheke as '» stock- ' driver. lam in his service now., Defendant . came j into py house, And there were then present raj, father, , myself, and, William Byford. Hey threatened if I did not leave the place he .would put me, out of sight wbei;e people would not see, me. He said this in the I presence of my father and wife., . I ordered him out '■ of, the house, and he would not go out., When, 1 left the house he went up ty> his own house, where, there ! was a large dog that would eat a man, and he j threatened to put him on me if I did not, leave. I am afraid that, unles«, restrained, he will- do me some I grievous bodily injury. , That took place on the 29th { April. When he ordered me f off the place he had a ; sharp instrument, with a hook at the end of it, in this hand. It is a thistle-spud. I intend to return to defendant's service if I can after, this ; > but under present, circumstances I am afraid of him. — Crossexamined : The bouse is on defendant's land. He did tell me he would put me, in a' few days, .where people . would not see me. — Mr. Gillies : I think that's very, likely. The gaol is that sort of place ; you would be out of sight there. — Witness : But people could see me there. — Cross-examination con. tinued : I have remained in the house since.— This was complainant's cane. — Mr. Gillies submitted there was no case. The information stated that defendant had threatened complainant's life, but complainant in his evidence said nothing abput that ; he merely said that defendant ordered him off his land. Complainant had been dismissed from defendant's service, and, if he thought he was. wronged, 1 he had his remedy by civil action. When a servant is warned off his master's land, he ought to go. Here the evidence showed that, notwithstanding these alleged threats, complainant had remained on the land over a month without being molested^ — The Bench dismissed the case. Larceny, — John Wells and Catherine , Douglas* pleaded not guilty to stealing a quantity of shirting, trousers, &0., of the value of £11 Bs, from the house of Mitchellsin Byars, Chapelstreet. Mr. Commissioner Naughton conducted the proseoution. Prosecutor's wife proved the loss of the goods, and a dealer, .named Drummond, residing in Chancery-Btreet, deposed to having lent the male 'prisoner 3s. on the trousers. — Detective Ternahan deposed to the recovery of the stolen property, and its identification by the owner. — The male prisoner said he had been living in a house with a person whom he would produce a« a witness, and the female prisoner came in and said she would give him (prisoner) a nobbier if be would sell a pair of trousers. He then went and sold the trousers. — The prisoner on making this statement looked round, for the witness to whom he referred, but the person had disappeared. — Prisoner said the witness was in Court sit tine down a few minutes before, but had been taken away by one of the constables. — Mr. Naughton said the witness, would be of no use. He had just been taken into custody on the charge of stealing a pair of trousers, and the whole three were suspeoted to be concerned in the robbery together. — The witness was not called, and the Bench sentenced the male prisoner to fourteen days', and the female prisoner to one month's, imprisonment with hard labour.— This concluded the business.