POLICE COURT.—Thursday. [Before J. H. Horne and G. W. Wynyard, Esqs., J.P.s.]

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4180, 6 January 1871, Page 5

POLICE COURT.— Thursday. [Before J. H. Horne and G. W. Wynyard, Esqs., J.P.s.]

Drunkenness. — Kitty Ryan (native), Thomas McCormoly, and H. Mason weie each fined ss. for being drunk. Vagrancy. — H. Mason was charged with with having no lawful means of support, but, on promising amendment in life, "was discharged. Larceny. —S. L. Cameron and John Qumnan were charged by W. Baker with having stolen from him a pair of boots worth 10s .apursecontaininglOs., and,other articles, on the 4th instant. —Prisoners pleaded not guilty, -W. Baker, "W. Bacon, G. Rowley, and Detective Ternahan gave evidence in the case.— The Bench held the crime proved, and sentenced each prisoner to 14 days' imprisonment. Perjury. — The charges of "Vilful and corrupt perjury aeainst Hone Mitiand Eenri Tiki were by consent withdrawn. Tun Jewellery Robber Agatn. — James Dunne was again brought up on remand, and charged VJith ha^ng, on. the 23rd November last, entered the house of John Gilles, and stolen goods there from to the value of £30. — The prisoner pleaded not guilty. —Mr. Inspector Broham conducted the prosecution.— JoannahGillis, wife of John Gillis, proved that on the night in question she and her husband went to bed between ten and eleven o'clock, after securing the premises. One of the windows was not secured by the fastenings inside, but the window was closed by its own weight. They slept on the premises upstairs. Between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning they heard a noise as from the store underneath their bedroom. They got up and went down stairs. On entering the sitting-room they found it in a state of great confusion, and missed two or more boxes of goods from it. On going into the store, they found it also in a state of confusion, and a great many boxes of goods emptied and all strewed over the floor. They made a search, and found, amongst other things, the fo lowing articles missing:— B pairs of tweed trousers, worth £7; 3 pairs moleskin trousers, £1 11s. 6d.; 10 boxes of collars, 10s. ; 5 dozen children's ■socks. £2 5a 6r1. ; 5 dozen cambric handkerchief S, £3 ; If dozen cambric handkerchiefs, £2 105.; 6,000 needles, £4 ; pins in boxes and packages, £1 135.; piping and cording, 10s. ; Mack and white tapes, s<*. ; 3 pairs of lace- up boots, £1 2s. (3d. ; one or more Crimean shirts, 155., &c. She identified a large quantity of goods produced, &c. Entrance had been effected by raising the dining-room window. The back door was open when they net up in the morning. — Catherine Kavanagh, boardinghouse-keeper, residing in Albert-street, said that on the 26th December she gave a bag to Sergeant Jeffery, which had been left at her house by prisoner about ten days previously. It contained the goods produced in Court. They had been identified by last witness. — Mary Ann Day, Wyndham- street, gave evidence relative to the pawning of various articles by prisoner.— Detective Murphy deposed that on the 29fch of December he searched the piisoner's premises at Shortlaml, and iovind the trousers, needles, socks, thread, &c, now produced, all of which had been identified by Mrs. Gillis.— To the prisoner; Some of the articles produced were found in very out-of-the-way places in tte shop. — The prisoner was fuily committed to take his trial at the ! next Criminal Sitting of the Supreme Court. Another Burglary.— James Dunne Avas further charged with having on the 27th November, IS7O, burglariously entered the house of the Rev. Y. Lush, at Shortland, and stolen therefrom jewellery to the value of about £30.— The prisoner pleaded not guilty.— The Rev.V. Lush, clergyman of the Church of England at Shortland, stated that about six o'clock on the evening in question he and his family went to church. The doors and windows were all fastened and secured when he left. On retiring about half -past 8 o'clock, he observed a light in his house. At first he thought it was some friend who had got in, but as they came on to the verandah he spoke to his daughter, and instantly the light went out. He opened the front door with the key, and rushed down the passage to the back door, which he found slightly ajar. He opened it, and saw a man running away, Witness gave chase, and the man turned To\md, and threatened, to shoot witness if hu pursued him. Witness however pursued him for some distance, but saw the man ran faster than himself, gave up the chase, and returned home. He then found missing a gold watch and gold chain, worth £25 ; an enamelled brooch, £2 ; one silver brooch; one silver knife, 25.; one clasp knife, 10a. ; one black leather purse, 2s. 6d. ; one comb, 7s. 6d.; money, £1 3s. ; one black wideawake hat, ss. Entrance had been effected by a window in a bagk bedroom, which was found open. Many articles were recovered strewed along the way he saw the man Tun away. The man he s,aw running spoke to him twice ; the prisoner's voice is similar. The accent is peculiar. The man had a black beard, and was tall, similar to prisoner. He believed the black hat produced was the one stolen on the night in question.— Sergeant George Jeffery proved to having arrested the prisoner, and on searching him at ,the Police-station found the black hat produced bidden .inside his shirt. Prisoner at the time ot his arrest was wearing a Frencbpeakedcap.— The prisoner waß folly committed (to take his trial, AaSAuW.— Edward Nolan, was charged by Bartholomew ODeyapJano .with baying. vw« lently assaulted MtoAt the Rprtb Shore, on ■ Pwnbtr 27, by »trikiDg him o» too h«d

lised, proved that be had in Ms possession a •with a stick.— Mr.Ttees for the defendant, and Mr. Joy for the prosecution. — B. Dellapiano, a native of Italy, bub who had been naturaciyil summons to serve upon Captain Nolan. For two months h*e tried to serve the summons, but had failed. On Boxing-day, when at the races at the Lake, he had the summons in his pocket, and saw Captain Nolan there with a big stick in his hand. He was afraid to go up to him, and went and got a Mr. Lindgarn to be a witness. When plaintiff went up, Captain Nolan ! lifted his tetick and threatened to knock his scalp off, and called ,him a*' perjurer" and " informer." Whence served the summons, Captain Nolan threw the summons back at him and then struck him on the left eye with the big stick. Plaintiff retreated as far as he could for the crowd, and when he i could retreat no fuiffcMP h& 'raised a small ! cane he held in his hand in self-defence. I After that, plaintiff was set upon by Captain Nolan, his daughters, and a large crowd of their friends. — Charles Lindgarn was in company with plaintiff when the summons was served upon Nolan. Nolan lifted his heavy stick, and plaintiff went backwards, and Nolan followed him up. Blows were struck between them, but he could not say who "struck the skin first."—Crossexamined by Mr. Rees : He saw Captain Nolan strike the plaintiff about the head with his stick. "Each struck blows. —For the defence was called a little boy, Patrick Nolan, who stilted that he saw Dellapiano give Captain Nolan a piece of paper. Dellapiano went a few steps backwards, and returned, and then struck Captain Nolan. Nolan never struck Dellapiano at all. (Head of a cane produced.) That was the head of the cane that Dellapiano struck Nolan with, When witness picked it up there was blood upon it. Dellapiano dragged Nolan by the head, put his knee upon Wolan's breast, and said, "By I wish I had my knife here, " A young man came up and pulled Dellapiano off Captain Nolan, after which the crowd set upon Dellapiano, when he ran amongst a crowd of women, and asked them to protect him.— ln cross-examination by Mr. Joy, witness stated that the stick he held in his hand was Captain Nolans, and he asked him to bring the stick to Court. He denied having had conversations with any one about what he saw on that day, until his examination in Court. — Ann Nolan, daughter of defendant, gave similar testimony to the boy's. — Inner cross-examination she said the last witness was invited to their house after the row, and the matter was talked over to learn what each saw. — Case dismissed, each party to pay his own costs.