COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS.—

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5261, 23 August 1876, Page 3

COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS.—

TUK-sDAY. [Uofore U. M. Mmoni) (Chan nun), A. K. Tailoh, P. A. Philips, J. C. Skarland, and Majoi .Sr. Cl vir T/sdall, Juaticos. J DltUNKENNNE'l. —John Kconan and James Nairn weio hued .Is. and coits for their hist offouce ; Mary Orr 10a. and cost* for a Hrcond

oftence. Dkunk AWD DnORi>nnu.— Wilham McGiven was hueil 10s. and cost* for being (hunk and ! (hsonleily.

Stkalino a Ham.—Lovi Watti pleaded not guilty to stealing a ham fiom the shop of Mr. Holland, (^iicon stieet, on the 21»t init.— Thoi. Holland depowl that tho ham produced he missed fiom his shop door. The piisonei was pointed out to him us the man who had taken it.— Maiy Ann Head saw tho piisouer in the Mailcet with the h.im on his head. -Mr. Hume and Detective (Ji ace ilso gave evidence -.Sentenced to thieo monthi' nnpiisonnieiit

Thi I^uaranum: Kunaway.— John McLeod was chaiged with eicaping from the Quaiantinc Station, Motuihi.— Mi. Tyler appeared foi the defendant and pleaded guilty, but askyd for the greatest mitigation of the penalty that could bo inflicted. The defendant wai perfectly healthy, aud had run aw»y in order to see hu brother who wan then in Auckland, but who was about to leave the city at that time. Aftei coming to Auckland the defendant discovered the mistake he had made, and was on hid way baok to the inland when he was anested. He asked for a light penalty, us the defendant waa a man of voiy small means— the only money he had when lie loft England was •ne fai tiling. He thought the piinopal object •f the piosecution wm to diaw th« attention of the public to the i emulations. Ht hoped the defendant would not be sent to gaol. — Mi. lliookheld said, although In would not press for a heavy penalty, he did not think a nieiely nominal penalty should be inflicted. The man'u escape might have been dUaatiou-) to the city.— DefciuUnt was fined C"» and £ 5 \2->. costs.

A Noisome 1'l.sill.bN't't.. — Robert McDonald pleaded guilty to .illowinj: offensive matter to How fiom hi« pieniises into the footpath hi Eden Terrace. He also pleaded guilty to ullowmg his y.ird to bo in a filthy condition, but said ho hud only been on the premises ten days, and had since lemedied the tiling.— Fined Is. and costi in each cam.

Thkowinu STONES.— Alfred Hawkeswood, a boy of about 1G, pleaded guilty to throwing u stono on the llfch instant, in Newton, winch stiuck one George Pitkeithley.— Air. Htyrkeawood bogan to addreai the Bench oa the uuf.umebs of Sergeant Gamble in sumraoninjj his •on, and not the boys wh» were with him. Mr. Hawkeswood was ordered to bo quiet.— Seigeant Gamble stated tho faotn »f the ca»e, and the boy was fined 10a. and costs. SritAi PIukhks. — Daniel Hamilton w.is hned

5b. .mil costs for allowing his hoiso to sti.iy in (Stilton iioad on the 10th. - Thomas Bio wn, for allowing his home to wander about in Pninell on tho 9th, wai fined 10s. and costs.— George Kolleison, for a similar ofFenco in Kyhei Pass Koad on the 13th, was fined ~m. and costs.— Gooige Tilsley was also lined . r >». and costs foi allowing his hoise to wander at large in Regent stieet on the 15th inst.— Thomas Nichol son was hned 10s. mid costs for allowing; four of his homes to Ktray nt thu Noith Shoie.

Foul- ClHMNns.— Hugh Oulshaw i.le.uk'J not guilty to the ohnnuey of hu home, in t Chameiy-tttieet, being on hre on the lfttli mat. The case being ptovcd, he was lined lOu. and costs. — Matthew Moonoy was ch.ngcd with allowing his chimney, in Wellington sticet, to citdi hie on the lLth inst. Mis, Mooney appe.uod, und pleatleil guilty. Fined .w. aud costs, Unaiilmjjd C'aui. -John Hill pleaded

guilty to le.mug his Ciiit unattended in (Jaeousticet without having a chain attached to tlio

whoe], -Fined 2s. t>d. and costi. Thk Wikjnu Sidl <>t i hi: KoAD.— J.iuies Edmonds pleaded guilty to duvuig his cut _on the wioiifj side of the load, when nieDting anothoi vehicle. — Dr. Goldsboio'H.ud the vehicle that met the riefondnnt wua Inn, and the (iefoiuKmt would not budge «it all when he mot him.— Fined 2s. lid. and costs.

DlNhUrbl) YBVlMi. — l'oter Brown ple.idea guilty to his vessel, the 'Echo, 1 having been leftfoi .1 timo with no one in ch.ngu of hei. — Mi. J. 15. llusaell said the thing most to bo con sideied was the damage that might have been done, not to the vessel itself, but to other vessel* in case of its getting adrift. He thought it was tune theue thwgN were put a stop to. — Fined 4fls. and costs, 27s. (id.

Ohscene Lanouauk.- John Hume pleaded guilty to using oWene language m Alboitwtiect on tbo 12fcli. Tlie Hunch Bind it was time th.it thia habit of using filthy, disgusting language was stopped. Fined 403., and cost* ; 01 14 days' haul l.ibour. -Elizabeth Pelley pleaded guilty to a Hiinilcir offence ; she used the words on lemving great provocation. Fined 40s. and costs, or 14 days' imprisonment. Fom.ivu and Utteiuvg. -Sandhurst Moifield Hall was cluuged with forging and uttciing a cheque on the 17th instant foi £ti l. r )s., puiportiug to bo signed by one Josoph Craig, with intent to defraud Andiew l-'ornande/,. Andiow Kornaado/ deposed that he was landlord of tho Kailw.iy Tci minus Hotel. Tho pusoner onnio to his house on the afternoon of tho 19th inst. His wife handed him a cheque, and told him Mi. Hall wanted it cashed. Witness looked at the oheque and uskod tho prisoner whoso it was. Ho replied it wan Mr. Joseph Craig's, for whom witness hnd cashed a choquo formerly. The priioner said ho meant Mr. Craig, tho onrtor, of Forl-ttwet. Witnosa had cashed a chequo of Mr. Craig's for prisoner on a former occasion. That one had been correct. Prisoner received the money, and endoisod the cheque produced. Prisoner said ho had got it from Mr. Craig too kte for tho bank. Witness presented the chequo at the Colonial Bank, but it was dishonoured, as thoro wsis no account. Mr. Craig had an uocount thero formerly, but he had not an account then. Witness afterwards presented it nt the National JJauk, but was refused payment, and iuformed that it was a forgery.— Josoph Craig deposed that the prisoner was in his employment nbout 18 months a^o. Ho did not give prisoner the cheque produced, and the signature upon it wus not his. The writing on tho cheque he believed to be written by the prisoner. (Mr. Craig's duj-book was produoed, and the writing by prisoner ia it compared with that ou the

chonue.) Ho lud an account at the National Bank, but not at the Colonial. Theie was no tesetiibl.mte to his signatinc in tho name on the cheque. - Stephen William Elmes, tfllet in the Colonial Bank, deposed that the cinque pioduced wm» piesented .it the bank, and not honouied, ai th«n* was no account. - (Jporge Edward Ridings, cloik. in tlic National Bank, deposed that the cheque ]>ioduc*dwai pretonted at the ba.uk, and dishonouicd, as th« signature was not Mi. Uraig'n.— Constable Jackaon dapoied that he ancsted tho prisoner on tho prevent chaigr. Pusoner aaid if lie had had time the cheque would have been all right. In the cell afternr.ii do he nanl he did not g»t the ohequo fiom Mr. Oiaig. He arrested th* prisonei at tke Auckland Police Station. — Detective Jeffrey deponed that he had had great experience in comparing writing, and on making a. coinnausoii between the writing on the cheque and that in the day book of Mr. Craig, h« had no doubt thuy woie both wntten by the tsiin* person. — Tins was the c.wo for the prosecution. — Ptisonei ie»orved hii defenca, and was committed for tiial at the next aeiiion of the Su preiue Comt. Bail wa» allowed — prisoner to enter upon hn own i ocognizaucea for £21)0, and to obtain two securities of £100 each. SlKAUNG KllOM THK SOHOONEll 'FORTUNE.' — Two chaiges of laiceny agninst a boy named John Coffey were remanded till Thumday, as the ' Fortune' whs not yet in harbour. Drunk and Disorderly.— Sarah Ann Con way, cluugcd on suinnionn with beiug diunkaud disoideily 111 Duthaiu stroet on the lGtii mit , failed to appeal, and a warraut was oidered to bo ismed foi hei appiehension. — Thu wa' *H the buamesK.