AUCKLAND. 17th April.

Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 397, 18 April 1879, Page 2

AUCKLAND. 17th April.

In the Supreme Court to-day the Judge had ju9t,passed sentence on Hill for forgery, and prisoner was emerging from the dock, "When an elderly woman of notorious character, who had been sitting hard by, unobserved, rushed over and struck him severely two or three times with her parasol, accompanying the action with a shrill exclamation, " You have got your rich deserts ; I commend the magistrate for his decision." The Court gazed upon the • scene with countenances indicative pf blank amazement, and the prisoner hastily sought a place of refuge; while Detective Jeffrey made for the irate female, and adroitly ran the offender out of Court in about the quickest time on record. The following sentences were ' passed :— Henry Charles Hill, forgery, eighteen months ; Eliza Ellis, larceny of wearing apparel, &c, and larceny as a bailee, two years; Joseph Button, receiving stolen property, twelve months. The Waste Lands Board to-day granted a small island near Tauranga for the use of the natives. Thomas Bridgewater, cook ou the steamer Minnie Casey, was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for stealing a silver watch from a man at Mntakohe. Al the soiree of the Working Men's Club, the secretary said it would shortly be entirely clear of financial burdens. ' ' ' 18th April; ¦ The Bonita, a large wooden barque, is likely to be chartered to assist to raise the Taupo. At the Police Court to-day David Goldsten was charged with breach of the Municipal Act in selling lottery tickets to throw for jewellery. Defendant is proprietor of Fatima. The Bench inflicted a fine of 20j and costs. At Onehunga a boy named Arthur Worrell, seven years old, was kicked by a horse which he endeavored to frighten off the road. Portions''of the skull wre broken away from the, back of the head. It is feared the little fellow's injuries are fatal.