THE COURTS.—TO-DAY.

Evening Star, Issue 4955, 20 January 1879, Page 2

THE COURTS.—TO-DAY.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT, (Before J.-Bathgate,;Esq., R.M.) George Phillips v. Robert Rutherford.— Olttim, Lo.os, for services rendered in engrossing a petition to the Governor re the Caversham. . . lyft* an d South Dunedin boroughs,—• iismtiff wasnppsuited. John, Oumnaingly,; frames ,J \Voir.—Claim, L2 , - ,. r supplied.—Judgment was given for plaintiff by default. CITY POLICE COURT. fßefore T. Birch, Esq., J.P.. and the Mayor of North-East Valley.) _ Drunkenness.— Lucy Brook, Mary Fraser, Jules Leorond, John Shaw, and John Cahill <^ nd discharged; Mathew W*- David Swan, James Djckie, Arthur Strata, Matunu. Cnbale, and Mallincent Russell were fined os each, m default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. . , • B ° OTS, ~Alexandor M‘Donald and w.f ld tSOn ’ .* onVl ° t ®d of stealing ten pairs of boots of tho value of L 4, from au unowned iv Mwtiand street, the property of Edwatd Venables Gotlso, were each sentenced to thrpe months m .pnsonment. with hard labor. VAGBANor, James M'Clean was charged with having no la wful means of support.-Defc o tivo Bain deposed that accused had been prowling about the streets and -importuning alms.Sergt. Anderson deposed that ho had been previously convicted of vagrancy and soliciting. Not long ago ho got into the. bay when drunk, and was nearly drowned.—He was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, with hard labor. Disoßdehlt Behavior. Biohard Baker charged with conducting himself in a jmnner * bre4ch ° f “» i«*«. AsoAßjjT.—Hngp Vernon wqv charged with assaulting Mart Henry in Jkttray street,—Complainant deposed that she was a dressmaker. As she was going home shortly after two o’clock yesterday morning tho defendant accosted her and asked to be allowed to accompany her home. She refused to allow him, and he then seized her by the throat and dragged her up a right-of-way. He then endeavored to take advantage of her and when she struggled ho dragged her by the hair find knocked her about.—Constable Sullivan deposed to being attracted to where the defen. dant aild complainant were by tho woman’s screams, bho was bleeding at the mohth, - her! figui *tlut tho accost^

him in _ the .first instance and wanfcd money.—The Beich: Wh?t is the character of this lira Henry?—inspector • Mallard ; HJO , is an abandoned wortiah an I .does not bear a good character at all. She ia one of tb- se women who prowl about at all hours of the night. —7 he Bench : The evidence of such characters is hardly trustworthy Inspector Malard : The man would not have been with the assault had not two constables at some distance heard the wtmm’s screams, and on proceeding to the spot found her covered with blood The defendant was a hard-working man, and had, when under the influence of drink, g»t in tit 8 com Plninant, hence the resu t.— xhe Bench were of opinion that an assault had been committed by the defendant. He was meidi la default forty-e : ght hours* imprison-

Soliciting —Mary Kerr was charged with soliciting prostitution. As she promised to return to waikouaiti in the afternoon ta a former situation she w'as discharged. t> T ? K^.~ Three y°h"gHfc»rß, named Patrick Burk, Thomas Burk, and Hugh M'Kinlay, were charged with stealing three boxes containing detonators, ot the value of 30s, the property of John Broaden and Sons. The detonators had been taken by the boys from the powder magazine, the door of which had been wrenched open. The police had brought the case with a view of seeing if proper precautions were taken by the | erson in chmvc of the msgarinc. The boys attended the Christian Brothers ’ school, and one of the tubes had fallen into the hands rchola's named Hyrne, who had prick* d it and had two fingers blown off one hand, and one finger off the other —The Bench dismissed the boys with a severe caution, on their parents promising to chas'ise them.