THE COURTS-TO-DAY.

Evening Star, Issue 7484, 31 March 1888, Page 2

THE COURTS-TO-DAY.

• CITY POLICE COURT. (Before General Fulton and Mr J. L. Gillies, J.P.s.) Drunkenness.— Frank Steward and Michael Moran were each fined sb, in default twentyfour hours' imprisonment. Foßions Driving.— Dugald HP Call p'eaded not guilty to a charge of furiously driving a cab in Princes street at 1.40 a.m. yesterday. Mr Mac'donald appeared on behalf of accused.— Sergeant Geerin gave evidence to the effeetthat he saw M'Ooll driving' along the street at the rate of ten miles an hour. The cab stopped at the Peacock Hotel, and witness believing that M'Coll was under the influence of drink cautioned him that if he did not go home quietly he would have to arrest him. Accused denied that he was drunk, and at once drove away in the direction of Caversham at a gallop, the pace being fourteen or fifteen miles an hour.—Constable Mulaney gave corroborative evidence. — Accused said that his pace in driving to the Peacock Hotel did not exceed five or six miles an hour. He had a passenger for the Peacock. The sergeant did not complain of furious driving when arresting accused at the hotel. Witness was not under the influence of drink. On leaving the hotel he went away without driving furiously—one horse was trotting all the time, the other broke into a canter for about a hundred yards. He did not draw the whip from the socket. It was impossible for his horses to travel fourteen or fifteen miles an hour, He had only bad throe or four nobblers. that evening.—Mr Macdonald pointed out that, even looking at the affair from tho blackest aspoot, tho occurrence took place at 1.40 a.m., when there was no traffic—General Fulton intimated that he thought the charge was proved. —The' police informed the Bench that accueed had been previously convicted of damaging property, cruelty to animals, obscene language, and allowing horses to wander.—Tho Bench said that a fine of 5s alnd costs would meet the case. '' • The Impounding Act.— WiJMam Lloyd was fined 2s,in default seven days,' imprisonment, for allowing two goats'to wander at {Javersham; Jams Duncan and Jpjpn Counsel, each 2s (3d and costs for allowing horses to wander'Bt 1 Maori Hill; Allan Johnston, Bb and costs for! allowing two howes to wander at Sputb Dttftedin, '' A Nuisance.— John Dix was charged by the Inspector of Nuisanoes 'with neglecting to

clean his yard in Albauy street, and also with permitting the contents of a closet to overflow. The defence was that a nightman had been sent to attend to the closet, buc had failed to do so. Defendant further alleged that the yard was now in a clean state, —Evidence having been given by the inspector, the Bench announced that it was not necessary to call another witness who was in attendance. The case was clearly enough made out, and defendant would be fined 5s and costs, with the alternative of seven days' impriionment, in respeot to each information. Damaging Propebty.— On the case of Janet Oliver v. Litnald M'Coll being called on, Mr Stuart, on behalf of plaintiff, applied for an adjournment for three weeks, as one of the witnesses was unable to attend.—Mr Macdouald, who appeared for defendant, made no objection, and the application was granted.