THE COURTS.-TO-DAY.

Evening Star, Issue 11776, 5 January 1903, Page 4

THE COURTS.-TO-DAY.

CITY POLICE COURT. (Before C. C. Graham, Esq., S.M.) Drunkenness.—Annie Whitcly (132 previous convictions) waa committed to the Inebriates’ Home at Waitati for twelve months. A first offender and Alexander Milne, .an old age pensioner, were each fined 10.'i or. forty-eight hours; John KeDy alias Kelly the Rake, 20s or forty-eight hours; and another first offender 5s or twenty-four hours.

A Felonious Operation.—Eliza Metcalf and Esther Sanders, charged with this offence, were further remanded for a week, the same bail as before being allowed. Assaulting a Warder.—Donald M‘Bae, a. prisoner, was charged with disobeying tbc lawful orders of Warder M’Millan, obstructing him in the execution of his duties, and striking him on ihe face with his clenched fist. M‘Rae pleaded guilty under provocation.—The gaoler explained that the prisoner was locked up temporarily pending an investigation for a minor offence. On being ordered out of his cell for exercise he refused to go, and resisted the warder. The {moment the latter put his hand on the prisoner’s shoulder he turned round and struck the officer with his clenched fist on the nose.—Tho prisoner said that he did not strike the warder intentionally. He told the officer that ho did not wan t any exercise; that he could do all his “time” in his cell without going out.—HLs Worship remarked that the prisoner had a very bad record, and sentenced him to fourteen days on bread and water.

PORT CHALMERS POLICE COURT. (Before Messrs E. G. Allen and J. Thomson, J.P.s.) Drunkenness. James Coleman, for drunkenness, was convicted and discharged. James Connor, for a similar offence, was fined ss, in default twenty-four hours, and for committing an indecent act was convicted and discharged. Absent Without Leave.—James Connor and Francis Alderton, for being absent from the steamer Delphic on the 2nd and 3rd inst., were ordered to forfeit two days’ pay, with 7s costs, each. . Smuggling.—Francis Alderton was further charged with smuggling from the Delphic two tins of tobacco, containing |lb, of the value of 6s. Accused pleaded not guilty.—Constable Hyland said that he arrested accused on Saturday afternoon on warrant for being absent from the Delphic. On searching him he found two tins of tobacco amongst bis effects.—Accused, in defence, said that when he came on shore he put the two tins of tobacco in his pocket so that he would not loose them. He had no intention of selling them, or he would not have kept them the two days he was away from the vessel.—Their Worships inflicted a fine of 6s, Breach of the Peace. William Smith, James Rye, Robert Lyle, and James Crammond were charged with behaving in a manner calculated to commit a breach of the peace on the Ist inst. Smith, Rye, and Lyle pleaded guilty, and Orammond not guilty. Alter hearing the evidence Crammoud was discharged, and the others lined 5s each, in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment.