POLICE COURT.—Monday.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 720, 6 March 1866, Page 5

POLICE COURT. —Monday.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq,, R.M.) dhunkenness. Joseph Proctor, Bridget Morris, Martin Timms, Jane Hughes, -Toha Chute, Ellen McLean, and Mary Kearns were oach charged with being drunk, and were sach fined 20j. and costs, or in default, to o imprisoned 48 hours with hard labour. illen McLean and Mary Kearns were ordered to bo imr prisoned for se»en days additional, this being their third offence within three months. '' DESEKTEU/ ' _ : John Murray pleaded guilty to being a desertes from the 70th Regiment, and was handod over, to tno main guard.' . • . 'CRUELTY TO AKIiIAtS,George Constable • was charged by Constable Molloy with a'breach of' the by wantonly and cruelly 'beating a horse in ohortmn street on the. '27th February last. ' He ploaded guilty, • and waß ordered to pay a.fine.ot 40s. and costs.■ ; 4.ssauj,t. '• ,' •; ; Daniel Hammond was: charged" by Mizabetj] : McQuillan with having on Wednesday the aatt r February, at Freeman's. Bay, bean guilty, of assaults ing her son by throwing a stone at him ana striking - him on'the head. Defendant pleaded guiliy, f said that he was incited to do it by the constant f annoyance he was subjected to by this boy and nianj b others. He was ordered to pay » flue of ton sailliDg l i andecstii

assault. John Nobea was cha-ged by Ana with an assaa fc by tt. iking he.*. Defendenfc did n:>t appear, and a wa-rant was ordered to bo issued for'his apprehension. Shis ooncluled tho 1 usinesi.