POLICE COURT.—Thursday.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4409, 31 December 1875, Page 3

POLICE COURT.—Thursday.

[Before E. C. Barstow, Esq., R.M., and G. X. Mitford, Esq., J.P.] Drtokskitess.—Three Europeans and one Maori were punished in the usual manner for this offence. Druhk and Disorderly.—John Allen pleaded guilty to a charge of acting in a disorderly manner in Chapel-stiset, on the 20th was ordered to pay a fine of 20s, and Is bd costs, or undergo 4S hours' imprisonment.—James Wildridge for a charge of the 3ame nature preferred forfeiting his bail to appearing before the Court. Assault.—William Robins appeared on remand charged with assaulting the chie£ officer of the barque Ls':zie Fox, on the sth instant. The prisone: pleaded guilty, and his solicitor, Mr. Laik'.i. ey, having expressed, regret on his behalf that ths alienee had been committed, the case was dismissed with a fine of Is, and £2 16s costs. [Before G. M. Mitford and G. P. Pierce, Esqs., Justices - ] Larceny. — Harriet Jane Stewart was brought up on remand charged with the larceny as a bailee during the months of November and December, 1575, of a quantity of wearing apparel, valued at £11 756 d, the property of Kate McCloy. Kate McCloy depo-.ed : I am at present residing with the Rev. Mr. Reid, at Auckland, and know the prisoner who was a fellow passenger by the ship Carisbrooke Castle, which arrived in September last. Prisoner is a married woman. Three weeks ago I left a trunk at her house, to be mended by her husbaud. It was full of my clothes at the time. T went to her house on Monday evening last to look after my clothes, and found the trunk empty. Prisoner was not there, and lat once informed the police of my loss. Accompanied Detective Grace to Heavey's pawn office, and there saw a quantity of my things. The articles enumerated in the list produced are my property. There are several articles not yet recovered. Prisoner had no authority from me to remove the clothe l ? out of my trunk. The trunk was not locked when £ sent it to repaired. Andrew Heavey, licensed pawnbroker, carrying on business in Wyndham-street, was examined, and stated that he knew the prisoner, who had ccme to his place on several occasions. The articles produced were those the prisoner pawned at his office. She said they were her own property, and that she would redeem them again. Henry B. Keesing, assistant to Mr, Neumegen, pawnbroker, carrying on business in Auckland, was sworn, and stated that he remembered prisoner pawning the two polonaises produced, one on the Bth and the other on the 17th instant. Gave them to Detective Grace when he asked for them. William Beal general dealer, carrying on business in Wel-' lesley-street, deposed :—Kemember prisoner coming to my place about three weeks ago, to sell several articles of female clothing, but as the business of buying them was transacted by my wife, I caunot identify the things. Detective Grace deposed, arrested the prisoner on the 27 th inst., and told her the nature of the offence with which she was charged. I enumerated the articles to her and she acknowledged having pawned them. She also said, she had sold a dark skirt, and a black lustre dress and jacket, at a shop in "Wclles-ley-street. She told me the next morning, I would find a linen polonaise, and a grey home-spun one at iNeumegen's where they had been pawned by a gil l named. Turner. She gp.ve me the two tfekets weich she had received at the pawnoflice. Obtained the articles now before the Court from Heavey, Beal, and Keesing. The girl Turner denied having pawned any of the stolen articles. Frances Beal, wife of William Beal, deposed : Remember seeing prisoner in my shop on last Monday afternoon. The articles produced, I bought from her about three weeks or a month ago. I gave them to Detective Grace. To prisoner :—Your gave me three six penees to bring them back again, as you did not wish me to sell them. To the Bench: That occurred about a fortnight ago. This concluded the ease for the prosecution, and prisoner then made a statement to the effect that she had kept Miss McCloy free of expense at her house, and that when she pawned the goods, she had stipulated that they should not be sold as she intended to redeem them as soon, as I Dssible. The evidence was theu read over to her, and having intimated that she would reserve her defence, she was duly committed to take her trial at the next session of the Supreme Court.