LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5629, 1 December 1879, Page 6

LAW AND POLICE.

POLICE COURT.— Saturday, [Before R. C. Barstow, Esq., J.P.J

Drunkenness. —Fivo persons were convicted of being drunk on Friday, and wero fine 1 in the usual penalties. A Female Rogue and Vagabond.—Jane Rolfe was charged with being a rogue and vagabond. Prisoner denied that she was a rogue and vagabond, and said she made a living by sewing. Sergeant-major Martin and Detective Jeffrey both deposed that she was well-known as one of the lowest prostitutes in the city. Prisoner stated that she had been deserted by her husband, and that her troubles had driven her to drink. His Worship advised her for the future to eschew drink, and in order to give her ao opportunity of abstaining from it for the next two month*, he ordered her to be imprisoned for that time, with hard labour. Failing to Support his Family.—James Meehan Conaell was charged with failing to pay for the support of his wife and four children, being in arrears £30 at Christchurch, 25th September, 1870. This case was reinaQded to Carislchurch.

Larcesy.—John Connor was charged with stealing one counterpane, worth 10a, the property of Elizabeth Sarah Russell, at Parnell, on or about 26th November ; also with stealing a sword aud sheath and belt, worth 30?, the property of Edward Henry Power, at Parnell, on the 28th November ; also with stealing 37 pounds of tobacco, worth £11 lg, the property of William Samuel Collins, at Parnell, 2Sth November. As there are several other charges against the prisoner, Sub-Inspector Pardy asked for a remand till next Thursday, the 4th instant, which was granted by his Worship. Robbing a Till.—Hugh McCarthy was charged with stealing 8s from the till of the Charlemont Hotel, the property of Ellen McCloughlan, on the 28th .November. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Emma Barrett, barmaid of the Charlemont Hotel, deposed that the prisoner came into the bar on that day, and after giving him a piut of a!e for which he paid her 4d, and which money she put into the till, she went into the back parlour. There was no one else in the bar. Hearing the noise of the money rattling, she came out at once and saw the prisoner coming out from inside the bar, where the till was situated. She at once missed Bs. It was proved by other witnesses, one of chein his own son, that the prisoner had no money that morning, and ihat after leaving the Charlemont he had several pieces of money, shilling and half-crowns, changed in payment of drinks. He was found guilty aud sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour.

Laiiceny.—John Rogers was charged with stealing a quantity of champagne, brandy, and imperial plums, worth over £5, the property of James Hill, master of the British ship Anazi, on the high seas, on board the said vessel, on or about the 15th in'st. As there are five men now charged with the same offence, Sub-Inspector Pardy asked that this case be remanded to Monday, so that all the prisoners should appear together. His Worship ordered a remand till Monday. Using Threatening Language.—James Morris was brought up, on warrant, charged with using threatening language towards Thomas Kennedy, on the 28th November. Thomas Kennedy and his wife both deposed that the prisoner, who lives next door to them, had threatened to take Kennedy's lifo on the 28th November. As they believed he would carry out his threat, th<>y begged he might be bound over to keep the peace. Thomas Sullivan, a neighbour, corroborated the evidence of the Kennedys, whereupon his Worship found, him guilty, and sentenced him to keep the peace—hiintelf in £50, and two sureties in £25 each—for a period of two months. Lunacy".—Frauk Lawrie, on tho evidence Drs. Puichas and Honeyman, was committed to the Lunatic Asylum.