LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Issue XVI, 3 December 1879, Page 6

LAW AND POLICE.

LICENSING COURT. LBcfore R. C Barstow. Esq., R.M.. Chairman, and Messrs. Joseph May, (i. M. Mitford, and K. L. I'riuie, Commissioner?.] Tjib quarterly meeting of the Lincensing Court was held at the Police Court at noon yesterday, when the applications were dealt with. Mr. Superintendent Thomson and Sub-Inspector tardy represent=d the police. New Applications. —Patrick Gleeson applied for a license for a two-storey house to be erected at the corner of Hobson-Btrect and Customhouse streot, the plans for which were submitted, and the application was certified by the requisite number of householders reeiding in the immediate viciuity. Mr. E. Hesketh appeared in support of the application. He acknowledged that it was an anomaly to apply for alicenae for a house which did not exist. The position was this: The applicant wai the lessee of an allotment on the reclamation ground. He had a lease for GG years. He had been in business as a publican previously, and he now wished to resume busi- ■ ness if he had a reasonable hope that he would get a licence for '.he house when it was erected. The application was supported by a memorial, signed by seventy householders. The object was to erect a family hotel. He submitted the planß prspared by Mr. Mahoney, showing its size and conveniences, including fresh and salt water baths, twenty-one bedrooms, besides sittingrooms, billiard room, bars, io. He aal;.ed the Bench to give an expression of opinion that if a house had been erected in accordance with those plans they would have granted the licence. In reply to the iiench, Mr. iicsketh said that the building would be of wood; a brick building, as shown on the plan, would cost about £6000. The Bench, after examining the plans, postponed a decision until they had heard the application for a licence for the opposite corner. William Sheehan applied for a license for Cliff HOUBO, at present occupied as a boarding house by William Mdler, situate at the corner of Customhouse and Hobson

streets, to be known as the " Cliff Hotel." Mr. Tyler appeared for the applicant. He said although they applied for a license for the house now existing, he had lodged plana showing an extension by adding a threestorey brick building. The extension would cost from £3500 to £4000. Mr. Tyler read a memorial signed by a large number of the leading merchants and tradesmen of the city in favour of the application. The bench then retired, and after about twenty miuutes consultation, returned to court. The chairman said the court was disinclined to grant a new license for a wooden house within the city, but if a brick building, such as shown on either plan had been erected, they would have granted a license. Mr. Hesketh said on behalf of his client, that he would give a guarantee that a brick building in accordance with the plans now in court would be erected, and be finished in June. Mr. Tyler said on behalf of his client he would also guarantee that the building would be erected as shown on their plans, and to show their bona fides they were prepared to deposit £500 as aguarantee. Mr. Hesketh said his client would deposit double that amount if required. The court Faid they cuuld not withdraw their decision. Both applications were refused. Tranj-fers.—The following transfers were j granted :—George B. Martin, Queen's Hotel, Syinonds-street, to Joseph Rose ; Archibald Campbell, Ponsonby Club Hotel, Ponsonby, to William Stanford ; Jatres Condon, Queen's Hotel, Karangahape Koad, to John Holmes ; Donald McGregor, Auckland Hotel, Queen and High streets, to William Hamley ; Isaac Uuano, Crown Hotel, Grey-street, to Julm Neville; Joseph Boulter, Wyuyard Arms Hotel, \Vellesley street, to George Thomas Codlin ; Hobert Blaydes, Prince of Walea Hotel, Hobson-street, to Francis F. McCormick; Michael Corcoran, Metropolitan Hotel, Queen-street, to Thomas Thompson Anderson; Ellen 1.,e31ie, New Caledonia Hotel, Symouds-street, to John Herbert Burns.

POLICE COURT.—Tcnsday. fßcfoic R. C. Baretow, Esq., R.M., arid J. May, Kso., J.l',] Drunkenness.—Thomas Gilfillan, Mary Burke and James McDonald, wore charged with having been drunk, and were fined in the usual penalties. Cask of Destitution. — Annie Hamilton was charged with breach of Vagrant Act, ISGO, by hiring a rogue and a vagabond on the tat inst. Sub-luapector Tardy said this was a poor unfortunate creature on the verge of destitution, and in a state bordering on delirium tremens; and it would be an act of mercy to have her put where she would be taken care of. His Worship seuteuced her to six months' imprisonment.

A Rogue and a Vagabond.—William Taylor was charged with a similar offence, viz ,of being a rogue and a vagabond. Mr. ParJy stated that the mail (who could hardly stand or walk either from the effects of destitution or litjuor, or both) had b-jen picked up in the street in this state by the police. It was a esse for the hcßpital more than for the gaol. His Worship said if he sent him to gaol he would of necessity have to go to the hospital, so he ordered him to be sent there direct. Sheep stealing. — William Swinboume was charged with sheep-stealing at Waitakerei daring the mouth of November, 1579. Sub-Inspector Pardy said that there were other complaints against this young lad for having broken into houses, Ac., and be asked for a remand until he could ascertain whether he was such a desperate character as they made him out to be. His Worship accordingly ordered a remand until Friday, the sth inst. Careless Driving.—John Purcell was charged with negligently driving a horse and cait aloug Customh >use-s!reet ou 2(Jth ult. He was lined 3s, and Co3ts 14s. An Unnd.ubkked Cart.—John Pursell was also charged with driving a cart in Cuatomhouse-ttreet without having a registered number attached for the current year, oil the 20th ult. He pi ■;vied guilty, and was fined 3s, and costs 7s. Ax Uncollared Dog at La hoe.—Walter E. Westbeach was charged with allowing his dog to be at large in Poueouby Road without having a ticket affixed for the current year, ou the 20th ult. Fined 5s and costs. Fast Driving. — Johu Herepath was charged with driving a vehicle at other than a walking pace round the corner of Queen aua Victoria streets on the 34rd ult. He admitted the offence, and was tiued 3s, with costs. Furious Riding.—Joseph Johnstone was charged with furiously liding a horse in Queen.street, on the 20th ultimo. He was fined 5s and costs 7«. Horses at Larcse. — Johu Campbell was charged with dispasturing two horses, bis property, on unenclosed laud, off Angleseastreet, on the 21st ultimo. Defendant stated that he had just given his boy a new pair of boots and had sent him out with his horses, but that he had ran away, leaving the horses to themselves. He had also had to pay 5s to get them out of the pound. Under these circumstances his Worship only ordered a fine of Is with costs. Keep the Lights Burning.—Thomas Maselield was oharged with abreach of by-law number 1, part 1, section 38, by not keeping a light burning on a boarding erected by him in Albert-street, from sunset on the 10th to sunrise on the 17th ultimo. He was fined 5s and costs. A Savage Dog.—Margaret Clarke was charged with beiug the owner of a dog which did, iu Wydham-atreet, attack one George Crow, whereby his limbs were endaugered, on the 25th ult. Mrs. Clarke admitted the charge, and was fined 10s, with 14s costs. Drunk and Disorderly.—Eliza Gent was charged with beiut; drunk and disorderly on the Howick road, Panmure, on the 25th ult., aud ordered to pay a fine of 10s, and 9s costs, or (in default) to suffer imprisonment for 4S hours. SLAUGHTERHOUSE LICENSES: 11ANDKAU COUNTY. | Before Thomas Jackson. Esq., R.M., William Gooilfeliew, aud 3. 11. Stral(o:d, Eaqs., J.P.J 'I he following licenses to slaughter cattle within the Manukau county, for the year ending 31st December, ISSO, were granted : —John Hall, Otahuhu; Stephen Coxon, Mangere—license fees, £2 10s each ; Henry Jackson, Otahuhu ; John Vuglar, Otahuhu ; Frederick Martin, Mercer ; William Crosbie, Pokeno ; Charles Boyd, Razorhack ; John Henry Parker, Bombay; Robert Willis, Papakura ; Thomas Hyde, Wairoa ; John Gill, l'akuranga; David King, Howick ; Henry Williams, Waiukti; Edward Con stable, Waiuku; John Moore, Patemahoe ; Terence Kavanagh, Mauku ; William Grosse, Pukekohe; James Golding, Pukekolie; and George and A. H. Brown, Tuakau—license fee, £1 10s each. George Baxter Martin was licensed to kill small cattle—license fee, £1. The bench then adjourned till the first Tuesday of June, ISSO. —[Own Correspondent, December 2.J PAPAKURA LICENSING COURTS. Monday, December 2. [Before Thomas Jackson, Esq., R.M , J. H. Stratford, and k\ W. Evans, Esqs-, Commissioners.] The following applications for transfers were granted : — Globe Hotel, Papakura, from Charles Limmer to Duncan McGregor ; , Wairoa Hotel, Wairoa, from Andrew Raynes to George Baxter Martin; Railway Hotel, Mercer, from Mary Ann Kidler to John Duudon Dillon.—[Own Correspondent, December 2.]