LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5729, 29 March 1880, Page 5

LAW AND POLICE.

POLICE CO\J UT.—Saturday. [Before 11. C. Baratow, Esq , R.M.I Drunkenne s.—Two persons were punished for drunkenness. Larcesv.—Joseph Quinlan was charged with stealing a keg, worth 3s, the property of R Stephenson. He pleaded nut guilty. Constable M'Connell depos>d that oa Thursday he saw the accused in Queen-street with a keg on his shoulder. Witness aaked him about it, and ho Eaid Brown and Campbell's foreman had sent him for it. He doubted prisoner's word, and took him to Brown and Campbell's, where the foreman denied all knowledge of it. Witness arrested him, and then he went down the wharf, where he found the address torn off the cask. The address wa) to Mr. R. Stephenson. Joseph Wilkins, foreman of Brown and Campbell's firm, said he did not know the prisoner, and never sent him for the k(g. Mr. ScepheDson deposed that he was in the habit of sending butter to the Bay of Islands in kegs, lie never sens the prisoner for the keg, and did not know him. He identified the k»g as his property. The defence was, that he had been sent for the keg by a respectable-looking man, who told him to take it up to Brown and Campbell's. His Worship said he could not believe the story. He had been too frequently before the Court. He was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment, with hard labour.

Stkalin'G a Gun.—Reginald Davi3 was charged with stealing a gun worth. £12, the property of William Crowe. Mr. Pardy said the plaintiff had been staying at the Whan, and came to town. Prisoner represented himself as Crowe, and got possession of the gnn, which he sold for £4.—The same prisoner and Allan McCarthy were then charged with stealing a coat, trousers, and vest, the property of W. Harris. Mr. Pardy asked for aretaand on both charges. McCarthy said he had nothing to do with it. He was not aware until he get a good way on the road that the bag the doctor had contained the clothes. The doctor pawned them. His Worship remanded the case.

Illeqaixy ON Premises.—Henry Hughes was charged with being found by night, without lawful excuse, in an out- house, the property of John Lawford. He admitted being lying in the house. He was ont of money, and was waiting to go back to the Great Barrier Island, where he had been working for the last seven years. Mr. Pardy said, under the circumstances, he did

not wish to press the charge, *He wai dircharged with a caution. Negligent Parent.—A charge against Charles Johnson of fai'ing to contribute towards the support of his children in the Industrial School, and with being £18 !2s in arrears, was adjourned for a month, as the defendant had paid 10s recently.