LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5760, 4 May 1880, Page 6

LAW AND POLICE.

POLICE COURT.—Mokday. [Before E. C. Bsntow, Esq E-ir 1 DRt7NKEN\VES3.—The batch of drank, j brought up was rather larger than S bix were fined each 5s and coat* . default, twenty-four hoara' imprisons "J with hard labour, for first offences and <2 others were each fined 10s or, in flgf , 0 forty-eight hours' imprisonment, for s4 i offences. Two persons, for beine Sunday, were also fined 10s, with the n. 0I ? alternative. Ik decent Language.—Catherine wa3 charged with havine male os ß of • decent language in Chapel-street t?" language complained of was of a fonl 2 disgusting nature. She pleaded not miht Mary Burr, a next-door neighbonr 7,1 defendant, deposed that on the evL; of the 27th, and on the 28th the acp 3 and other women who assembl-d in & d house abused her, using most foul and she was very much afraid, a fri^ S ' c her husband's (Captain Burr) visited t The language used toward able. The witness wa3 in a verv erVjti state, and it took the prosecuting officer magistrate and the clerk, to featra a' t reciting the tale of her grievances, and the manner in which she was persecuted in cross-examination, she said her fv; "i t was a particular frieudof f hAod'° remained in the house that ni?ht Thl defencs wa3 that the friend re(prrAl' and knocked at her door, ino" e r ["/^ r " me Burr, and remained al °/y knocking that pTat defendant entirely denied having nse a Bis Worship said °there It iiardly sufficient evidence to convict, but cautioned defendant to restrain her tonm? and dismissed the case. ' Larcexy AS a Bailee.—John Nott Makin was charged with larceny as a bailee of certain valuable securities at Pokeno The accused was a respectably dressed youn* man. The securities in question were a number of cheques. He was in the emnlnr of the collector of the West Pukekohe way Board. He was entrusted to piv°m the cheques to the bank to the credit of the Board, instead of which he cashed them and converted the money to his own Me' He had only been arrested that moraine and Mr. Brown, the principal witnesi w-ii absent. Mr. Pardy asked for a remind until the 6th, which was granted. Prisoner applied ta be admitted to bail. Bail was granted in prisoner's own bond o£ £100 and two sureties of £50 each. '

Sunday Liquor Traitic. — Frederick Davison was charged with having saD . plied alcoholic liquor at the Alexandra Hotel on Sunday, the 2oth of last month to persons not bona fide travellers or lodeers at the hoteL Defendant pleaded not guilty William Mitchell, a resident in Chapelstreet, deposed, that on Sunday, the 23th he went to defendant's hotel with three men, and had lemonade and brandy to drink. He went again in the evening with two'men and had. a similar drink. Mrs. Davison served them in the evening. They remained in the hotel from dusk until II o'clock, and had several drinks, fienry Johnson, another Chapel-street resident, who accompanied the last witness on. both occasions, swore that he was supplid with drink by Mrs. Davison in the morning and by the "boss" in the afternoon. He had three drinks out oE the house during the day. Alexander Brown, a seaman, also deposed to having been supplied with brandy and soda by Mrs. Davidson. He did not see defendant at all A constable deposed that he went to the house, kept by defendant, at 11 o'clock ca Sunday night. There were four men sitting in a room. . They had no drinks, and Davison said they were lodgers. He w.-.t about two minutes knocking before he got in. The defendant deposed that, on Sanday week, he only came down stairs at 11 o'clock, and saw the witnesses there. He told them it would snit them better to go home than he boozing about in a public house. Witness went away, and did not return till S o'clock next morning, as there was a difference between himself and his wife. She was a remarkable woman.—His Worship said, it wa3 clear if he could not manage his wife, he could not manage his house. He was responsible for the management of his house, and as this was a bad case, he would be fined £10 and costs. The costs amounted to £1 7s.

Alleged Im>eces»t Assault. — Cbarks Alexander Martin was charged with assaulting Rachel Fletcher. Mr. Tyler appeared for the defence. His Worship said, after the sworn testimony on Saturday, even supposing all that was sworn to by Mrs. Fletcher was true, there was not sufficient to constitute an indecent assault; and he might further add that he did not believe it all. He left it with Fletcher whether he would proceed with the case : bat he might find it necessary to deal with it in another way it different facts were sworn to to-day to what were sworn to on Saturday. Fletcher said he would knock off the case. He had no additional evidence to call. He withdrew the charge. The Case agaixst Fletcher. — Abel Fletcher was then placed at the bar to receive judgment in the case in which ha was charged with assaulting Charles Alexander Martin. The evidence in this case was heard on Saturday, and has already been published. His Worship, in addressing the accused, said : "I have now to give judgment in the case which was heard on Saturday. Although I believe this to be a base and wicked conspiracy between your wife and yourself, I cannot deal with it as such, for there i 3 barely sufficient proof; but I have had enough evidence before me to make me believe that you followed Martin to your house for the purpose of extorting money from him on a charged found in the dark with your wife. I have such a strong belief in this that it amounts to a certainty that it was on your part a base attempt to coerce Martin into paying smart money. Your wife's own evidence bears this out. Why else did yos follow Martin so closely, and be first seen armed with a knife ? From what I kcow you previously, and from the evidence before me, I can coma to no other conclusion. Pri" soner: What brought him there, then! His Worship, looking towards the poo r little woman who sat behind the prisoner, said : Mrs. Fletcher never brought bio there. (Laughter.) Prisoner : I hope yo-r Worship will make it as light as possible. Mr. Cunningham (regretfally) : The penalty cannot exceed a certain amount. His ship : The sentence of the Court i 3 tM" you pay a fine of 403, and pay the cos-, which amount to £a 13s, or (in default o: payment) that you undergo two months imprisonment with hard labour ; and I further order that you become bound over to kwp the peace tewards Charles Alexander _-J ar ' tin, and all Her Majesty's subjects, tar a period of six months—yourself in bonds o £50, and two sureties of £25 each. prisoner was removed from the Coar» ■- custody. , . Lux act. —Edward Pardy Lodge, w had been brought in from Awita on a ens = of lunacy, was, on the meiical ceirtrficates Drs. Tennant and Scott, committed Lunatic Asylum.