LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5885, 27 September 1880, Page 6

LAW AND POLICE.

I • > POLICE COURT.—Saturday: i [Before R. C. Baratew, Ksq., R.M.] 1 Drunkenness.—Two persons were punished L for this offence. Larceny.—Three boys, named Edward ■ Coster, William Whittingham, » Anderson, pleaded guilty to stealing a quan- ' tity of fish fron: Antonio Gussy. It appeared • the lads had gone off to Gnesy's boat and > taken the fish, which was valued at 12s. Coster and Anderson, who were ten years and twelve years of a.gt respectively, were 3 ordered to pay the prico of the fish; and » Whittingham, -whom his mother stated to be I beyond her control, was committed to the £ Naval Training School for a period of five T years. 3 Wifb Assault. — Henry McGinn was 7 brought up on warrant charged -with assault- > ing his wife. Mr. Pardy stated that the , case was a very painful one. The woman b had been a widow, with a little property. 7 About two years ago she married defendant, s and since then had been subjected to con- - tinuous ill-treatment. The plaintiff showed ' no inclination to prosecute, and after hearing s her evidence, in which ehe declined to say - that she was afraid her husband wonld again r illfcreat her, his Worship. said he could not t bind defendant over to keep the peace, but 0 in dismissing the case he cautioned the 1 accused against again illtreating his wife. a Fußieus Driving.—.Robert Dunn and ■ William Mudford were charged with driving J furiously at Penrose on the 12th instant. f Mr. Tyler appeared for Mudford. The , other youth was undefended. Walter Bede ford deposed that on Sunday, the 12th f instant, he took Mrs. Bell for a drive iu a e buggy to Otahuha, and on his return, just , before arriving at Penrose, he saw the 0 accused and two others in a buggy thrashing t their horse in order as it appeared to e pass him. ■ He pulled to one side Y and allowed them to pass, but after • passing him they turned back again, and in 7 a very offensive manner wanted to race into t» Newmarket for £5. Witness drove on, and t arrived in Newmarket, where he informed J Sergeant Jackson of the conduct of the 7 defendants. Ann Bell gave corroborative a ovidence, and described tho conduct of the b defendants as most offensive. Charles C. e Lambert, station-master at Penrose, whose a attention was attracted by the noise the y youths made, deposed that Dunn was t driving, and endeavouring to keep ahead of 1 the buggy driyen by Mr. Bedford, when • they passed the station. Edward Faulkner , deposed that the lads were driving very fast f near the Newmarket toll-bar, and he pnt up 0 his hands to stop them. Sergeant Jackson - also gave evidence. When they reached - Newmarket he called on them to slacken e their pace. He tried to stop them in conse--1 quence of what he had been told by Mr. 1 Bedford. He caught hold of tbe shafts. , Mr. Tyler for the defence urged that if the i defendants were driving furiously so also i must Mr. Bedford. William Mudford dea posed that they v/ero not driving fast, and a Robert Dunn deposed that be drove from - Otahuhu to the Junction Hotel. They drove in turns, and only went at a moderate 1 trot. John Twohoy, who was also in the fc buggy, gave similar evidence. They were t found guilty of the charge. 3 Obscene Language.—William Tattersall, 7 .Robert Dunn, and John Twohey were then r charged with having addressed obscene lanb guage to Mrs. Bell. Tattersall did not ? appear, and a warrant was ordered to issue , for his apprehension. The evidence of Mr. f Bedford, Mrs. Bell, and Mr. Lambert was a taken as to the language used, which was certainly most offensive. They were all , positive that Tattersall and Twohey, who - were seated in the back part of the buggy, b used the language complained of, but could not be positive ae to Dunn and Mudford, 1 who were in front. The Bench found the 7 case proved as against Twohey, who was i sentenced to pay a fine of £5 and 20s costs, 3 or, in default, six weeks' imprisonment with t hard labour; JRobert Dunn, for furious r driving, was fiued £3, and costs 16s, or, in f default, a month's imprisonment; and Mudl ford was fined £1 and costs, or, in default, i 14 days' imprisonment with hard labour. ) ■ Youthful Thieves.—Charles Bottomore ■ and James Green were charged with pilfering ■ biscuits and fruifc from Mr. Gardiner, of r Newton. The defendants, two lads about b 12 years of age, pleaded guilty, but t upon their parents promising to pnnish > them they were discharged with a caul tion. Mr. Gardiner and Mr. Green l called the attention of the Bench to the l depredations which were perpetrated by ■ boys belonging to tho Industrial Home, and r his Worship recommended them to keep a > stick for the benefit of pilferers, and use it - smartly on tkem. j Seamen's Wages.—James Lowrie was i charged with refusing to pay wages to i Dominie Cullet, £7 15!s 4d, James Patterson, f £5 4s Bd, and Kainer Nelson, £5 4s Sd. The l plaintiffs were articled seamen on board tho ' brig Emily. Mr. T. Cooper appeared for the I defendant, and pleaded not guilty. Mr. S. ■ Hesketh appeared for the complainants. , After hearing the evidence, the Magistrate i gave jndgment for the full amounts in the Itwo first cases, and for £4 4a 8d in the third case, together with coets. '