LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7787, 5 November 1886, Page 3

LAW AND POLICE.

♦ R.M. COURT.— Thursday. [Before Mr. H. 0. Beth Smitb, B.M.] JUDGMENTS JOB PLAINTIFFS. —W. O. Dennes v. T. Lynch, £5 2a, costs £1 16i: B. Patterson v. Sarah Quinn, £1 10s, costs lls; New Zealand Farmers' Company v. J. Shaw, £1 ss, costs £1 12s 6d; D. Fortzer v. J. Reed, £26, costs £4 19t; Porter and Company v. W. McKeever. £46 7s, coate £4 19a; New Zealand Timber Company t. Marshall, £3 Sa 2d. oosts £1 2a 6d; J. Lamb v. C. 8«U,£13 15s lid, ooeta £310 a; H. Buchanan r. M. U. Frost;, £6, ooeta £1 15a ; J. W. fivans v. S. Mann, 12a 6d, oosts £1 la 6d; J. W. Evans r. T. M. Green, £1 16a 3d, coats £1 Iβ 6ii; Porter and Company v. G. H. Oottrall, £15 2a lid, ooats £2 6«; W. Parkinson v. F. Christmas, 16s 7d, oosts £1 Is 6d ; W. C. Dennes v. T. Lupton, Ba, ooeta £1 Iβ 6d j R. M. Heighten v. R. F. MoGuire, £3 la, oosts £1 Is 6d.

BOLTON V. DIYONPOBT TKAMWAY COMPANY. — Claim £49 10s for extras. Mr. Mahony for the plaintiff and Mr. C. W. Cave for the defendants. The plaintiff was contractor for the tramway line from Victoria Wharf to Cheltenham Beach, Devonport, and the claim was on aooount of work oatside the contraot. Several witnesses were examined and the case was then adjourned until next week. Sombwbll y. Falun.—Mγ. Theo. Cooper for plaintiff, and Mr. C. W. Cave for defendant. In this case, which was heard last Court day, Hia Worship gave judgment for the plaintiff for £10 14a 10-1, in addition to the money paid into Court, and costs. Upton v. Halydat.—Claim £78 for extra work. Mr. Theo. Cooper for plaintiff and Mr. E. M»honey for defendant. This was a claim for extras due upon a contraot. After some discussion the matter was referred to the arbitration of Mr. E, Bell and the case adjourned for a week. POLICE COURT.— Thursday. [Before Mesari. C. D. Whltoombo. and J. P. Kin g J.P.'a.] The Pkbjuby Case.—Joseph Reid was charged with committing wilful and corrupt perjury in an aotion pending in the R.M. Court. Mr. W. Dignan appeared for the prosecution and applied for a further adjournment till Wednesday, November 10. Mr. Theo. Cooper represented the defendant. Remanded till Wednesday, November 10. ' Drunkenness.—Mary Ann Biddiok, for a third offenoe, was fined £5 and coats, or 14 days in default. Two men were muloted in tbe customary penalty. Stealing a Newspaper. — John Jury pleaded guilty to stealing a newspaper, valued at 2d, from the Free Public Library, on November 3. Fined 5a and oosts.

Petty Lakobny. — William Elder was charged with the laroeny of a pair of bellows, razor strop, and a vest, valued at £1, the property of Sarah Powell, on or about October 30. The accuaed pleaded guilty. It seemed the accused was a lodger with the complainant, and sold the articles to a dealer. Sentenced to three months' hard labour.

Alleged Larceny of Fowls.—Charles Werner wm charged with etealiog two fowls, valued at £15, the property of George Fowler, ou October 30. Mr. Theo. Cooper appeared for the aooused. Remanded to Wednesday, November 10. An application for the enlargement of bail waa granted. Stkalimg a Blanket. —George Crisp appeared on remand on the oharge of stealing a blanket, valued at 5», the property of Wong Gong, at the Governor Gordon Dining Rooms, on October 30. Fined 20a and oosti, or seven days' imprisonment with hard labour. Obstbuotinq THB Strbet.—William Patterson, omnibus proprietor, was summoned for a breach of the Police Offenoea Act by leaving a vehiole in Lome-street, on October 6. Defendant pleaded guilty, and stated that hii premises were in the hands of contractors, who were unable to allow the vehioles to enter the building. Mr. T. Cotter appeared for the City Council, and pointed out that the offence was becoming a very common one in the oity. Fined 10s and oosts.

Insulting Language.—Lizzie Brady waa charged with using insulting language to Maria Lone, on October 21. Defendant pleaded guilty. Mr. W. J. Napier appeared for the proseoutriz. Ordered to find surety to keep the peaoe for three months in one surety of £10, and to pay the costs. Alleged Assault.—Samuel Lukey was charged with assaulting and beating Edward Hodgson by striking him in the face with his clenched fist on November 1. Mr. Napier appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. G. N. Bratsey for the defendant, on whose behalf he applied for a remand till Saturday. Remanded till Saturday. Alleged Uttering a Forged Cheque. —John Grant Forsyth appeared, on remand, on the oharge of uttering a forged cheque for 18 5s on the Bank of New Zealand, purporting to be signed by Mr. Corcoran with intent to defraud, on June 16, 1885. Albert O. Gabolinscky, hotel keeper, Waihou, deposed that he was lioensee of the City Hotel, Hobson-street, in June, 1885. The accused was then residing at the hotel, and produced a cheque drawn in favour of wages for £8 Sβ, and signed by Michael Corcoran. Be owed him £1, and witness cashed the cheque, returning him £7 3s, as he "shouted" the remaining three shillings. It was dated June 16, 1885. Aooused said he wm barman at Mr. Corcoran'■ Flagstaff Hotel, Devonport, and that he owed him money for wages, paying him fey cheque. The cheque was paid into the National Bank of New Zealand, and he had a note the same afternoon, stating that the signature was not recognised. The accused cross-examined the witness at length, Michael Corcoran, lioensee of the Flagstaff Hotel, deposed that the aooused was in his employ in May 1885, and leav* ing his work on May 27, he paid him by cheque for £2 ss. Witness did not give the accused a cheque for £8 ss. The signature to that produced was not his, and be had not banked at the Bank of New Zealand for ten years. Neither was the cheque drawn for £3 5s signed by him. John Foster Saunders, tailor, Queen-atreet, recognised the cheque produced as having been given by the accused. Witness cashed it, and paid it into his account at the Bank ot Australasia, and it was returned marked "no account" John Baird Hobart, chief ledgerkeeper at the Bank of New Zealand, stated that the cheque for £8 5e was presented at the bank, and not honoured, as there was no account in the name of Michael Corcoran, neither was the oheque for £3 ss. Tne evidenoe was then read over to the aocused, who said he reserved his defence. He was fully committed to stand his trial at the Supreme Court criminal sessions in Jannary next.

Breaking and Entbbing John Howard appeared on remand from Monday on the charge of breaking and entering the cabin of the ketch Zillah. and stealing two blankets, valued £1, the property ot William pollings; and alio a blanket, two under shirts, two pairs of drawers, and two shirts, valued at £4, the property of Thomas Truecott, on the Ist November. Thomas Trnscott, mate of the ketch Zillah, deposed that the accused came on board on Monday evening and asked for something to eat, and preached a long rigmarole about sleeping out two nighte in the Domain, aid having nothing to eat. Witness gave him a couple of biscuits, and a shilling to keep him off the streets during the night. On returning to the vessel next morning witness found that the ketch had been broken into and a blanket and two or three undersnirts taken away from hie bunk. William Oollings, master of the ketch Zillah, deposed to leaving the vessel, and on returning missed a guernsey frook and two blankets .from the cabin. He rained the artioles at 20s. The aneroid barometer was knooked down and damaged, and the cabin door look was broken open, and a belaying-pin was lying alongside the door. John Smith, third hand on the Zillab, remembered the aooused ooming on board on Monday last. Hβ locked the cabin after the accused left. Margaret Clarkson deposed that her husband was a secondhand dealer in Grey-street, and the accused called at her shop on Monday between seven and eight o'clock. He offered three blankets for sate, saying he was leaving the boat and going up the country. She purchased the blankets (produoed) for 6e 6d. Constable Whit* arrested the aocused in Queen-street about twenty past eleven p.m. for being drank. Aooused was offering a guerneey (produoed) for sale for a shilling. Accused said he belonged to the Helen Denny, but, on inquiring found that it was not the case. Witness recovered the blankets from the last witness. The depositions were then read over to the accused, who was then fully committed to stand hie trial at the Supreme Court in January next.