LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9145, 29 August 1888, Page 3

LAW AND POLICE.

POLICE COURT.—Tuesday. [Before Messrs. W. Duncan and F. G. Ewington, J.P.'s.] Vagrancy. — Catherine Taylor pleaded guilty to a charge of having no lawful visible means of support, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Samuel John Wolf was charged with being an idle and disorderly person, and having no lawful means of support. Mr. Wickham, relieving officer, in the employ of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, deposed that accused had been an inmate of the Princes street Refuge, but he had made a disturbance, and was therefore discharged. Prisoner had formerly conducted himself pretty well, but latterly he would not do what the manager told him. Witness had heard that accused came of a good family, but he would not work, and he could not be taken into the home again. Constable Kelly deposed that the accused "loafed" from camp to camp at the guiiifields at Henderson, and frequently begged food and liquor at the Oratea Hotel. The Bench sentenced Wolf to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. Breaches of By-law.—John Keenan was charged with leaving his horse and carriage unattended on Queen-street Wharf on the lSth instant. Defendant pleaded guilty. This case was brought in connection with a recent bolting accident at the wharf, a man having had his leg broken by the running-away of Keenan's horse. A fine of 10s and costs was imposed. David Stewart, whose horse had also bolted on this occasion, was similarly fined 10s and costs for leaving his horse and carriage unattended on the occasion in question. Cruklty.—A youth named John Russell pleaded guilty to a charge of causing a number of fowls to be carried in such a manner that they were subjected to unnecessary suffering. Sergeant-Major Pratt stated that the defendant had put 25 fowls on the Helensville train, they being placed in two boxes two feet square. On the arrival of th 6 train at Auckland, it was found that eight of the birds were dead, Mr. Rusaell, sen., addressed the Court, and said that his son had acted contrary to his instructions, but he hoped that the Bench would deal leniently with him, as they had now both been out of work for six months. The Bench said they could not j overlook the fact that this offence was a common one, and they imposed a fine of £2 and costs.