LAW AND POLIOS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10131, 14 May 1896, Page 3

LAW AND POLIOS.

POLICE COURT.-Wbdnesday. [Before Mr. H. W. Nortbcrolt, S.M.I

Drunkenness.— One first offender was fined ss, with the option of 48 hours, and Sarah Dennis was remanded till the 20th inst.

Thept.—Frederick Bryant, a young man who has already served 17 months for theft, and false pretences, pleaded guilty to havin l ;, on May 11, at Devonport, stolen one metal watch, one metal chain, and one silver sovereign caw,- ot the total value of 15s, the property of Ah Dow, and the Court imposed a sentence oi three months, with hard labour. , '

By-laws.— Wynyard was fined Is, with casts, for being the owner of two cows found in Domain Road, Devonport, without any person in charge of them.

Ai&kgbd Assault.— Lynch was charged with having assaulted one Elizabeth Lynch. Mr. Gittos appeared for the Society for the Protection of Women and Children. Defendant promised to amend, and the ease was adjourned for one month by consent.

Alleged 111-treatment.—Edward Wm. Rolins, a coloured man, was charged that he did on May 7 unlawfully ill-treat one) Edward Alfred Rolins, his son, by beating him excessively, and by kicking him and throwing him violently against the wall of a room. Sergeant Gamble appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Cotter for the defendant. Evidence was given by the boy and _ Dr. King, when. Sergeant Gamble asked if it would be of any use to proceed further, and Mr. Northoroft said lie thought not. Mr. Cotter then called Mrs. Rollins, who was present when the alleged assault took place. She slated that the boy tripped over his father's foot and fell on to the window-sill. His Worship said he did not think there was any justification for the charge at all. Mr. Cotter said he did not blame anyone in the matter, but put it down to injudicious neighhours interfering. His client, however, from the position he occupied, was" entitled to have bis character cleared. His Worahia repeated

that he thought there was nothing in the case whatever, from the evidence of the boy and Dr. King alone, and the charge was dismissed. Education Act.— failing to sera* his child to a public school in accordance with the Act, Peter Peterson was fined 4s, with 7« costs. A similar fine was inflicted in the case of George Sluce. who did not appear. Mr. Small, truant officer, prosecuted. Adjodbned. - A case against William Winser, of having received 5s from one H. Hood on terms requiring him to pay the same to one Robert Henry Keenan, cab proprietor, he did fraudulently omit to account for 2a of that sum, was adjourned until the 15th inst.

PAPAKURA POLICE COURT. Tuesday, May 12, 1896. [Before Messrs. Daniel Crawford, and Dune&a Mclennan, J.P.'s.)

Breach of the Peace.-Police v. John Croskerv and John Brookes, charged with committing a breach of the peace, on April 22, 1896, was fined 59 each and costs, or seven days' imprisonment with hard labour. —[Own Correspondent.]