LAW AND POLICE.
■' POLICE COURT NEWS. , SChe Police Court Bench on Saturday wo* \ -presided over by Sir.' Thomas Hutchison, .1 - S.M. ..-•.. ■ Drunkenness: Two first offenders for inebriety were dealt with in the usual way; Alleged Theft "of >; Money. At the request <£ Sub-Inspector Mitchell, EllWorlh Stevens, charged with the larceny of the. sum of £5 ■ .from-Charles Bradley, was remanded till this . imorning. Bail was allowed in two sureties •of £25 each. t/ tJhargo" Against Two Constables : His Wor- :'. ship was engaged 'practically the whole of - Saturday morning in hearing, the , chared against, two-police constables, named' Peter v Boss 1 and Win. McLennail, for an alleged assault on Alfred EvaiiS. Prosecutor condueled his": own ease, and Mi. J. 'C. Martin defendants. The defendants' cast was that they were told off to watch a certain house J nn Grey-street, from which locality the police bad of late received numerous complaints about assaults and midnight disturbances going on' there frequently.'; At half-past eleven • '. o'clock on the night of. the sth inst. deferid'q ants, while in the neighbourhood in;question, :••'■•;';■ noticed a number of men walking into a cer- ■'. tain bouse in the street, in an unceremonious way. and whom they were well aware did not s-esido there. .Ross, thinking that the con- ; duct of the placo was not good, walked in■side," arid there saw., the prosecutor. .He -. beckoned him to come out ill a friendly manner, with the intention of asking him. a question, .and when both got out;info the street prosecutor made an .unexpected fusil lit Row, and to ; ward off an Intended blow, ".'.. '..- Boss, shoved prosecutor away, and the latter fell down on the sidewalk kerbing, and cut bis face somewhat. Prosecutor stated in his -".. evidence, -whichwas taken on Friday, that . Uoss struck him a blow with his fist in the face without warning. After hearing "all the evidence. His Worship finally dismissed the information. ' By-laws :Wm. Windsor Was fined. 10s and "costs for driving a vehicle 'aftc» sunset without' the cuptcjnsry light.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11844, 23 December 1901, Page 7
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