CITY POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6091, 18 August 1881, Page 4

CITY POLICE COURT.

WEDNESDAT, 17lH ACOUST.

(Before J. Logan. Esq , J.P., and W. Isaac,

E g , J.P.)

Assault.—John Franc was charged on the information of Daniel Hughes with assaulting bim at Duuedin **v the 15.h inst—Mr Cook appeared on behalf of tho accused.—The c*.m plaiuant deposed that tha accused bad repsatedly threatened bim, aud on the day iv question be threw a large piece of wood at hia head. (Wituass bete became'a little excited, and was proceeding to say tbat he waa not frightened of the pugilistic exercises of the accused, when he * was iaterrupted by the Beach.)— The accused wns bound over to k6ep the peace for three months, iv his own recoguiiauoe of LlO and ona surety of L 5, also to pay Ci sts. liAKOEST.—William Hook was charged witb ttaaliug a hearthstone, valuo 17s 6J, the pro. peity of Henry Lyders.—lnspector Weldon stated tbat the accused c«tne aud asked a boy *o give him a hand to get away the Btone, bu* the hoy refusing ho took it away himself. On being chirged with the theft he saidhog.*t it from one of tho Corporation. men,-, and after wa-ds he said he got it at Lyders', hut though-, it belonged to tho Corporation.—The accused said that the stone wu* lying covered over with grass, and m he thought it had been thrown aside ho took it awny for a doorstep —Aa the caso waa of a trivial nature, the accused was convicted and discharged. A Dangerous Character —John Paterson, *a half caste, was charged with assaulting John Carrick, at Green liland, by striking him on the head with a riding-whip.—lnspector Weldon stated that the accused was making a great

row af the lima the ailault took place, and the oonttable being absent be was locked up by the ■ jomylainant and stsveral others'. The accdaed I 535 a brother of the celebrated, wrestler, and no did not always seem to kuow what he was ftbout—John CaiM'ck deposed :' I was leading An entire hersa -ai G.eca Inland, when'tba icoueed ciine* tip to cw and demanded the aorsi. I would not giv., him the hoise, and ,he struck me on the head with the whip-hendle aow produced, and cut my head. I tried to protaot myßolf, but as I bad the horse to look ifter I bad to call for assistance. He went away a short distance, aud then gathered a iinmber of stones, and mounting hia borse, galloped after me, and threw one of .tha st-onoa •it- me. A lady then came past in a trap, and ao broke a paling, which he had taken from an adjoining fence, on hor home. Subsequently he fell down on tho road, and I secured him. It took four or five of us to take bim to the lockup. —Tha accused said ha recollected nothing about the affair, as ho was under the influence of drink at tho timo. —He wss sentenced to .wo m'-.ntliß' imprisonment with hard labour.

. A Neglected Child.— AdaMilburn, a littlechild, aged 18 months, was charged with being a. neglected child at Dunedin on the 16th August. • —Inspector Weldon stated that tho mother of' the child came to him and asked to have her two children committed ts the Industrial School. Tho institution was already orowded, and a great number of babies had of lato been sent chore. They had invariably to be sent out to be nursed, as they could not be properly attended to in that institution.- It was a pity there was no institution where neglected children of such an ago could be looked after. —Phyllis Milburn, a respectable-looking young woman (who, it will be remembered, appeared in Court a short time ago as plaintiff in an affiliation case), appeared in Court with the liitle child in her aims. She7stated7that she was unmarried, and arrived in the Colony two years ago. The child Ada.* was born six months after arriving in New Zealand,; * Since that she had had another ohild.'whioh was now six weeks old, and whoso father she stated was a man named Porter. : She summoned him for failiug to support the child, but there was not sufficient evidence and the case waß dismissed. She could only earn 10s a week, and on this could not support both children. She had applied to the Committee of the Benevolent Institution for aid, and one cf the Committee' referred her to the Police Court, arid Baid if they did not give her essistance she should leave the girl in the street,—Mr. Logan : That

was fine advice to give you. We should take him up ai an accessory.—lt was decided to remand the ease till next day to see.if. Mr Titchener could mako any arrangements for the support of the cMld in the town. ■•....-.;