CITY POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8209, 14 June 1888, Page 3

CITY POLICE COURT.

(More Mr J. Elmer, J.P.) oi Dbunkensess —One first offender pleaded guilty, se and waa convicted and discba* ged. of A Stray Horse.-John Counsel, for allowing a m gelding to wander, was lined 6a, without costs. A Had Man - Henry J. Smith, alias Hylmd. was M charged with having insufficient menus of support.— aI Mr T. 0. Farniu appeared for Ihe accused, who w pleaded not gmity.-wergpant-major Jievin said the n accused was a very bad rnembor of n criminal class ftr which tho police woro d' slrmit of breaking up. lie had never been known to do any work. He lost his ~ right hand while working on tiio Catlin's river rail- (« way, and was in the hospital for scrao time. When m ho came out of the hospital lie whb assisted by the O o Bonevnlenb Institution. He and otlu-rs watched v, drunken men'for the purpose of robbln« them.Comtable Christie said ha arrested thepiisoner at °° 12.30 on the previous night. He wns in thecompauy «a of about half n dozen of tho criminal class, and was a T: sort of leader of a bind of criminals. He s-nrclied h, him and lie found £1 Is upon him.—Constable Has- im tings said accused had never attempted io do any V, work. Ho was constantly knocking about " hotels with abandoned women.—Constable Mul- to laney gave the accused a very bad character.— Ci Mt Farmo printed out that ncused was fouud to S' have money in Ijw pockofc, and he would prove that ~ ho worked ut Catlin's river.—ltobert Howie knew - that the prisoner had worked up at 'fapanui He f: worked afca threshing machine fo- two months and *a go££23. Heowed the accused £?, lent to witness T 12 months ago. Ho paid £D and owed him JBI. — tit Cross-examined: Ifc had been in the dock charged <ji with assault and robbery, but it was a mistake. . Other offences had been laid against him. He did " not see anything wrong about the house in which » the accused lived. —Sergeant Macdonell said ho C saw accused at the racecourse on the 2lth May O l when pr'coner offered him £21 or £23, pushing it' *i into his breast. He was under Hie Influence of drink. : Witness told him to tnke care of his money b PtterAltken give evidence as to payments made to I! 1 his father for clnt.hing lie ordered.—Mr Farnie bi argued that the charge had not been sustained.— ftj The Bench sa!d that it had not been shown that the h, accused came by ttio money honestly, and determined to send him to gaol lor three months. Mr H. Chisholm mi on tlin bench during part o! ~' MioheArlDgof Uiecase. a —At least 30 of the 51 metals with which w we are acquainted exist ip the.sun. «