CITY POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10419, 23 July 1895, Page 4

CITY POLICE COURT.

Monday, July 22. (Before Messrs J. B. Thomson and-M. Sullivan J.P's.) ' Alleged Theft. -William Johu lones was charged with the theft, on the 20th April, at Invercargill, of £17 5s 3d, the moseys of the lnvercargill Pine Company. -Mr Solomon appeawd for accused.-Sergeant O'Neill stated that accused was arrested on Saturday night Hear lug the po'.sca were looking for him, he came to the station and gave himself up. As the matter occurred at lnvercargill the sergeant asked for a remand to that place.-Mr Solomon had no objection to the remand. He was not eoine-tn ask f.>r any bail, but that the case might be remanded to Friday, not Wednesday, the date mentioned by Sergeant O'Neill. He (Mr Solomon) was going down to luvercargill to defend Innes and might not be able to go there an Wednesday —The case was remanded to Friday next Drunkenness. - Annie Pilet, alias Margaret Jackson, was" charged-with this offence -On thp application of Sergeant O'Neill, who stated that the accused while m the lock-up on Sunday mom ing became very ill, and had to be removed to' the hospital, r,nd that the doctor had said that she would not be able to attend court before Monday next the accused was remanded. Two fiS offenders were convicted and discharged and one was fined ss, with the alternative of 24 hoVir, ?n gaol. John M'Nab, who had never been before the court for drunkenness, but who had bin charged with vagrancy, was fined 5s or 24 hoS imprisonment, a week being allowed to pay the fine -Sergeant o'Neill mentioned, in connection with this cave thattheyoungman'hadnotave" i good reputation, and he thought he was wort-?™ ! with those who till lately had been unenTrJoyed 2 in the case of a charp<> 0»n;,,~t w'S M'Kay, Mrs M'Kay wftffl Jhat'w I son was too ill to attend court -Sergeant C?Kei)l bsheved that this statement was corr«¥ , !? mentioned that there worel2 P revfe U sc o nvLion, against accused, and asked and obtained"anad journment for a week an ™ Vagrancy —An elderly woman, named Far,™ ITlynn, was charged wUh having bsufEri T™^ means of support -Sergeant O'Neill stated «,S accused called on him at the Police Station h morning, at half-past 10 o'clock, and asked twi* might be taken into custody as shp WU. i Jl^ means of support, and no horn togo to %t\ {v} ' stated tb.t she had called oD ?MiS^Kevis on h*t I SS Io as.o? k !Tu?^- to SvS?p! - her, to give her an opportun ty of goU Intnl?* country. She started to w-iit JK be was found by a constable aTlWount fe'l°i *nt with her leg fractured. She ««; V,* S \ yi? g hospital, and bad come ™tJ, T$ Kn totlle about a week ago. -Theßenol? tl™* ,lnst' :tu«on difficult case to deal chi h r oughtiWa Sa suggested that the "mw ,2?' °NeUl for a week to see if anyone v ?onH *"' rßma«tied to do something for her v ,??« forward sbip for her to be in caal « lAc no hard-before.-The Bench th ou ihf,h had bsen tWe ] for the Benevolent liStL tL See fmcd mOxe fit else.-The accused said sS IT 1•? ? r a,nywhere get to the institution ~The r J Cd Sbo could for a week. c case was remanded

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