CITY POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10760, 26 March 1897, Page 4

CITY POLICE COURT.

he M I Thursday, March 25. Id j (Before Mr E. H. Carew, S.M.) ; Drunkenness.— Mary M'Glashan (a frequent offender) was fined £2; in default, seven days' ad j imj»iisonraent. on j Dkstitute Child.—Norah Hallinan O'Brien i was brought before the court as being an inrtied j gent child.-Sergeant O'Neill stated that the child j had p-.eviously baen before the court, hut his I Worship theu did not see his way to make lav order. Sinca then the mother had )Y. j been knocking about the cuurt aud was lin destitute circumstance*. —The woman, oa i. I bring examined, said that she was a married | \vi>mu'>, but her husband was away. — The ah chili was committed to the Industrial School, to f.d be brought up in the Roman Catholic relisrio.i.— he On the application of Mr Gallaway, the child w:is ro committed to Sr. Mary* Orphanage, Nelson.—Aa he unler for the payment of 3s n west W3S jnade cv rit Undersized Fish.—Antonio Piro was charged v.-iih liavin.c ucd»rsizid liah in his i>->ssn»sinn.—

Mr Haggitt appeared to prosecute, and Mr Solomon for the defence. —All witnesses were ordered out of court.—Douglas Harris Hastings, inspector of fisherits, said he examined fish brought up by the s.s. Onslow on March 11, and found some of them slightly unner-SVin in leegth. The fish were just newly caught, and some of them were alive. Witness took roc-session of the undersized fish and measured them in the presence of a bystander name! Dillon. ' Witness, then went up the street with irfll m and measured azain in the presence of Constable Hickey.— Thomas Dillon stated that he was on the wharf alongside of the s.s. Onslow at about 9.15 a.m. on Marcii 11. ■ Witness sated that he measured three fish, and found one to measure SJin, and the other two 3Jin —Further evidence was also given, after which his Worship dismissed the case, saying that it was not proved that the fish were in defendant's possession. John Ueid was similarly charged.—The defence set up was that the fish had shrunk.—After couskierable evidence, j the case was dismissed.