CITY POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11307, 28 December 1898, Page 3

CITY POLICE COURT.

' Satubday, December 21. .'.'■■.. .- ' '■' (Before Mr D. H: Hastings, J.P.)'. "' Drunkenness.—John Drew; for being drunk; was convicted ' au'd discharged. — Elizabeth M'Causland'.was fined 10s lor a-similar offence, .the alterriativebeirig-48'hOurB' imprisonment..,.-; ; '.'[ '" ■ " 'Mp-NDAY, Decejiber' 26;';-' -■'-'' v-'1 .' (Before Messrs H.M. 'Henderson 'and F; - ;'~; . ; a .'.. '.-'; Montague; J-P's:).'';.. ":'" :']''/;::: Drunkenness.—Two first offenders^'and John Drew wero.,'convicted ivnd discharged.'"' "■; *.;'*■'• Assault.—Mary Blue, was charged with having on Sunday assaulted Bessie, Woods with a ■poker.—Sergeant O'Neill said the injured perison was in the hospital, and he asked, for.a 'remand for a' week.—liemanded accordingly. 1 Larceny.—John Moms,.wasieharged with hay-, ingstolen from soin'o person, or persons un-. .known,' one teapot, one biitter cooler stand,' one jam .dish stand,'and,one jam dish lid.— Chief Detective O'Brien said he noticed accused' '.with, a suspicions-looking,parcel in his .hands.. On being interrogated.as to where he.obtained the articles in the'parcel, accused said ho had them in a back yard. ' This, the detective ■.said, was very improbable, and he would ask ■that accused should -be- remanded for-a.. few ,days, to give the.police an opportunity of trac-, ing the ownership of the. articles.-—Remahded until' Friday next. \-'.' ',' ' - -

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