CITY POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12418, 30 July 1902, Page 7

CITY POLICE COURT.

Tuesday, .Taw' 23. . •' (Before Captain .Sund3irora and Mr M. Sullivan, J.r.'s.). Drunkenness.—'William Shearer, for having been drojik in Cargill road, wa* fined lCa, or 48 hours imprisonment, t C i!'"T^ n P ie ®°'"6 waa chargei with, on J.ttjy 24, having stolen a piece of print matenal, of the value of .41, the properly of John ±1. tarter.—Mr Hanlon appeared for tho accused, who pleaded " Guilty."—Tiio Subinspector said the accused had never been before tho court before. On the date mentioned she had been seen to take the roods from the ,ront of Mr Garter's shop. 'Information had been given to the defectives, and they had found tho material in her houße. Sho had made a false statement as to how it camo into her possession.—Mr Hanlon said the accused had been m Duncdin, or at least in the colony, for 80 years, and had always borne a good character. Sho had brought u». her familv respectably and well. The accused did not know how she came to commit the offence, and ua submitted it was a case in which Um ondß of justice would he met if the accused were convicted and ordered to como up for sentence when called upon.—Tli-s Bench slid thev recognised the force of Mr Hanlon's remarks, but at the samo time tho Crown had been put to some expense. The accusod would ba convicted and discharged ou condition that she paid ,18s costs, the material, of oourae, bei'i" returned to Mr Carter. °

. Breach of tho Peace.—James Pollock and Stuart. were charged with having, on July 10, in King street, used threatening behaviour whereby a breach of tho peace was occasioned.—Mr O'She.v appeared for the two accused, who pleaded Guilty."-Tho Subinspector said the two men bad been fighting in front of the Annsnoalo Hotel, and had generally croatcd a- disturbance. They might have been drinking, but were nit dnmk at the timo. -The Bench inflicted a fine of 10s each and costs (7s). —A ease brought by'Ja-mps Pollock against Patrick Harris for assault was withdrawn.