CITY POLICE COURT.

Otago Witness, Issue 1342, 18 August 1877, Page 17

CITY POLICE COURT.

\ <ni, -\, P<hipat, AoaDsx iOm , -, '(Before, Hi? Worship the' fMayor' and A. j t „. , MTerour, EBCLj, J.P.)- £ i LA^ciNX,-^ ppnn Donoghue!was charged, on fte mformation of Thomas Aiti'en; withhav:&g stolen' twb^ notes 'and four 1 LI notes, hia ' property.^Thomas Aitkenf:'a'- lime' burner, reslcungiat,thefEeninsula,l,met.the prisoner on , ' tM,Bth ! msfe in s the Kensingto.n. Hotel, rhaving" 1 3 nr . e , e , J"9 ft 0 *? 8 ?nd or- four XI notes'. - The ' 4°^ f ere ,% a , PF 88 which ' he had.had'for 12 ' ; pxrd: ■ There was 'also in 1 the purse W- bar of > a - Did uot know theprisoner' fiever naving.seen/liim before. .At .the dmner tablejnatphed , the purse , :away. . , ,D,id not ' authorise ;him to, take it.— By the prisoners . Was not in Fagar's with two women. We "did. ,not r go into any other hoteL, After leaving Hayes! HdteKwewent to the Peacock HoteL #ndat was; there the money was stolen. -rThosi* M I&anyr licensee qf the Peacock Hotel : The u 4«A^ I ?i^tP rosecut ? rjC ? ;me to . the hotel about 20 minuted 'to 12 dtf the Bth inst Prisoner was "rather .the- wor¥e for ; liqnor, but'the prosecutor' seemed to be all right. : They had two drinks, cprosecutor, ;< paying.,': for them with a L 5 note,; which' -he -.took out, of the purse-.^produoed. Witness gave ' him,, four,. LI notes, and 19s in silver There was- something J else in' the' purse, but * could not say. whether it was notes or not. /They sjubseauentl^had dinner.by themselves. Prosecutor -pulled 1 outfhis purse to pay for r the dinners after, they. vhad-ihadifthem,', when ihe prisoner * Bna,tched,,J;he. v rairee!irom .him. Witness told prisoner to^ive.it ) back Jbut he' replied. " It is no'business of yours. 'We are dates, anil have been dealingin horses."; Prisdnerthenputthe purse inhia.pocket i^nd left. v iHe feigned aick6ega when he .went out, and did nob come back again.i ; Prosecutpr,-,just J before -going to bed, intimated that, f prison.er , had his purse. He 5fC d |. ''luL&KP &&['y? n " rl' Witness 1 replied, y l-jknow-ypii tan'ti you're mate* Ka3 got your purs*'' ( He"replica;'!" I 'know all about that.'* -r-Timothy .Hayes, licensee, of the Kensington. Hotely.knew- accused. , He, had.-been knocking; ab/jut -wituess'^f or. two or three days. He had no money;' Prosecutor and prisoner canieto* •witness's hdtel o^ r tHe'BtH, : andhad a drink ; together.' ' TKen left' together: Prisoner re- ■ turnedjabout 10 o'clock fthe- same night, and! slept in^the house. Cannot say if he had any money then, but next morning he had a quantity of silver.in his pocket Witness remarked to prisoner, '"You had no money yesterday, but youhave plenty to-day, -how is that T* He replied that he had borrowed some, and offered to buya I horse I 'irom.a ( .man who was present, for ,118. Witness never saw prisoner without money before.— Peter Charles, 'barman at the* Globe Hotel, 'saw ths prisoner on the Bth, when' • : he' ( changed' l a • ,'LI '• note. — Constable; O'Brien stated that the robbery was repcjtedt to him at Kensington at 12.30 p.m. y on Thura,. day. .Arrested .prisoner, and 'told him what: he* 1 was,^charged .wjth:'; He replied^ "I'kaow ' ' nothmg'abSut it;'; The man 'owed aw money." 1 ■ On searching the' prisoner, witness found- the» purse prodnced in his coat pocket, and also the , silver; bar, and { L2css 5d in silver and coppeta, .Prisoner.ac^mUtedithe purse did not belong to 'him. Witness went to the house of one Jane ' Mason,' at* Kensington, and she said that the prosecutor and prisoner had been' to her house, out they did not stop. 10ng... Prisoner waa committed to take his trial at the next sitting 'of the Supreme Court.

' . , Mondat, 13th August. (Before J, Logan, Esq., and J. Brown, Esq., ! „ ,: J.P.s)

j . Obtaining Goods under False Pretences. ,, — Matthew Hayes was charged on warrant with obtaining the sum- of 1,03 by means of ' false pretences, ; from' Joseph Sheppard, waov. goner, Christchurch. Ha was - remanded , fey, t appear, at- Christchurch on Monday next, huh, being allowed— himself .in L2OO, and two'sm-a.' " ' tlUv " ' " i: • : Lab'oeny.— A'h'Fo'ok i: was charged/ o^fcbe., information of Edward Lyons, with stesjjiig a 1 blue cloth monkey jacket. *Mr John A& Tack. , ; acted as interpreter. The case being peeved on ," tthe evidence, of the .prosecutor, We»v jgarnes > Benjamin Fuerat, and Detective Bafei k "the pri-" soner was sentenced to three mantij&'imprison- • 'merit,' With hard labour. < "< -'- ■••* . | DisOBDEBLT - 'CoNDUOT.—WUfiBm-M'Adanfc, W«FBentent39d to; pay -a.-fa^^.w^ default^ ■7t7 t days' ! in>pr i |Bqnm.ent, f ./..-, .r ..•' * .