POLICE COURT CASES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2170, 26 September 1895, Page 12

POLICE COURT CASES.

Fai.sk Pketknces — Amy Bock, alias Lanj?, alias Bennett, alias Cameron, vas clurjjed with having, \>a August 8, at Dunedin, obtained board and lo<ig J ng, valued at ICi, from one Loui a flrefg by means of a false pr.tencp. -Accused pleaded guilty.— .S'crgeiir.t ONeil! said that on 6he dato named the accused Yftmt to a boarding house at the lower end of Hanover st'rel, giving tho name of Cameron, and represented to Mrs Greig that she was a poison of independent means. On the strength of thiti repreßoi<t<ttion she was allowed a week's board and lodgiug. At the end of tho week payment was looked for, and accused then said she was going t'> bee al-out her piano and furniture, r.nd would p iy. She went a\v;iy »nd never returned, and was not ee^n till the 19th of this month, when she was arrested at Waikouaiti. Sho was not a woman of independent means, and she had been an iuuiixto of the Female Refuge.— Tho Bench : She pleads guilty, no we won't go into that.— Sergeant O'Neill having linn tinned that the worunn had served various sentences for fake pretences, for cry, and larceny, she was sentenced to three months' irnprifionme'it, with hard labour. Fikino 'I ussocics — Two boys named Thoma3 Hall ami RUuley A. Hall pleaded not guilty to a charge of having, on the 14th inst, at Whare Flat, set ftro to tussock grass. —Sergeant O'Neill stated th it on the d»tc named Mr Kwing saw on bis farm, at Wharc Flat, about seven miles from Dunedin, Borne tussock gr.iss on fir.;. He went to the (CMie, and found the acc.iHtd comiiig away from where the lire was. The eldest boy gave tho ! name of M"llison, and said he lived at Wuodhaugh. Mr Kwing became suspicious. av\d went with him to his home, and found that he lived in the Kiiknr.ii Valley, and that his name was not M<;llison,. but Hall. The fire got a good hi;ld and destroyed 10 or 12 chains of fencing.- Kvidenca having been given by Mr Ewing, the Bench suid there wai a veiy strong eu3])ir-.ion that the hoys were c moerno 1 iv the fir?, und if they could havo con'TctcJ lh in with ie tlicy would have punished them. Having, however, only the evidenoe of Mv Kwing to go upon, th.»y decided to dismiss the case, at the sinie time pointing out the extreme danger attending the practice of setting me to the tussock-'. Damamno a Trkb — An eldeily woman named Ch'irlotte Bard pleaded gwi'lfcy to a charge of having, ou the 11th inst., at Black Jack'B Point, damaged a tree to the extent of 2s, <he piopeityof Robert Ch ipmnn. — The accine.l said it was not a ttnnding tiee. It was ''own, and she cut a pieca off it.— Sergeant O Neill said the woman was found by Constable Higgins in the act of cutting the treo down. She cut it down aud lemoved a portion of it —Fined 5s and cost?. A'uhmptkd Suicidi:. - James Srence was chained, on remind, with having on the sth inst., at .South Dunedin, hangel himsolf on a tree, with intent to kill and Uiuuler hini'-tlf.—Mr Phillips, the probati- n oflircr, asked tl at the; case might bo dealt with summarily. — The Bc-ch d-mrted whether that could be i'oi.o. - Mr Phillips understood their Wor. hips could deal with it if it waa proved that tho mau was temporarily insane at tho time ho committed the act If he waa committed .for trial and allowed out on bail he (Mr. Phillips) would have nothing to do with him, but if he was, admitted to probation he would have the supen iaion of him. — The Bsnch said that if Mr Phillips could give chapter and verae for what he said they would do a« he de-dred.— Mr Phillipa not being prepared to do this, Sergeant O'Neill ctatcd tho facts of the case as already reported. — • Evidence was given ty Dr Mmtin, Peter Currie. Mr.-, Spencc, John Spence, William Taylor, and Constable Willis, after which accused, having been c*utione.l, was c.nnmifti:d for trial.— Accused asked for bail, but this \vm not allowed, the Beuch thinking it inadvisable to grant it.

W. C! ri!o";>n ltfp hub-]>. tina=fccr afc Innngiihici Jane-Won, has heou committed tor trial at Nelson on a cnrge # .f ein'rezzliu^ a registered lett.r containing £22, posted by G. I; 1 . Bryon to the C )loni;il Bauk afc Reefton, Accused stands remanded on tiro ether charge. He Sheith, chief postmaster, is the prosecutor. SEA SICKNESS. There is nothing like Wolfe's Schnapps to avoid or alleviate this. It is exhilarating wad strengthening. Buy bottles intact. N