Police Court.

Southland Times, Issue 18055, 27 January 1903, Page 3

Police Court.

MONDAY, 26th JANUARY

Before Mr G. Froggatt. J.P

DRUNKENNESS

A first, offender was fined 10s and costs 4s for drunkenness ; in default, 24 hoiirs 1 imprisonment.

ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY

Frederick Rodgers and William Little * were charged Qn remand with having assaulted Maurice Gorman and robbed him of £11 in a. railway carriage on the morning : ; train between Thornbury and Invercargili on the 21st inst. — Inspector Mitchell prosecuted, and Mr .1. Mucalister appeared for the defence.

Inspector Mitchell said that when tli<; case was first called on the police received valuable assistance from the court by the refusa'i to grant bail, thus enabling, them to recover the money stolen. This being an indictable offence it was within the bounds of possibility that the Accused would wish to plead guilty, ana the beach would admit that it "was d»sirable that the Stipendiary Magistrate should preside. One of the principal witnessesTbr the prosecution ..was a railway official, who would.: be "absent or a holiday till tlie end of the On these grounds he asked" for •':*. remand till a day that; would suit -tie court .and Mr Macalister. \ jionday next would probably be suitable.'^. ";?:.-' . ■ / -. ' '.

'-:■_ Mr, Jtfacalister- asked that bail should be : allowed now that the money was found,' 'as this . disposed .of the objection against it" being granted. There was not tho r ghost of a "show of either of the accused pleading guilty, and the case inightj-oe brought on earlier! ; Some evidence should be tendered to support the charge; even tit this irtage. . .

v;|D^^lnsi(ec!U>r^aWythat Monday . was the earliest possible, date for the hearitigi;: .Tfo ? ; '^liee; woold not have the slightest jdiflplipulty in -making out a prima facie ca?e'iagainst v the accused.

Mr ;•;'-■■; Mae&jis^r j>ro tested against a I "'lß«<»h:d'''. !i itfjdttrniheift without evidence. There was nothing to prevent a man ' being; remanded from time to time for ever if the police, were not ready with the case* T^he said that the defence were ' not" "entitled, to- any of the evidence till ihh witness" was placed in the box. It was discretionary with the court whether .remands were granted or not. ■ -Mr Macalister suggested that the case should be called before the Magistrate in the afternoon, when a suitable day could be arranged for the hearing. . Qfnis 5 was! agreed to and the accused were remanded till 3.30 p.m. The Accused were brought before Mr S. 3D. McCarthy, S.jVL, in. the afternooa, and" remanded till Friday. Bail was allowed, £100 joint /bail' for both, and each to enter into his own recognisances for £50. ;:.. :.', .;' '-.- AFFILIATION. . Williams was ordered to pay 7s.?6d.per w^ek for the maintenance ot the illegitimate child of- Alice Hayes, of which -he is the father, a»d x was> ordereti to nn'd two sureties of £25 each, and himself in £50. '