POLICE CHURL-SATURDAY.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1895, 16 November 1874, Page 3

POLICE CHURL-SATURDAY.

(liefore W. I'iUSKR, Esq., EM.) BaEACJI OJ? THE I'mENDLV. SOCIETIES' AcT.-Jame3 Norton was charged that he', being an officer of the Hibernian Australian Catholic Benefit Society, and having in his possessim, belonging to tbe said society, certain monies, did withhold the same. The case had been previously called and adj mrned by consent. Mr Macdonald appeared for the prosecution and Mr Tyler for the det'ence.-Mr Tyler pleaded not guilty, He said that a similar case had been brought up last Wednesday, which was adjourned. At that time be snid that he woull require more information than was disclosed in the information, which was framed in as few words as possible. He came into Court with bis mind a completn blank as to what bo had to meet.—Mr Macdonald asked to amend the information by substituting the word " member " for that of "officer."—His Worship made the amendment He said that the objection held even more strongly in the' amended form than when the information stood as it was. — Mr Macdonald said that he had only received the list himself last night, aud had not time to furnish it yet; but if Mr Tyler was not prepared to go on, he would consent to au adjournment. He said he saw by the Gazette notico that there was a difference in the name of the society. He saw there that it was the Hibernian Australian riociety, not the Australasian Catholic, but the name in tbe information was that under which the society held themselves before the public,* and ho took the uame from their rules.— His Worship asked whether he had not better stick to the information as it was. —Air Ma.'donald said that he was weighing the matter in his own mind.—ti is Worship said that the society mentioned in the Gazette was not the same as that contained in the rules of the society. If he had tbe rules of the society signed by the Eetfistrar, he did not need to go to the Gazette at all, lor that did not apply to them-Mr Macdonald said he would have to prove the formation and establishment of tbe society. It was incumbent on him to prove that the society had an existence. Here he met with a difficulty in consequence of the stupid blunders in the Gazette. There was another difficulty. J he rules wero not signed by the Registrar, but by some ouo for the Registrar.—His Worship said he get over that, but ho did not see how he was to get over the other.—Mr Macdonald said that the only way he could prove it ivas, to give evideneu that ail the steps necessary for the formation of the society had been taken.—' is Worship said that' he thought tho best, thing would be, for [Mr lyler to get hia client to meet the society aud settle up as a. member an 4 an

;—;,.,.■ . ,-. ".,;,.„* .TIT,, i... ■»»*—■" officer, and let the matter drop. Then let them get their society properly registered. He would grant an adjournment to allow him to consult the society.—Mr Macdonald said that was allowed by the .'• ct. It was no compounding. He would undertake 'to prove to Mr Tyler the amounts which they claimed, and would noJ go outsido the defendant's own handwriting.—The case was then adjourned for a week, and witnesses in attendance were ordered to attend on that day, unless they previously received notice that they would uot be required.