CHRISTCHURCH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16, 1 June 1868, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH.

Tine Day, (Boforo 0. 0. llowon, Knq., R»M.) DRWNKMKNiess — Patrick Burn wao charged with hating been drunk mid inoapiiblo on tho flOlh Inetiint. Ti)o offonoo befog admitted, 11 flno of lOh wne Imposed^ Mlzn Lmnbvrt was flnod 10b for tho immo offoueo 011 the 31st itißtant. LAiiottN*,--Ulohftrd Qrtiy was brought up, on remand from Nnturdny, charged with Atonllng a number of nrllolcß from tho Auliburton Hotel. Thomas Jorvii Hyan, mtmajjor, nniil prlnonor Imd beett employed an cook ftt tho hotel, but wnn <)!«- charged for drunkenriosfl an/1 rofixnl to Oboy orders, WUiiosb told him to i>a:Jt u]> Ills HWiiff within half an hour nnd lcavo the promisor In looking over prisoncr'o cuicoum ho found that thoro woro no hooilh clinked ligivlnnt him, nnd nn ho hud been a hunvv smoJcor, wUiicbb' suflniclons woro iumubuil After jidolting up his thlnga,prloonor brought bis awiiff down stairs, Witnoan nuked to look into it, but prluonor refused) unload the pollw woro Bont for, Wltntai «cnt for tho police, ami In tho Interim openod tho flwupj, wliuro Infound tho uftlok'S produced, coimlntlDg of toivolfl, hnndkorohioin, and numlr.v mnnli articles, tnkon irom tho fltoro, Ho could not swoar to tho luttor, as thoro wcro no murkn upon thorn, but tho towolfl, v worn at onco r<)<!flgol<J<}d by Mrs KJrlinur L Jrlsonof was pnisonfe when tho H\vii^ wmb onchod. lloheooa BorJlnor wad onllui), »ni] Iftontlflod tho hnndkorohiofu and lowiiii, Thoy vroro tho property of her Uuhlmukl. Nh« saw thorn last hi tlio house between live ani Hix wcoks boforo prisoner whs dlHohurged., Bho next fliur them after lust wliuchh Inn) lukeu thorn from priaonor'a «wng. Priioniir dollied luiving Htolen iho amallor artichs, lint |aolcnow)od|{od to talcing tho towoln, ilin Worship romarked that tlilu being prisoner* Iflrflt'ofltiiKse, ft lighter flontoneo than otliorwlno would bo puoflcd upon him. Ho would b Imprisoned for six wuolcb, with hard lulmur. Tlio oxponaos o£ tho prosecution, AM 81, 1 would bo paid ont of tho Wftg*i« duo to him from Mr Horllner. LAtuiKKir,—• Ann JanoDormnn wob charged with flteiiling a pookotbook. C Cnrow ruiii, curly In April ho loat n pookot look on Slmnd'fl tra'.'k. It oontalnod tyro chc-qMOH,-nororal notca, half-flOvorclKn, andflomo olivor. Ho had not noon tho pookot book ilnoo. Tlio <!he<iuo produced was 0110 of those thnt woro In tho pnekot book boforo ho lout it. William Bydnoy Smith, manager for W. 11. Uuc, Cliy Clour Mills, Bftld ho know tho urteoner. Mio wan at Mr Lano'rt grain fltore in Cauliel otreot, on tho 25th ot April hint. Hho purohafd flomo thlngfl, and paid a ohequo for £% The chcqtio produood 11 tho Biimo. Sho did not sny whoro blio got it from, Prisoner, In dofonoo, Bald nho received iho ohcqna from her liujlmud, who, on being calJad boforo »bo B^ncli, Quid no got ii In olmngo for a XO note. 110 could not doHoribo tho man ho got it from, but ho could bring wHneiwi to provo thut ho Imd <fluuiKed a £5 noto. Mis Wotrnlilp fl/>ld ho would dliinim tbo <ja«o, but ho must roraurk that prlsonor'H hun* band had boon Yury caroloas io take a clicquo under tho olroumntanccs ho liiul dva^ri^fd, 'I'horo woo no oyl'lonoo to prove tlmt prisoner hud found tho pockot-boolc and inado u«o of it« contontfl with animus furandi, but, at tho mimo time, great carelonsncßi had been displayed, and horhußband'alnability to describe from whom ho obtained (ho QhQ<\W wai tho

CftUfio o( tliclr trouble. lie would remark that people lind no right to niako mo of pro* porty they might Dud, but to endearour to return it to tho proper ownora,