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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6313, 10 August 1888, Page 3

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«. i POLIOS, COTOT. i christchtjrcev This Day. (Before R. Wostenra, A. C. Wilson, Henry Thomson, P. Trent, and --. Winter, Esqq.) Wilful Damage. — Charles ISfewton and Edward Alfred Thomas admiSutd. doing damage to the epctent of JC3 to a tombstone tho property of J. B. Mansfield, 3&*ncheßter street. It appeared that the bays had been to the Cocwta' drill, and upsut the stone in a boyiuJi freak. They were fined 5a each, and Ordered to pay £1 each towards the dair>&ge done. Tfiicyci.E ox Footpath. — -Edward Hobbs, aged thirteen, admitted jadinjj a borrowed tricycle on a footpath, far a rew minutes, and waa cautioned against, a repetition of the offence, and discharged. The City Hotel Cask.— Ellen Ha Afield, licensee of the City Hotel, was charged that, on July 28, she did allow to be played on these licensed premiers an unlawful game kc.own as "a shilling iv and the winner shouts ". for drinks aiid money.. Mr Burgess appeared for accuse*}. G. It. Hill, sworn, said that on the morning of July 28, at half-past two o'clock, he had no drink just then, »b t3io nig-ht porter -was busy upstaira. Soon afterwardsi heard Bomeone propose "a shilling in t»nd the winner shouts." Somoono produced the dice and threw them acroca the talble, but no money was collected. To Mr Burgess : The night porter did not prft>duce-the dice. i !ft_Ske i pjjar.a waa.uoti therfei_ab^tbe time

Hai'iy Mooney, swpru, said he Ured ;>t Dunedm,.'aad mat the City Jlohol oa fc'r.o morniner of July 28 with fiwo Daueoiu men named Poole and M'Swan. Witness psropoEtd " a ohillint; in," and a.-kod Webster for the dice-bos. He said he had none. Wituoss produced his own little box, 'and were throwing auiongat themselves far nothing. Then they were collecting the mouoy for '• a shilling in " when the conscabies came in. They had been throwing 1 oho dice for {iinuuoinent before tho constable came in. Witness wnnVfd to get a libtie wager on, but couldn't. Witness had \.<eezi thete about an hour talking about rtveing, dogs, aud the Waterloo ' Cup coming off at Dun^din. Witaess had no dios in the hotel, oDly a boy, f.no of the other lads, produced the dies. Thomas Wilson, cf Anderson's Bay, Dunedin, was in the hotel at the time. Witness had a two shilling piece and a half-crown. Mooney collected part of tho money for the drinks, when the constables came in. Saw no throwing for drinks or money that; night. The Bench, in dismi?aing the case, pointed out that it waa highly unsatisfactory that such a number of men should have been going in and out of the place so late at night. Mr Burgess pointed out that ib wa3 a raca night, and that an. unusual numbor of visitors and their friends were in the hotel. Dogs.— Michi.el Daley, John Bordsfield, George Daniel, and Alfred Mitchell were fined 10a each for owning unregistered do#3. — John Wright waß fiued 30s for three dogs. — A case against Wra. Ball wag ■ adjourned, he having sworn that though. ' he had destroyed tlib dog, it was under age. ALiEGED Deseetiow. — Mary Keith, defended by Mr Joynt, was charged that, on | July 25, at St Albans, she did unlawfully ■ abandon one Maud Keith, being under the age of two yeara, wherebyihe life of the said child waa endangered. A remand in the case was applied for, Mr Joynt stating that in the meantime arrangements had been made with a Mrs Lambert to look after the child. The police asked that bail should be fixed to ensure acensed's attendance, and the Court ordered h.er to give a surety cf £25 to appear again on. Wednesday, and to report herself to the police every afternoon at four o'clock in the meantime.