POLICE COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6540, 8 May 1889, Page 3

POLICE COURT.

CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. (Before R. Westenra, James Gapes, sen., H. J. Hall and F. Guinness, E3qs.) Drunkenness. —Mary Doyle was charged i with having been helplessly drunk in High j street ou the previous day. Constable j Herlihy said the woman waa first turned j out of the Cavershani and then from the j White Hart Hotel, and he afterwards j arrested her in the street when be- j having in a very excited manner. Sergeant-major M'Donald said that j accused had been examined by Dr j Symes, who gave a certificate that Bhe was suffering from the effects of drink. Accused said she came from Dunedin originally, and had just landed from Hokitika by tho West Coast coach. It was no use her saying she had not been in trouble about six times before. She came over from the Coast at the expense of the priests, and was to have gone to the Magdalen Asylum to recruit her reputation a little; but Bhe lost her way, as she had never been in Chrißtchurch before, and did j not know her way about the town. She ! would go to the Magdalen Asylum if allowed to leave the Court. The Bench remanded accused until the following day, enquiries to be made in the meantime as to | the veracity of her statement. Larceny. —Henry Jackson (thirteen) was charged on remand with the larceny of a gold watch, valued at £4- 10s, the property of Thomas W. Ruston, at Linwood, on May 1. The Probation Officer's report was a very favourable. The Bench Baid that it seemed ridiculous to them to place a small boy like accused under the Probation Act, and instead of doing j so they would sentence him to a I punishment which they hoped would be ! a lesson to him. He would receive twelve strokes of the birch rod well laid on, and he must not forget that next time he would be sent to Burnham. Information Dismissed. —Abner Edwin Stack was charged with being drunk while in charge of a horse and trap on the Caledonian road, on Saturday, April 20. Two witnesses gave evidence in support of the information. A witnesss named Knevet said defendant was driving out of his yard, at the entrance to which there was a post, which stood in an awkward position, and an upset there caused the accident. Defendant said he was coming out of the place with the cart, and tried to climb into it by the wheel. The cart moved on, and his leg was jammed between the wheel and the post. Just at that moment the woman who was driving dropped the reins, and the horse bolted and upset the cart. Defendant waß thrown out and hurt his leg, and his limping with pain was mistaken for drunkenness. He was not drunk at the time of the accident. Case dismissed. Driving Without Lights. —William Giles Cobbett was fined 5s for driving without lights on the Papanui road on April 22.