Tuesday, September 19,

(Before Air E. Hardcastle, R.M.) Larceny. —Hannah Meudoza, an old of fender, was charged with having stolen a blanket, chemise, and other articles, the pro* perty of Sarah Ballinger. The prisoner pleaded not guilty, but the theft was proved, and she was sent to gaol for three months with hard labor.
Sunday Trading.— Harry Bennett, of the Oxford Hotel, Lambton-quay, was charged with having supplied liquor to a customer on Sunday. He pleaded guilty, and was fined 40s and costs. The conviction was ordered to be endorsed on his license.—Alfred Faber, of the Kaiori Hotel, charged with a similar offence, also pleaded guilty. He was fined 40s and costs, and the conviction ordered to be endorsed on his license.
Bagatelle —John Fitzgerald, of the Water loo Hotel, Kaiwarra, was fined 40s and costs for allowing a game of bagatelle to be played iu his licensed house on Sunday. The convic sion was ordered to be endorsed on his license.
Assault. —David Burk was charged with having assaulted and beaten George Davis. The defendant admitted that he had assaulted Davis, but denied that he had beaten him. Mr Gordon Allan appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Fitzherbert for the defendant. From the evidence it appeared that the parties lived at Upper Takapu, and that a dispute had arisen over a gate that had been erected across a public r« ad to prevent catth straying. This gate the plaintiff had refused to shut, and on the occasion in question the defendant took him by the coat and shook him. The defend ant was fined 10s and costs of Court.
