CITY POLICE COURT. (Before Messrs W. Wardrop and C. Allan, J.P.s.) Drunkenness. John Drew pleaded guilty.—Sergeant O'Neill stated accused was last before the Court in October. He came from Waikouaili, where a prohibition order was out against him, and got drunk. He (Sergeant O'Neill) understood that there was an application for a prohibition order to apply to this district also. Accused was fined ss, in default twenty-four hours' im prisonment. Proiup.ition Orders. A prohibition order was then taken out against John Drew, —Defendant offered no objection to the order being made.
Thomas Edward Shicl made a similar application against Samuel Shitl. —Mr Thornton appeared fov the defendant, and applied for an adjournment till to-morrow. Counsel had only been engaged a few minutes before the sitting of the Court, and he had not had time to get his instructions in the matter.—Complainant offered no objection to the adjournment, which was granted accordingly. Theft. John Fitzpatrick and Walter Donovan, two boys, were charged with theft, on the 16th inst., of certain plums and apples, valued at C 3, the property of John M'lndoe, of St. Clair. The lads pleaded guilty. Sergeant O'Neill stated that Mr Indoe resided near St. Clair, and on Sunday last he was absent from home. When he returned he saw the two defendants in his garden. He chased them and caught Fitzpatrick, who had a quantity of fruit in his possession. Mr M'lndoe did not wish to see the boys punished, but as he had suffered a good deal of late from this kind of thing he hoped it would be a warning to boys.—The defendants, after being admonished by the Bench, were con victed and discharged.
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