POLICE. - CITY COURT. MONDAY, APRIL 1. (Before Mr. Sturt, P.M., and Mr. Hurst, J.P.) - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 2 Apr 1867 (original) (raw)

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Tue 2 Apr 1867 - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)
Page 6 - POLICE.

(Before Mr. Sturt, P.M.. and Mr. Hurst, J.P.)

DRUNKENNESS.-Twenty-nine persons were

brought up, and variously dealt with on the

' A DISORDERLY WOMAN,-Anne Murray, an

old offender, was charged with insulting

behaviour. She was locked up for drunken-

ness on Saturday morning, was bailed out in

the evening, and on the following morning

she.again found herself in the watchhouse for

disorderly conduct in the street. On the

charge ot drunkenness she was fined 10s., or

in default, seven days' imprisonment ; for the

other offence she was find 20s.

FIGHTING IN THE STBEET.-John Brook,

Angelo Campi, and Maximilian Dinon, were

charged with this offence. About one o'clock

on Sunday morning, a man, named James

Gibson was walking down Bourke-strect with

a bundle under his arm, when he was met

by the prisoner Brook, who 'said he was a

detective, and wished to examine the con-

tents of the bundle. As Gibson demurred;

a fight ensued,' when the two other prisoners

interfered with a view of stopping the dis-

turbance. Apoliceman then cameup, and took

all three in charge. Biook was fined 5s. and

3s. costs, and the others were discharged.

WIFE DESERTION. - Joshua Hudson was

brought up on the charge of deserting his

wife. The prosecutrix stated that she had

been married to the prisoner for twelve years,

eight years of which he had been absent from

her. The prisoner was required to find a

surety of £20 that he would pay his wife 10s.

a week for the next three months.

THKEATENING LANGUAGE.-An old man

named Wni. Crawford was charged with using

threatening language towards his daughter.

Mrs. Sarah Downing stated that she had

brought her father (the prisoner) and his two

daughters out to this colony, and on their

arrival here she set them up in business. The

prisoner, however, had given himself up to

drinking, and was in the habit of coming to I

her hous'e and abusing her in the most

violent manner. The prisoner was required

to find a suiety of £25, and to enter into

his own recognizance to keep the peace for

VAGRANCY.- Eliza Smith, Ann Walters,

and Margaret Sutherland were brought up

on this charge. They had been foutid by a

Çoliceiiian sleeping on the bank of tho

arra at two o'clock on Sunday morning. |

They had a quantity of provisions beside them,

and had made themselves as comfortable

as the circumstances would allow. The pri-

soners weic each sentenced to three months'

imprisonment.-An old man, named William

Hodges, was sent to gaol for two months as a

vagrant.-Elizabeth Robeits, brought up on

the same charge, was sentenced to four

A COOL CUSTOMER. - Edward M'Donald

was accused of stealing a hat, the property of

Thomas Kelly. The piosecutor stated that

he was walking along Lonsdale-street when

he met the prisoner, who, in passing him,

took witness's hat from off his head, and

walked away with it.' Witness then followed

, him until he met a policeman, to whom he

gave the prisoner in charge. The prisoner,

in defence, stated that he thought Kelly was

the man with whom he had been drinking on

the previous evening, and when he took the

hat he was fully convinced that it was a hat

which he lost the night before. He was

fined Cs,, and ordered to pay 10s. damages ;

in default, to go to guol for seven days.

INTENT TO COMMIT A FELONY.-William

Bunows was brought up on the charge of

being in a public place with intent to commit

a felony. Detective Forster stilted that for

the hist few days he had seen the prisoner

loafing about the boxes of the Theatre ltoyal

in a most suspicious manner, lie was an old

offender, having several times been convicted

of theft, buiglaiy, and highway robbery under

arms. He had only come out of gaol re-

cently. The Bench complied with the pri-

soner's request, that they would give him a

chance, and discharged him.

STEALING THOM THE PERSON.-A young

woman, named Margaret Hayes, was accused

of stealing from the poison of Denis Lynch.

'The prosecutor stated that on Friday night

he met the prisoner in Bourke street, and ac-

companied her to a house in Little Bourke

street, where he went to slecu, having £4 12s.

in his pocket. He had previously given the

prisoner £1. On waking up he discovered

that he had been robbed of all his money. The

prisoner was taken in charge a few hours

afterwards, but on being searched at the

watchhouse, no money was found upon her.

The piibouer was remanded till Friday.

STEALING A PARROT.-Mary Denison was

brought up, on remand, charged with stealing

a bil d and cage from Mr. Kobcrt Wood. Tlie

piosecutor iccognised the bird produced,

which he said he missed from the doorway of

his house in A'Beckett-street on the 23th

ult'. A constable afterwards arrested the

prisoner with the bird and cage in her posses-

sion. Sentenced, to thtee mouths' imprison-

PRAHRAN.-On Monday, the sitting magis-'

trates were Messrs. Templeton, Young, K.

Patterson, and Crews, .lohn Kaper was

charged by Chas. B. Butchers with obtaining,

goods by false pretences. The prisoner, a

carpenter, having on hand a contract job for

Mr. Meyer, had oidored a quantity of timber

from the prosecutor, for the lirat portion of

which he had, by an oversight, signed the

deliveiy note in the name of Meyer," but for

the rest in his own name; and;"having com-

pleted his work, had asked Butchers for his

account, which, not obtaining at the

time, ht went to a publie-hou.se and lost

a sum of £5, intended as payment for the

timber. Ho told Butchers of his loss,

when he replied he would put him

in gaol, and piefened the present charge

with that intent. The Bench said that

Butchers had been too precipitate ; the accu-

sation of intended fraud was not sustained;

and thoy directed the prisoner's discharge.

A cabman named Fury summoned - Dunlop

for Is. It appeared that Mr. Dunlop hid

entered the complainant's car at Princb's

bridge, CM route for Prahran, having also with

him his wife and servant, ile got out at his

placo of business in Commercial-ioad, paying

the usual fores, but Mrs. Dunlop and the girl

proceeded some half mile further, when

cabby, finding the females unpiotected, de-

manded another shilling for extra distance,

but was refused. It was proved that the

demand was simply an attempt at extor-

tion, und the case was dismissed.-James

Lennon, apprehended on warrant at Mul-

grave, us a lunatic, and having threatened

the life of his wife, had been labouring under

the hallucination that a legaoy had been left

him, but that his wife was leagued with

others to keep it from him. He now pro-

mised amendment, was quiet, and admitted

there was no grounds whatever for what he

had said ngaiiiKt his wife, who expressed her-

self satisfied with his explanation, and, the

prisoner was cautioned and discharged.

SANDHIDGH.-(Beforo Messrs. Call, Kelly,

and Thomas.)-Henry O'Frca and Adam

M'Mullen were brought up at this court on

Monday on a charge of stealing two casks,

the . woperty of Geo. P. Russell, a timber

merchant The casks were stolen from the

I ¡remises of a poison to whom the prosocutor

iad_ lent them, and wore foutid m the pos-

session of the prisoneis, who could not givo a

satisfuctoiy account as to how thoy had

obtained the property. The prisoners wore

each sentenced to forty-eight hours' im-

prisonment. A number ot other coses of an

unimportant character were disposed of.

FLEMINGTON.-On Monday (before Messrs.

J. T. Smith, P. and R. M'Cracken, and J.

Davies) William Prowse, for driving wild

cattle through tho borough within the pro-

scribed hours, was fined 5s., and 21s. costs.

FITZROY.-At this court on Monday, beforo

Messrs. M'Crae, Delbridge, and Levey, John

Smith, complained against for deserting his

, wife, was ordered to pay 15s. a week for her

support.-Catherine Fogarty was fined £10,.

or, m default, three months' imprisonment,

for usin«t obsceno language and creating a

disturbance in tho street.-Goorgo Dixey,

Emma Kelly, and Win. Thompson, were lined

5s. each for drunkenness ; and John Donald

was fined 20s., or, in default, three days'

imprisonment, for insulting bohaviour in tho

street.-Annabella Neil was ordored to pay a

penalty of 40s. for using obsetíñe language,

.with'asum of 6s. added for damage to pro-

perty.-Martha Jane Anderson was iuformed

against, for stealing three keys belonging to

j Frederick Searl, of Searl's Hotel. The ovi

deace, however, was not sufficient to support

the charge, and the case was dismissed.—The

Court was occupied for some time with the

hearing of a charge of assault brought by a

person calling herself Madame Boulanger,

against Annie Wills, of Wills's Hotel, and a

counter charge of using obscene language.

Madame Boulanger had also taken out a

summons for the illegal retention of some

baby linen. The circumstances, as detailed

by a number of witnesses, were very dis-

creditable to some of the parties concerned.

The Bench dismissed all three cases.

WILLIAMSTOWN.-On Monday, three sea-

men, named George Burton, John Heaton,

and Francis Murphy, belonging to H.M.C.S.

Victoria, were brought up for drunkenness

and disorderly.conduct. Heaton was also

charged with wilfully damaging property at

the Barkly Arms Hotel, and assaulting the

landlord ; and Murphy was accused of ob-

structing the police in the execution of their

duty. The apprehending constable stated

that he found the two first-named prisoners

on the previous afternoon drunk in front of

the Barkly Arms Hotel, from whence they

had been ejected, Heaton having kicked in

the front door and assaulted Mr. Adams, the

proprietor. In bringing them to the lock-up,

Murphy came up and attempted to rescue the

men from custody, when he also was taken

in charge and detained. The Bench remarked

that such conduct was most reprehensible,

Burton was fined 10s., and Murphy and

Heaton 20s. each, the latter being also

ordered to pay an additional 20s. to repair

the door of the hotel. Messrs. Call and Dow-