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ewcastle Police_ Court.
TIIURISDAY, APRILT 17.
(Before ir. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.)
S Drunncnones •
T?wvo firnt offeandlr for beoing dun'k
were admonished and discharged. Auis
tin Power was fined U.O0, in deluult
three days' Imiriionment.
. Discharged.
Vorro lichele 'was clhaurged with dis
obeying the aInwful cct1mmnds of. the
chief otliccr of thile ].itallun yes?et cxni
Hlereo hlichelo lulnsse. Wa ?ter-pjoliac
Coanstable Coolk deposed lthat Ilhe ar
rested tle naccused by virtue aof war
relt. Witness had told thie chief olli
cer to appear at the court. Theroe be
ilng lno prosecutor the accused waa dis
chllrged. •
To the Sobraon.
Thomas Stephens, a boy, on:remand
fromn Wenednesdy, was cllLrged with tIe
ing folund sleeping in thile open air.
Selnior-Constabl IRoblinson deposed
Ihcat the boy told wlitnes that lie llhad
been sleeplnfg out for ILabout a fort
nighLt. Tile boy's atlher was a widow
err, and Ils housekeeper Snid the boy
had been rivnry front home for three
weeks.. Tile falther whs a railway ein*
ployee, and had promiseil fo ILtenld the
court, but had not arrived. - The boy
was olrdered to be sent to thile Sobrn?Oi.
Thie nccised boy's father. John Step
hliens later-on appeared. Be stated thlat
the boy hnd been away from home, but
he w~unted to give him another chriace.
Witness' wife lhad left hinm. :1Ie vwa
not a widower, andhle hIlad a house
keeper. Two other boys were on tile
Sobraon, nriid- a did not. colitribute to
thleir sup?Ioht. tie wab not prepared
to pnay for thle boy before tie coullrt.
le wanted 40 take hhim home. The
S.M. saild hte dd not feel justified in
mnkitng any nalteration in his delcision,.
as tihe father showed Lhat he was not
a~ble to control thie boy. It would be
in the interests of the child to send
.him to a place-ihere he would be un
der control. The decision was there
fore unaltered.
SBre'nch of Bylaws. -
Richard Ml'Kcoting, on remand trom
Wednesday, ?as dharged with attrmpt
ing to enter a ralivly narrtinge.whi?st
in motion at Teralbao. Tratffle-Inspec
tor Ellis said. the nosced jumped on
to the footboard of the break vIn, and
the train hod tolo pulled lip. A fine
of 20s was ipposed, with Os oests, in
default 14 lays ...
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