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Newcastle Police Court
Monday, May 9.
(Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S. M.)
DRUNKENNESS.
Josiah Kitteridge, John Murphy
Patrick Howe, William Dixon, and
Jeremiah O'Rourke were each fined
for drunkenness.
Ih bert Allen, for 'behaving iot
ousl ill D?arby-stret, was fined .£1,
in defanltleVeidys-.. ,
Joerciniah .O'Bourloe, for bebv ing
idecentlyii .'.Yooing-street, Crrinfing
i .oja, whs iinfl SOs,.0,. in default seven
;,,?TEALIG BEERi.
oh .o .ic sa pi'?olur . w Lias G
ed with: stealiii~.Oine IS-galloncakii of.
seer, valiid' £2, teli.robpeetiy..of 3J."S.,
\Woodley, f?l';Ihiuinult'oin, oni' the ;3rd "ii
Sean ir-coistnal,_. 3rBown' diposiid to'
the airresti 61fthe accused at his, resi
dance, l'oadlniee0lo ,v,..an?imlton, on?
Sfatm'da ,iiffneefernoonmh.' ·/Ioq .a whleel-:
barrow opr.:.'top of:.a, ;well. cia:tn. yard,.
and upon; plactig a.sticl. into tle '?
ter striclc;'kthe cask.l (produced). . lHe
askled tleaccused ih w heccounted
for the caskl:being there," and he sail
lie lhad nct the least idea. :,Itc:sasked
witnless if heliWere tleonlyl one .iii it,
because hle said the i.as] was folnd oij
hiis pcrilises' TidnecceilSd. edn o
tinllued: ' Three or four 'of;us went to
l.the hotel;.'and .weiit: into tile bacli
lobby. We knocllked,(ibut couild notl
nlreli. a3non.inhea, .ha .There were
Iliirec or:fir: foureskcs: iin the passage;
Thlie one produced was pulled over. I
d o not kniow, by w-vhom. ;... There we
nohod3j ou'tside, .andw-'` ? pladek] -:tlie
cask in a cahitc., TliT cask was taken
ito my phtce, anulwe all haild a slhare of
it. I anionly sorry now I didn't burn
it, as deadihorses.tell.:no tales." The
iccesed. ii.ttohe presence. of Mr Wood
lay, said it wasa.most daring thing to
do, Ibut thliey were all half drunk. At
the lockup,: the tidccused said he hoped
lie would .blie.charged. with stcealing in
colmpany.. lie then gave witness the
nimes of the four men who were witlh
him at the time. On Suniday aifter
nlooll witness brougli a yollin manl
n:amed llHerbert.En~g)?i.to the i ekup,
ailnd asked the accused if thalt. young
fellow was' with him it the timne tihe
beer was stolen. The accused re
pIlied thatlhe could not say - as, lie wnd
drunkl at tihe tiine. A,-ccused said thle
same when aI youig man niamed Pc
ters nwas brought . to hln. ' .i
.T. S. Woodley, hotele'eper, snid the
beer was stolen' fromihis prenidies :on
the 3rd of .the' iionti ..:ie did not
know the'iiemuid? sed hd w d h no right
to remove'thElie. ber? .
Sferibert ?Enfiilisli, -I ]'chouimerr, living
at Warnia', saiaTlid..lnd?he he he'theaeinsed,·
but lie wis notif . hi.? compauy about
thie begiinhnn. ofI April,' uwhen: some
beer was stolen: from :TYoodley's .hotel.
IThle accused pleaded guilty, and-was
fined £5, ihendefaultttw9omonths' gaol.
'NO hrANS OF SUPPOJRT.
Joiic Clou gh was e0inged with he
ing insuflfheilit lawful means of siup
p)ortSfl;. :!";)i .. : ..:,;.,': ' , .- , . -.- ",
piiit.
Constable t?1'Keller saiid tl? . about
7 o'clock .on Saturday .'night he ar
rested the :accused inDarby-street on
the charge stated., l..e :.said, ;"For
God's sakc. give -me' aohianie;;'. don't
shlow Itlce up.: . I: was goinig .to try? aid
get sonmei work::at Coklde Creek on
MondayW.'"itness: hald?ltown the an
cused fort several-: yeals~ f and : during
tile past seven Weeks hie ihad id'ot done
anyv worlk.' iIe-..hf idfreqeintly scen.
lime leavetlie' iinin "tiret with stilors,
and Iad seen hi. with the latter at
the Blue Bell Hotel. A robbery was
esportedl to \itiitessoni Thursday last.
from' the :Blue ? 11ell:. Hotel, and upon
~going there lies~lw the laccused. IHe.
'asi a , companiii!o of convicted
thieves aud;vbbn.: ::agabonds : Witness lhad
cautioned hiid i :iseverial 'timies, a?nd told
him if hie didno'itget wo'rk hedvould
hueve to ai?est hlimin. :lB: had seen hiin
ldeepingg .at it::ight:eni "k :a.ilactsmiths
shop, anddl?citig tlhe diay,:li .: loafed
about the pu "l corie?.r;i .i,,....
Conistable :i.mlmrnbull.spscid li.he i hlid
kilown. the aedused four or fiive years,
anid durin.g the past two years. lhad not
icnown lehinito folloivwany lavful oee
pation.: tleewinsein tlh .habit of .loat
ing abonift peiblic-hiouises·i:day: and
nighlt, andieeyas :freqielitly mniixed .up
in brawls I lth:sdilors ;anid :loose wo.
men.:i lev wa '-:a coiinpanion of con
victed ancid reput~iedithieves: .- ,
Sergeanmt:iicktey: said :he hlad known
thle accusce di":fdthe palst six or' shevn
years; ti left :Newcaistle ebout s~ix
months a so, andketdfened Ilst ?Mirch.
lielhad inot dion an~ni orl isince .he re
turned. Abouit three. wece!s ,iigd'a
man repoerteid th;~it ek hdd ,been citalen
to " brothel tcid 'firoibbedf 10of ,:,and
from wht wtnietIs line, thbe niCexised
eas orne of .the eeii wh c; ocbi?iitted
11cc o bbary f 9sdd~ii
Jolin Clouig'lsaid lhe'e uessideldwith
his coisiin, M?I liice, at Broidieadoi\ .
le weas not ciiaivork at .preseit;,b?t
had been-' promisd d'j6ob'att' Cidcile
Crcak. The lst job le' had. avis at
W'ellscend iraces, cleel mcg. . Ireiioius
to that hl was'employeid:' as :secillery
eian oi tIo stciiaeri MariugnO, tr?iding
between Sydmie:a:meid- London.. lie
was paid owieith'l?~. 3E4ff Od, and re
eeived a gocd diselmaige.
By the palcicie o sleupt at Bluebell
Hotel Inst Wednesday. There was a
robbery tihere that night: "i s vlh'iiot
in the private:bar witht.he? aelco:'hiciii"
wVcs rolbel, hdbeet lee b~eliceeed? he slept:
in the next rooni.
At this stage tlhe case was n.emanded
for one diey to enable :the "accscas?dto
call witnesses. . '
STEALIN BLNITS.! ",,
ThlomnasJones,.a seaman,' was charg
edi wlth tealing seven. blaneits, :thle
property of the NYew Southl..Wales Go
verimcent t NNcwcastle, on thee 8th
ins anut. ?' . " " ' '
ConstablfeCameron said that at 5030
the peievioiiss.ietiioon he sa'iw the ac
cused in e;shed on the wharf. le wans
stooping down blehind a bale of hly,
andi tolit \itnies5 tliit le was going.to
slcop there. Ten minutes later le saw
the .ccused with tile blankels under
his arm. He s;aid they were his pro
pert.y, lie heaving bought them incSyd
ney for 16s.
!'The accused pleaded guilty, and was~
sentenced t tl hree montlhs' imnirison
nlent.
. . ..
The rapids lner Montreitl h?e beern
successfully "harnessed," 25,000 horse
power being procured for clectric
li'ihtisi, purposeS.
'li1 Russian soldier is more heavily
bulrdelid than anly other.A foot soldier
in the Iaryn of the Czar carries over
i681h. IThi weights borne by the foot
soldiers of tle otheir principal Euro
piun nitlins arc as folows:--srclnch,
l(;b ; "rit.ish, 62lb ; German, Glulb;
Si\iss, ,1Jb.;, Italian, 531b : Austrian,
47lb.
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