From Western Post, Wednesday, 1 May 1861: POLICE Monday April 29th Before the Police Magistrate John BALDWIN, for being drunk in Market-street and John CORE for being drunk and incapable of driving his horse and cart, and Mary CORE his wife, were fined 10s each or 48 hours imprisonment. Tuesday 30th April Before the Police Magistrate, the Mayor, and T CADELL, Esq., J.P. William CUNNINGHAM, of the Pipeclay, was charged with being drunk and driving furiously through the town whereby he was thrown. The Bench, taking into consideration that the prisoner had been in the lock up since Saturday, fined him 20s. M DALY charged with having in his possession a stolen horse. Mr HARDY said the prisoner was given into charge on Saturday by T TARRANT for having a horse in his possession the property of his brother. Prisoner said he had bought the horse, but could not produce a receipt. The horse is now in the police yard, it is a bay branded T on the hip,and a letter resembling D on the off hip. T TARRANT, carrier and dealer, said he had been four days looking after the horse, having been requested by his brother to sell it. He was passing through Mudgee on Saturday, when he saw prisoner riding it. On his claiming the horse, DALY said he had bought it in Penrith. The horse had been running at Apple Tree Flat, it having strayed with three others, from Burrundulla. G TARRANT deposed to his having lost the horse about six weeks since. He had him at Apple Tree Flat feeding whilst he was fishing. DALY in defence said that he had bought the horse of a man between Hartly and Penrith; he gave £5 for it, and had lost the receipt. Committed to the next Quarter Sessions. Bail £100 and two sureties of £50 each to be approved of by the Chief Constable. The owner to take possession of the horse and produce him at trial. R R HUGHSON fined 5s and costs for allowing a cow and calf to stray in the public street. Charles RAEY charged with making a false return of his family to the census collector. J W ALLPASS, enumerator for this district, produced a schedule given to him by one of the collectors of the census, in which the defendan't name appeared, and that of Susan RAEY, whom he described as his wife. Henry CLARKE, a gold digger working at the Devil's Hole, said he was a married man. He produced the certificate of his marriage; his wife had been away from hi two years, and was at present living with the defendant. In defence Mr BRODRIBB stated that if the offence was proved (which he submitted to the bench was not the case), a mitigated penalty would meet the merits. If Sir Cresswell CRESSWELL resided and held his Court in New South Wales, no doubt "Susan" would have been long since the lawful wife of the defendant. The defendant resided a considerable distance from Mudgee, and would sooner admit the delivery of the return that again be brought before the Bench. Ordered t! o pay £5, with the usual alternative. Fine paid ***END*** Annette Piper Please note: Every effort has been to transcribe the above information correctly, however errors may have inadvertently been made. Spelling of surnames/places as appears in original.