From Western Post & Mudgee Newspaper 14 May 1861: POLICE Tuesday, May 14th Before his Worship the Mayor, the Police Magistrate, and Messrs MARLAY and CADELL. J MACDONALD pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in Perry-st on Saturday night, and intimated to their worships the fact of his having been incarcerated since Saturday; in consideration of which he was reprimanded and discharged. Lawrance MOORE remand case of forgery in consequence of the non-attendance of Mr TAILBY, and the doubt as to his exact whereabouts. The Bench adjourned the case until the 11th of June next. J D LITTLE was charged under the Towns Police Act with having allowed a cow and calf to stray in the public street. This being Mr LITTLE's first offence, he was fined 5s and 3s 6d costs. Richard CROSSING being an old offender was fined 20s and costs for 4 cows. COURT OF REQUESTS Adjourned Cases M DONAHUE v J BAX - £7 the value of a cow. M DONAHUE said on the 8th April a cow, his property, was found dead in Mr BAX's yard. The cow was a very tame one, and had been in Mr. BAX's barley; could not say that she had died from over eating green stuff, though he could swear that it had been strangled through Mr BAX roping its horns. J WALSH saw the cow after it was dead. Mr BAX told him that the cow had been in his paddock, and that it was too dark to take it to the pound; he had therefore tied t up by the horns. Ased him if he would pay £7 for it; he replied "no", when he told him he would take means to make him.___WALSH, junior, heard Mr BAX say that he though the cow had burst with eating green barley. The cow was much swollen. Elizabeth PATTERSON found the cow dead in BAX's yard, BAX told her that it had been in his barley, and that he had tied it up. Mr JAMES for the defence, called Mr BAX, farmer, Burrundulla, who acknowledged having tied up the cow. He had o! n previous occasions spoken to complainant about his cow trespassing on his farm. On the night in question the cow had been in his barley; about twelve o'clock the cow was making a great noise, which induced him to get up to see what was the matter, when he saw it die; had not the least doubt that it was through eating green barley. He called WALSH's attention to the cow's head and neck to convince him that she had not come to her death through being roped. D PICTON saw the cow, and considered that it had died through eating too much barley. There was no mark of the rope about her. Verdict for defendant. W BALL v M H LYONS - £7 for shooting two pigs. Adjourned till next sitting of Court. ***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.