POLICE COURT.—Wednesday.
[Before Thomas Macffarlarie and G. S. Gra- .. ham, Ksqs , Justices"] ~
Danif kenness.—Five persons were .punished in the'customary manner for this offence., ....
Lakcent.—Edward Clare was charged with staling an.iron .chain.valued at £3, the property jof Neiisdh Ireland', from the Government ( quarry at Drunken ,Bay. ;He pleaded not guilty]—Neilson Ireland deposed ■■;■. that;on or aboutjthe 22nd September he went to _Drunken. ißay-fbr stone for the Bean Rock Light-house. He uspd a chain, and when he oaule away he left it; behind. ( Witpess .identified fehat/prtK ducfdjas the one "he had,left.- Last Thursday he returned, and missed the chain; which was subsequently found,- ip ~ prisoner's,• boat. — Vvjfllia-n Barrow* gave Biniilar evidence.-^. :Sergeaht"Carrigan."ofbHe water police, deposed that Yesterday he found the .chaiqi produced shackled to the anchor in prisoner* boat. J ...,■.,■,!•, ..,;,• Li ..,./, I ■'. ;I!!:.''.S ,}1."1 ;.
Prisoner then said he had found itinDrunke Bay in two feet of water.— Samtiel ClarJ 1 called on behalf of his brother, deposed thai he and prisoner were fishing for ccli i n ti. channel between Rangitoto and Motu Tanu' and found the chain in the water. It — ' about a mile and a half from the Government quarry. —The Bench considered the eviden insufficient to warrant a conviction, asd /' missed the prisoner. i 3'
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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 559, 25 October 1871, Page 2
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205POLICE COURT.—Wednesday. Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 559, 25 October 1871, Page 2
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