POLICE IS COURT.
ii&mn Oonwajr Mateon, T. $. Bereefosd, and W- J. Bellinger, J.P.'tf, presi<kd at the Police Court yesterday. ALLEGED THEFT. A charge against Harry Nevin, alias James Neitecm, of etealins from John Mllet a silver stop watch Wbd other Jewetiery, vaiiifed at £2 12s, w*» adjourned till the 2Tth instatat. ' . \ A YOUTHFUL SCAPEGRACE. A young South American, twenty yean of age, named Henry Fraser Marshall, moved the Bench bo remark that he had "done pretty -vraU" in the way of crime daring his stay of only three months in the <x>lony. Mart»h«U pleaded "Onalty" to the following tiurfte:—Jenuairy 14tU, a silver hunting watch, valued at £6, belonging to James Moore; January 9tfe, from the house of William Sleeman, aft overcoat, olothea-brush, rol'Jed gold chain, and other goods to the total value of £2 lSs, the property of Alexander Blyberg; January 9fch, a gold ring and jf.eeve-lanka, valued at £1, belonginig to William Sleenum; January 12th, from the house of Amy Smart, a khaki *uifc, valued a* 15s, of unknown ownership. Ohief-Detectare Chfyetal «tated that all the property had been recovered, except an overcoat, which td» accused had promised to help to trace, and a ring, which he said he had loet.
Th« aeoosad stated tfeat he h*d k';jm record until be arrived in New 2«hH Hβ stole the property becauM he Imß After rtpritrurtding Uμ yonag «Mijfl| onsLy, and obtaining from Mm * MWJK to lead a law-abiding life ia fuMii leniently treated, tb* BenOh to ebc adn-tie , imprie«iai*ot ctuotte, the tettfi* to run wiKsttrweHfll w»n»nt, it m et*ted, tnwld be M*|9 and ooiy served in the ereofc of 4i>J|H offenc*. I£f Snuul to W obarge of Ute young man, «od to &4.M for. fm* ' .^m
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11489, 23 January 1903, Page 2
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