MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 441, 25 February 1909, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

• OJefore itr. !\V, G. Itiddell, S.M.) ; ; BREAKING AND ENTERING. !.'.-; EFFECT OP SENSATIONAL BOOKS. ~A youth liamod'Terence Murplij- nppeared on three seperate charges'of breaking and entering the warehouse .of the Hutt Valley Hardware Ck)., Ltd., .between; November 26 and February IS," stealing goods valued'at'i6l lls~'6dr; Chief" Detective. Brobere'conducted; the case for' the . prosecution, aiid , Mr/ Merehitli' appeared' for the defence. '•!••.'•.'■'■ . --, ffm. H. Sanders, manager of the Hutt Valleys Hardware, Co.; stated that the -articles mentioned in the three informations'; were similar' to articles; stocked by the company. Some o! the goods were stored, in the'lront shop, and others; in .the hulk .store. - The door .of'the latter place had" been broken'by-: a' cart, aridhad; been . repaired by a 7 piece of hoard, and, secured by a chaih and padlock.' On Saturday, February-13, witness .'left the shop, at. 9 p.m.; the door then being securely fastened.- O.n the Monday morning it was found that the door had ; been tampered with. . Witness reported the matter to Detective; Cassells. The key; (produced) given to- witness by the- detective had been tried oii the front door, and it .was found it .-would open the. door. Accused, lived about 30' or 40 yards from the shop." Detective Cassells stated that he saw; accuscd on the morning of February 15.-anil took liini to the detective oEce; where he made two statements which, witness took, down in writing; and which accused signed. In the first statement acoused'said"One. Thursdaynight, about the end of November, .1903, I went to the Hutt Valley;: Hardware; Company's'; warehouse'.,;.'';■ -1 : opened the front door by means of, a key.; '.X----went . into! tho shop, and, took an enamelled, mug j that is all that I.can xemtimberVl 'took on; that, occasion., I have' kept the; mug, ever sincei and, it is now; at' my .place 'of/ employ-: meht. I' have a .bunchvof, about twenty■ keys &t home, and the'key that opened the door is one of them." !; 'iv; ! The. second statement; rahir-'.'Ohe! night,, about the first week' in December, 1908(1: went to' the; Hutt Valley Hardware-.Company's shop. I opened the- door with a' key, "and went.inside; 1 took one box 'of cartridges, one ; lamp, ; ; two lead pencils, ' one. insertion . lock, two latches, and some- double sheets -of-: brown paper. -1 was, by myself when -'I went to the 'shop.'! '.The plasticene.which I, have in/my possession is' for taking impressions of shop-door keys.--The two keys'.•found;on.me. I-intended"to.'try and ;open ;the ' Lower; Hutt: Hardware Shop- doors wil h "

l -On searching the' accused's room: at the-Lower/ Hutt witness found all the, articles; produced,: except, the mug. v. Witness .'told accused that he had foundthe articles in'his'room./and'accused' said : that hegot':them out l of/the back preraises of the.Hardware Company/ On charging' him? with; the., three, offences; "fie said that he intended n to. plead-..guilty.;.-:'■;The keys producedwere found on accused,- and one of them turned, the :loclc of. -the"' Hardware /Company's front, door.' .'The'nrticles .found' iri'.'accused'B room .comprised: 33 .keys, 2 daggers, a-mask, 2 indiarubber hoels; 2.rubber pads .for the soles of< boots, one/box of cartridge?/'and 'V- bottle of: •plnsticene, which' ho said ' was .used -for taking ■the; impression of-door'keys. . To Mr. Meredith—Nothing wastabivn againstaccused.; previous to,, the present;, charges. , Amongst, the/ literature found; inaccused's, room' was 'a book entitled. "Twenty-five- Yearsin Seventeen Prisons,'" • by/an ex-convict..,. The : - balaniie of ;lhe. literature 'in ithe''room was' of : /a/similar/, class; . Accused had /said • that it' was/through reading/ these' novels that "lie had' • committed the offences.''/;'.!-"i:•:/';'"

-■■■Edwin Murphy; ' father.' of accused, ; recdg-, nised the keys; produced; 1 , which'-.were, portman--tonus keys, etc., the accummulation of years.-Thev-'alleged- (produced) : was; a ; paper knife,-, and -the-' other - supposed dagger: was: a mount cutter, for. picture framing. • • /'/' f.- /.- ' Accusetl;/pleaded guilty, arid .was'•committed; to the "Supreme.'Court./for sentence. „ Bail :.waai allowed in-the sum ; of/',£2si" and one'surety of 425-.. -;n;//^-/'.--;/-

ALLEGED FORGERY;

.A PECULIAR-'CASE. • ' ' A young man named Alexander Sl'Millan ap-.' •pe i ared./ charge^. - on . Jebr'uarj';. y, ut /\VellinfftOD. torged the' name nf orte An-/ drew/M-Mulleh' to- a motiey-order; telegram;for' •£19.383,/'and/ivith'uftorting vtKe-^same ; to' Eobt/; •Palcbiier.^^ v f;;.ft'-/ :^;/^;- .:/.,■' . H3hief./DetectivE;Brobergiconducte'd.theca6e for .tHe.pro&eoutitin^^adiJlr.-Meredith appeai'eii' l'ortluf defence. ■ . .' / //;;;' : Robt., .Daniel. Kelly, '/aeconnta-V'clerk in-., tiie •Post- aul&rrity 'h'o'm.' Aridryw M'Mullen to the iPostmaster,: ati'Waiiganuii to rwithdraw ,from';'li'iß. .ac'-' count..;;' WitneM;'-also'; r produce'd/ : a-,re"ceipt/'foi i a;;,money-order-/telegram : Mntiifrom:,Wanganui," signediby Ar.-M'Mullani;and aiinoneyKirder telor- . gram ;for;;41918s. : , .which/represented -less tliejtelegrapb.ic fee and xommvsiQn.j/i'his was signed--'Andrew'. M'lluUen.':,, AVi'triess-', ako '/pro'-, duced/a telegram/ fr'om.^M'Millan;. Wellin'gtoh; to Grfthain;'"of.;Turakina, saying.:., "Please wire pound to /Post; Ofiide, .Wellington,'job : at; Marton,- will- produced? a further telegram from ■ M'Millan,'. Napier, to" Graham,' Turakina,' which message ran- "How much; money did'yon- send—reply-to Post Office,':Gisborne." . . : . ; V'V' /v -•'/■;;•■ ■/.Andrew ;M'Munen, \labburer,/.-at present -an-, inniate -of 'Wellington Hbspitai. 1 .stated.that ■ had.; a ',baiilang: on; February- 8,- made'iarrangements. to.; draw SE2O,his bank-book, having' been left/ at'/the Post '■ Offioe.; ;0n Pebr'piiry ; 11- ho got his bank-book , back, the book showing a. withdrawal/of but .witness did not/get' the J320, or authorise' • anyone ~to get it on ■ his / behalf... . -The/signature,; -Andrew .M'Mullan;; on, tho moneyrorder, produced. not/'/the .'signature - of--;witn'ess,- nor - was it ; /Wrifctcn on .his, authority., Burnett,'clerk,in the.-.Telegraph-Office,' •Wellington,,,stated'.that- on: February -9 acpused /called; ,at/.the. TelegrepK; Office' and- 'asked vfor' a/mbnejrorder /telegram-;:for' A.' M'ilullan or •Andrew . M'Mullah. : .Witness 1 ;asked. for certain, ■particulars' as to, the; emitter's name;/ Amount,' etci, and the ;answers made; by him'were; 6'atis-. factory.-; -Witness" handed" aecused'' a/receipt iorml which.he signed. "A. ;'M'Mullah l "/wherei upon..witness, pointed- out that there was- an - 'a' in,- one., named/ instead of..an "e," but "as everytliing.-else appeared; t0,,-be,satisfactoryi witness handed" over, the; money-order telegram ■(produced), v Accused did no't.;,draw, - attention; to. the',fact' that; his',name';was Alexander and'not: Andrew. . There /was ho money-order - tele.gram for-Jl'Millan. " /.' ; Robt. Jt. Falconer, shipping oierk, stated that accused , called at' the. Union- Company's office 9.; and asked for;a steerage single ticket ..to Gisborne,.' : and, tendered - a - moneyorder telegram (produced) in payment, saying that- lie had. been too late, to cash it at. the money-order . office, and wanted ' to get to: Gisborne..particularly. Witness cashed .the,/order J;,?? '; acouse d had eigned /"it/- "Andrew M'Mullen," ;; /'::/: '/-://;-/. /,

■ ■ ■rp-. .lfr.: Meredith—'.'Amoney-order telegram was -like a cheque. ' It had .to {be . endorsed in the same :name .as it.-was..signed,,even:.if., the name .was not: spelled, correctly'on the face of the order. ■ 'vi- -..;--.

. Detective :Rawle, stated ; that , he arrested ao-. 3used at Gishorne.ori February 13, ; 0n the present charge. Accused made aha: "signed ' the statement stating that he "Had -wired to a friend,naihed_Graham, of TurakinaV for money;, ind, on' calling-' at' the' Telegraph-Office,' ■ hoisted if a telegram had. come for ,4; M'Millan. L'he clerk prbduced-a money-order,telegram'for, lrie: A.. SI Mulian. / Accused pointed out that ;he.: name, was .riot, .spelled' correctly; but' the derksaid. that it would be all right.: Accused rent away,: but-,,came; .back .later;>arid. < told :he clerk that there was another, mistake-^.the' ;elegram was • from- Wanganui and lis?expected' lis money .from-.Turakinti. .The iclerk said that his would alstf be"all right, as there was no office' it ; Tnrakina.: When -lie got. to Napier, en Voute :o Gisborrie, lie'' sent: l atelegram" to; Graham ' isking: him how - much m oney he., had. sent, <as le (acoused). thought* that' he had : received' too nuch.: Accused pleaded not -guilty, and was com'-: nitted to the Supreme; Court,for. trial./-'i 1 Bail' vas.nllowed in .the'slim-of arid two sureties -each. ; ; ■::. : - -. : ' ;' ALLEGED THErT AND FALSE PRE■r : r :v. tences. - • •.. . A young man named Walter. Still was chained vith (1) that,,; ou 'Jauuary ,18, at Wellington laving, .recrifed < tho , sum : of: fvom : ItW. :.iret Haycruft, on terms' requiring": hint to-ac-ount for ; the same to his employer/ : John , r ei'coe, he did. fraudently.- convert the same to •is.'own use, .and (2) : that on-February'22'-he Warned jot' and from one .Margaret Ha'ycroft lie- sum -ot .M by,'means of a /certain, lalseiretenco. " Accused pleaded not guilty Mr. Weston, who appeared l for the - defence sked for a remand, to Monday next.: Bail wa - llowed .in the sum;of .£25, wd, oi^;iu?ety 'of' I ..'T ~ V.'V : v-3-' ,OTHER CASES.' Kitty Hopkins, alias Saunders, and Maude ohnson/veach charged- on; :remarid with im-' lortnnmg, were convicted,arid-fined 405., in de.unit siven ■ days . imprisonment, Mr V W ackson , appeared* .for th'd \ accused. '' V. 1 lie private prbsecution Fan Tu (Sir." -Hindlarsh)... v, Edward M'Guire, ,(Mr.'; P. Jackson), .charge of intent, to , defraud Fan. Tu of iy,means,,of ; 'a false, pretence,; to wit.' that deendant was "the owner of, a ho'rso. called: f'Can; - Mr.-vßttttdrnwaY ntimated that no'-evidence would be offered oV.tlie prosecution, and the information' wm rtthdrawa by . leave of the Court. :