MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 548, 1 July 1909, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

«■ | * (Before Mr W G Riddell, SM) .- . ALLEGED BEI3AKING AND ENTERING.' f ; The charge .preferred against John Chalmers R.Jfit'j''Hemingway was that, botweeu September 14 s*. ■ and 15, 1307, ho did break and enter the. wareV house of Diokerson and - Co., and steal ,therei: ' from tweeds to tho value of .£lO. ■ >; \ •,' On tho application of Jlr. * Wilford, who ap- ' reared for- acoused,.a remand was granted to v:.. : .'-' | .V.''. , 3ttly!'7 > '.-baU'bei3g<:giixntcd'aa.l)efore..' A SERIES OF FORGERIES. Four charges of forgery and uttering were . . preferred against John Jas. O'Connor. The 4 , charges were: (1) On May 27, forging the name of;,.iH. 'iStacey t5,..a chetiua for £!> 165., and ; jittering the same: to . Wm.v Mullen, at ,C. Smith's; <(2). on April 30, . forging tho nanie ! „ , of. J. JBlaok to. a onenuo for <I's 125., and ut- \ taring ( same to Wm: Clark, of Wardell Bros.; : '; (3) ,on a<lay 13, forging the ( naine.'of A. S; Johnston tO-. ft cheque for iCS 125.,. and uttering the . ; same to Leonard-Bosser;" of the Union Clothing Co.; (4) on June .2-1, forging the name of H, v::. • • Staoey.. to a chcque for ,£5 I,'is., and .uttering , the samd; to Thos. Falvey, of War nock and i v Adkins. 1 : S Evidence/was called by: Chief-Detective Bro- | berg in support" of tho chargev . .Detective Lewis, who, in company with Deteo-' :; h've Bailey, arrested accused, stated that, when ..r ■ sharged ; with : the offences, accused admitted' ■: them,-,and .said that ho had been cut .of work • : for;some weeks, - and had,- therefore, forged a . iheque every .fortpight so as to lead-'.his.parents' to. /bolieve that he-was> still - working, and ;in / :ec«ipt of wages. - * . , Accused 'pleaded guilty to all : four . charges, ,-ind' was committed to the Supreme -Court for , loncence. , CHARGE OF VAGRANCY, i'"i ' a -charge: of l>eing:i rogue- and vagabond, '. -In,that,he->wa3: found bv night -lawful vfJonSo "on promises in .ElizabethvStreet, Harry i , wnitva yonng man, of respectable appearance, pleaded not guilty. n , the application of. Station-Sergeant Darby ramand was granted to. July 2. A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER. .. A:-lad, named Clarence .Townley .was brought ■ - viJP-ifpr, sentence; on. a charge of,appropriating to,his own uso the snm of 13s. Bid., the propefty of his employer,' Henry Fither. ': - 's.v .CfiiPvDetectivo Broberg stated thftt .accused tad | recently run away from tho Werero.i Ij. and ;tne education vauthoritiM desirous of his being returned to - tho institution. V i:i • His entered a conviction, and made .. - anTprder, for ..the boy's return, tol'.Wereroa;>'•'■'• ; ■ -young woman, who was evidently deeply. ■ -affected.; at the ■ outcome,'of--' her-'wrong-doing,' .j... ..was charged,with the, theft-of a wire-mattress, * valtied 'at 16s. 6d., the property of Wm. Hall, and'also a jug, valued at 3s. 6d. ' ' ' . Darby .said :that accused was ■ j<-r y,°nng woman of good chaTacter,'there being j1 ch r' n f '° Wn a ® a ' ns ' previous to this ,' j Worship remarked that aconsed had evi•lv: received --..a suflSciont lesson .by b«ins , brought before the Court, to teach her to re- { from- committing siach'offenoes in future.'' ,As tno.. ; stolen had been returned, ho :'.-,ty' on 'o convict, her, and order her to come up j .for sentence when called upon. ~ > ' ' OTHER CHARGES. ' ;. -..n A .further adjourninent. to. July i-wa'sgranted >. '-t,the case/i against ->,John Jardino > Ewing, charged tvith wilfully damaging a pane of ' ' §i a ■i?.' property of Giaca . Nellie -Ewmg. >Mr;' M'Grath' (for defendant) v etated tliat there ivas tho prospect of a setfcl«Di€nt' between the parties. » ' v offender ■ for,/ insobriety . was con- ' Ticted and discharged. * «