MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 910, 1 September 1910, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before, Mr. W. R. Easeld'en, S.M.) ugly allegation. . jury' to. unravel '.things. John Harrison was: charged :with having, on August 1G at Wellington, assaulted one Samiiel Good, and' ; robbed him .of .£5 ; 6s. in mdnev. Chief Dotectivo Broborg conducted the prosecution. Ac-oused'-was n'ot represented by counsel. Samuel :'Gocid, carter,, Kilbirnie, /stated that about i p.m. on" August'l(l, ho was in tho. public bar of the Cambridge Hotel, '.in .Cambridge. 1 • Terrace. . He... had taken a couple of drinks' before lie went there,-but. was sober. He met. a man named' Tom Hickey. in.tho-, bar and bought 'drinks for himself and Hickey. He. had £ 5 6s. in his pocket and when he bought drinks he changed a sovereign. 'Wheiv paying for the-' , drinks he might have pulled out more tha'n : one coin, but was not sure. Acriused was standing close alongside* at .the'time with a mate. After buying : the : drinks, ; he (Good) retired to a coriS-criience iii' Alpha:. Street, at a corner of the hotel building. While'there 'he heard-' footsteps-and .-looking round saw accused. Witness was then struck %■ blow, on the left, check' and knocked against' the wall; 7 and . before" ho could recover'one. man held his arms round, him and ■ another went through.: his pockets and look th'o £a Csi -As the men made off witness made a- grab at them and got hold- of a man's hat—a black hard.hat. Witness ■ identified accused on. August-29.. -:.' •' *.- . ; - : -\ • Cross-examined bv accused, witness stated that-he could swear that accused was the man who held 'him. . He-recog-nissd-accused in the - convenience as •••the- , inan he had seen in the: hotel, bar. •Timothy Kellcher, barman* of : the Cambridge Hotel, deposed to..seeing. , accused and -his mate ,in 'the hotel ■ on • August 1G standing about a couple of..yards fro-a whore Good and Hickey were.;. Accused iatad'-'-h'is mate left the- hotel- bar four or five minutes after Good left..; Hickey remained behind in tho .bar. ■,■.'■!■'. ■ Alfred' Sharp, labourer, in ■ the: employ of Mr. Neilson-' on premises; near, the Cambridge .Hotel, gave evidence as ■ to hearing.a' noise in the convenience about ■4 p.m;. on August '16. Later he saw ac : . ciisedon Mr. Neilson's 'premises.' ;•Accused was' a-sked what ho wanted and was later told , -to. get out. -When .leaving he: looked first: along .tho street, to the- left, towards the Cambridge 'Hotel. Witness did , hot. know,,..what direction he: took'afterwards.'. .'..:. .■: ..'::' ' '■.- .'■•■ Albert Henry- Taylor, in .the. employ of Mr. -Neilson, 'jiin., .on-.thb: same promises as/the previous, witness, .gave, corroborative' evidence. Accused'came running into the place :from ..the ;direction of: the Cambridge Hotel. -•■■'-.'■;■:-■ : Acting-Detective''''.Cameron : gave . evidence' as to interviewing.'accused , ' , in company with Detective* Rawlo'iii; connection with the offence,' Witness.. asked him •ivliy ; h'e had'runiinto Ncilson's ; premises after' he'bad been in the Cambridge Hotel. .Accused..said he -had never -■-been 'in'-the Cambridge-.Hotel' and when charg- ; ed with,the offence said-'lie knew nothing about'it.:: ■'•■ :;■..■' . , ■■:'■■(..--. . ' ,■•.-. • i Accused, in answer, to.the usual question: replied that he had nothing to. say.. Hoi'know nothiiii; about the robbery.?:Ho pleaded 'not fiuilty and .'was cqiiiihitted for -triar at ; the. next sittings of the Supreme* Court.'*. Bail.was fixed at'JESO and two sureties.'of.',£2s eacli.v- ■: ;' ■ ; : / , ;i -/;'-' ft; JOTHER.'CASES.V f ;-v ; .;.'V Mary- Sid6n,'' ; for -whonvi-Mri. M.-i Merc-, ditlr appwred; , ■ was ; charged with-impor-fiinirig.' 'On 'the : application''of' her., coun-' sol,* a. remand was granted until.* this * morning; ■::,'■ : / !.- /; : . ,".■ *•'■';.•'. ;■ ' -\;;-i .*•*

■ ;Emma Crawford, alias- Webster,: on a , charge of drunkenness, was fined 10s., in. default .48 hours'V.- imprisonment.'. . Ono. first-offendins;'drunk/,was. fined .55.,.-- in default 2-t hours'/imprisonment, and, two others were convicted■;and, discharged. .•-.

Wiilidm, Robsbn' was 'ordered 'to' pay.lOs. a week towards, the support of.his illegitimate, : chil,d,'*also Court' cbsfe- ni)d ■ apcouch^me'iit"oxpenses,v totalling' : v '