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MAGISTRATE'S COURT. (Before Mr. W. G. Biddell,, S.M.) DOCTORED THE. BOOKS. CLEKIi ADMITS FALSIFICATION AND THEFT. John Scott, formerly a clerk in tho em. t ploy of tlio Wellington Meat Export Co., i Ltd., appeared to answer a number ol - charges. He ivas represented by Mr. D. I Stanley Smith. Mr. D. Evans prosecutcd. * On the information- of Francis Dilnot . Sladden, Scott was charged with falsify- - 0 ing a cash book of tho Wellington Meat ■ Export Co., Ltd., by entering that <£25 B 4s. 5(1. had been paid on April 2D by 1 the New Zealand Trawling Co., whereat 1 in reality a larger sunt (.£sl) had been " paid. Also, on F. D. Sladden's informa- * ■ lion, ho was charger] with that, on oi 1 about May>3l, he falsified a cash book V belonging to tho Wellington Meat Ex- ■ port Co., Ltd., by entering that .£22 13s, 0 9d. had been received from the New Zea--1 land Trawling Co., whereas JMO 13s. fid. - had been received. 11 The ot.her informations were laid by ■; Harold Bulmor Gray, accountant. Wei--11 linjton. Thefo charged Scott with that, e between March 2), 1910, and April 21. 1011, be omitted to cuter certain materia! ' particulars in the company's cash booki ! > and ledgers- It was alleged that between 5- July 21, 1910, and about July 22, 1911, N ho made the following entries:—On July 'f 21, 1310, £71 17s. Oil., fr -:n Hirst and Co., !• Kaiwarra, whereas ,£7G lls.'Od. had been d paid; on March 20, 1911, .£193 17s. 3d., >- from Hirst and Co., whereas JCIO9 Is. Id. e had been paid; on Juno 21, 1911, .£lO3 * 7s. from Hirst and Co., whereas .COO 10s. 9d. had been paid; on July 22, .£9l 3s. 4d,, s from Hirst and Co., whereas JCIOS 7s. lid. e had been paid. k Scott was also charged with stealing (oi !> or about August 10) a clioouo for ,£33 7s, i' Id,, drawn upon tho public account oi I) the Government of New Zealand at the o Bank of New Zealand,. Wellington, th< '• property of the Wellington Meat Export s Company. Limited; with stealihg (on or about Juno 8, 1911), £\ 19s/from . a the Welling ton Meat Export Company, i- Ltd.; with (on or-nhout March 13, 1911) s stealing ,C 1 9s. from the Wellington Meat 1 i- Export Co., Ltd. with (on or about. Juno i- 10, 1910) stealing .£1 from the Wellington s Meat Export. Co., Ltd.; and with (on or 0 about June 13, 1910) stealing £2 2s. 2(1 s from the Wellington Meat Export Co., •- Ltd. H Evidence to provo tho charges was called. H. B. Gr.i.v (accountant in tho Wei-; ■ * lington Meat Export Co., Ltd.'s employ) stated that the shortages iu Hirst and >i Co.'g account, amounted to Xl2O ss. Bd.. and in (lie Now Zealand Trawling Co.'s n account to X'lo 15:.-. 4d. c Tho accused pleaded guilty, and was d committed to the Supremo Court for sou-, e tence. e 1 OPIUM MAN DEALT WITn. Joo Tong, a Chinese, appeared in tlw t dock at the .Magistrate's Court yesterday ' morning charged with having in his pos- ". session opium in a form suitable for smok- . iug. it Tho prosecution stated that the man e lived in Ilaining Street. The police raidi- ed his plnco on Tuesday night, and lound all the paraphernalia and fittings of an , o opium den. it had been run as a den for •- Kome time. A substantial fine was asked d for. !3 Mr. Biddell, S.M.: Has tho defendant tl been before tho.Court before?—" Not as d far as I know." s His Worship: Well then ho is a first s offender?—"As far as we know ho is a e first olTcnlcr, but ho has been carrying n this on for some considerable time." 0 The accused was fined <£10, with court e costs 75., and internreter's feo 10s. Gd. d — £ THEFT OF BOOTS. i. William Maurice Laur-ance, who had on • n tho previous day pleaded guilty to, six ■ 1 charges of Stealing boots, was ■ sentenced e to one mouth's imprisonment on each . n charge, tho sentences to run concurrently, ■ e Orders-of, restitution were made. j CLOTHES STOLEN. '• John Langlcy pleaded guilty to a charg# ; ■' of stealing a suit case anil clothing, valued : 0 at- .£5, the property of Charles llutlon. e Moss. He .was sentenced to six AveCks 1, im- ' s prisonment, and at Langley's a 11 prohibition order was issued" against '• liiui. o , '{ DID HE KNOW? Edward Rosenberg, charged . with re--11 celring 175 bicycle tubes, knowing thorn to l have been dishonestly obtained, was further rmnnded till, August 13.. Mr. P. 0 W. Jackson: asked -for unil as before— .£IOO, or two sureties of £50 each—and this was granted. t CABPENTER'S TOOLS. George Alfred Traccy pleaded not * guilty to six charges ot theft. The accu- , 5 Rations included an alleged theft at JohnJ Fonvillo of carpenter's tools, valued at .£'ls, from Arthur Scott, and tools valued at .£2 from Edward Ewart Welsh; the al- , legeil theft at Ngahauranga of slocks and . dies, and a hack saw, valued at ,£2 135., *■ the property of Thoims Biddler; alleged theft at Jolinsonville of one meat cliopy per, valued at 3s. Cel., the property of tho T New Zealand Government; alleged theft at Johnsonvillo of one pair of carriage lamps, valued at .£l, the property of Oscar Greer; alleged theft at Johnsonvillo 0 of carpenter's tools valued at ,£2, the property of Matthew Roberts; and elleped '' theft ai Jolinsonville of carpenter's tools, ' valuer! at tho properly of Charles r Francis Taylor. "" Accused was committed to the Supremo ° Court for trial: Bail (JCiiO) was allowed, l- — r A MONTH FOB ASSAULT, j. Albert Saunders, alias John Burke, ap. peared to answer a charge of assaulting Edward Nolan. Tho ollenec was committed when Nolan was endeavouring to get Burko to leave a hotel. One month's imprisonment was tho. scntenco. OTHEB CASES. Charles nomer was charged with being an idle and disorderly person having in- . sufficient lawful means of support. Ho pleaded not guilty, and was remanded till : Horace Dowman and John M'Cartliy 0 were each fined 10s. for ineTjriation, Pat. - rick Rico was fined .SI, and John Sullivan s was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment, . both for insobriety. 1 Samuel Thomas Swcetlove was fiucd .£? ■ /or an objectionable net, in default 21 1 days' imprisonment. f TWO EBBING JUVENILES. Two juvenilos were before the Court yesterday. A boy of 121 years was sentenced to six strokes of tho birch for stealing 12 newspapers, valued at Is., tho property of Elisabeth Galbalby. Tho other boy was two years older. He was accused of stealing a copper boiler, valued nt 305., the property of Easson Brothers. His punishment was six strokes of tho birch, and his mother is to be required i to rephico the boiler within ono mouth. SUFFERING WITH PILES FOB 12 MONTHS. SOME DATS UNABLE TO GO TO WORK. BEXONA QU.ICKLT CUBES. 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