MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1828, 14 August 1913, Page 7

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

MANAGER'S FALL. STEALS £165 OF JEWELLERY. "I known all about it. Gambling and liorsa racing eiuiscil jne to cio it." In in tie wonls Arnold Asliwoitn Ijinn.s is antged to litive admitted tne then, of a largo ijuaitLuy i/i jcweite'ry lrom ilio snup wnicli he was managing lor .\lr. it. W. Libya, in Cuba Strtet. 'mere weiv thirteen counts uguiust J3mus, mostly tonct:rnin({ rings, and the total value of the property wiu set down as Jilfia 7a. 111. Horace William Lloyd. " Quay jeweller, who lias u. lirancii business at 114 Cuba Street, deposed tnut tho property produced in Conn was Ms, awl that it luiil boen taken from Ilia Cuba Street shop. Binns had innnagscl the Cuba Street shop for hini ior mo past nine months, at » salary of .(.'■! per v.eek. There was nearly worth oi stock in tup shop. J;la6 lUs. worth of the property had been leaving bs. Id. worth unaccounted for. Mr. P. W. Jackson (accused's counsel): Apart from this' he is a good business mini? Witness: Yes. Sober'—"l lSeiieve he is a teetotaller. .Bui lie has a weakness?—"l only discovered that afterwards." What is it? —I"(Jojnbliuij."1"(Jojnbliuij." • Horse racing?—"l believe so." Detective Cameron deposed that through hearing that some jewellery was being "offered" they recovered nineteen rings and some brooches at various pawnbrokers. They took the jewellery to Lloyd's shop in Cuba Street, and there saw Lloyd and Binns. Lloyd asked Binns: "What do you know about this!'" "I know all about it, llr. Lloyd," Binns replied. "Gambling mid horse racing caused me to do it. I will make it all right, if I am, given a chance, by tomorrow. I have iLJ irientl who would lend me tho money."

However, Binns was taken to the police station, where tickets for i! 76 Is. 6d. wero found' on liim. in liis jjossession, also, were thirteen envelopes bearing tho private marks and descriptions of the jewellery which they had contained. This, Binns said, was to enable him to rcplaco the articles iu. stock as they were originally, in the ©vent of his being able to redeem them.

Binns pleaded guiltr and wns committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Bail (£100) was allowed. . THEFT FROM* HOTEL. Norman diaries Williams was accused of the theft from a town hotel of J.'s 10.s. 6d., balonpfing to . Walton iloir, and Us. belonging to Arthur M'Callion. The money was taken from clothes which were hanging in a room. Williams pleaded guilty, and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Bail (JloU) was granted. ' OTHEE C.^SES.' Ernest Slovens, who was deemed to* bo a rogue and a vagabond, was' sentenced to three months' imprisonment.

Harry So'niM was committed to tho Supreme Court for trial on a serious charge concerning a young girl. Bail (X 80) was allowed.

For insobriety Thomas Withers was fined ,£l, Henry .Tolm Seymour 10s., and .Tdss? Underwood was committed to Roto Rim Inebriates' Institute.

The charge of attempted murder against Samuel Charles Minifie was further adjourned till August 20.