MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2233, 20 August 1914, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

RECENT QTY: BURGLARIES THEFTS PROM A CLERGYMAN'S ■ ' .., HOUSE . ; . Mr. W. G. Riddel), S.M., presided over a sitting of tho Magistrate s 1 ) Court yostorday moniing." • James Giilham, who. was remanded from last week on several charges of breaking- and entering houses situated in different parts of the City, appeared to, have -preliminary evidence taken against him respect to alleged breaking' aiid ■ entering tlio ,premises of the Rov, William Raine. William Raine, a Church of England minister; in his evidence, said that'on June 28 last ho was living at 44 Nairn street. Witness left-his house in the afternoon, and when he returned all the ■ windows were open, while he found that-the-whole of the upstairs portion, of, the house had been ransacked; The articles mentioned in the information against accnscd, were missing; ' There were: no evidences as to how an entry had been effected. Apart from tho articlos produced in court, other - articles of jewellery and £2 in money had also been -stolen." . .At, this stagO'- the case' against adctised was adjourned till Wednesday next; A FARMER'S CHEQUE. 'A middle-aged ihari, Sutherland Murray Grant, was charged with the theft of a cheque, drawn on the Bank of New.,l Zealand for the sum of £16, tho propt'rty of Daniel Sullivan', a faTmer, of - Te Kuiti. Mr. H. F. O'Leary appeared f'jr acoiKed. i . In his evidence, .Sullivan, said that he njet the accused in Wellington. at the Adelphi Hotel on the day following tho winter race meeting. Acqused agreed, to cash a cheque for £lpV,' Later they ' went into 'an. hotel and wore having drinks, when tho accused left the bar,, paying that lie would 'be- back in a minute. .Witness had not seen him sinco, To Mr. O'Leary Witness lost £27 at "banker" the same evening that he met . accused. He'had pade' out a cheque for this amount. , He had not made ®Veral' attempiis to . oash cheques oh the saine day. . • . , 'i. . James Stollin said that the accused came to him on Thursday at 7 o'clock,' iind he (witness) cashed a cheque for. signed 0. Sullivan, for him. / ■Detective Wand, of Christcln),,\ stated; that he arrested the accused av Christchtircti on August 11 and charged . him with the theft of the cheque, Accused replied that tlie person charged could not be him, as ho had not been in Wellington for J nine months.' . A plea of not guilty"was entered, and accused-was committed to the Supreme. Court for trial; Bail was fixed in. £50, with two-sureties of £25. OTHER CASES. • Preliminary ovidence was taken in re- ; spect to the charges against two young njen, Ernest Jonos ana. Patrick Joseph O'Connor,-of committing the' theft ofone lady's silver watch, valued at £4 4»., tho property of Constance Pollington, and a gold necklet and pendant valued at £2 2s v the property of Ellen M'Oann," the theft bijng ppmmittcd from the dwelling-house of Patrick William Corby. Dotoctive Ward, of Christcliurch, gqve evidence as to the recovery of tlie missing property in a paWn shop, iii Cbristchtiroh, • and handed in a statement from each of'the accused. After hearing this evidence the pair wore manded until Wednesday next. Three serious charges involving interference wioh a little girl under the age of , eight years wore preferred against Lewis James Hooking. ■ At the -conclusion of the evidence accused, wild was not represented by counsel, pleaded not guilty, and was committed -to the Supreme Court fqr trial. Bail was in £100, with two sureties of £100. Arthur Alexander 'Anpell. tra.s. charged ■lyith a serious offence in respect to a girl - under the age of ten 'years. !'A<)r cused was remanded till' Wednesday next, after a'partial heariug of evidence. Bail was'renewed in the sum of £100.! . ..William:Connelly was fined 40s. for .. resisting Constable Pearse in the execution of his duty. The alternative Was fixed at seven days' imprisonment: . ; For drunkenness, John. Henry Ernest Good was' 1 fined 10k., and William Smith, ivho was found helplessly drunk at Mas- • ter'ton, was convicted and ordered to pay costs £1 10s. Arthur AYalsh and Jalnes Smith, with aliases and "pasts," reappeared in answer to a charge of a theft of a post' office savings-box and revolver' from _a nsgro living, in Luke's Lane. At thoir request the case had been adjourned from tho previous Wednesday, so that the accused might carry out thoir expressed intention of scouring counsel and witnesses, but when the case against the two' accused was called there was no counsel, but one witness, ' whoso testimony availed them nothing. Each of the accused were given a month's ' imprisonment