MAYOR'S COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3029, 4 November 1872, Page 2

MAYOR'S COURT.

This Day. (Before His Worship the Mayor and J. Brown, Esq., J.P.) DEU.N KE> NEfS. Alexander Jervis ami Robert Tuliy, for the above offence, were each fined da, or twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. THEFT. Robert Pierpoint was charged with stealing (from Wain’s Hotel, Manse street, one tweed suit, valued at L 5, the property of Joseph Samuels. Mr W. W. Wilson for the accused. The following evidence was given:— J. Samuels, clothier ; I slept in bedroom No. 12, in Wain’s Hotel, on the night of the 29th ult. I left my bedroom about 8.30 a.m., and was away tiITS. On returning to my room, I missed a suit of clothes, I last saw the suit on the Sunday night previous, but did not miss them till the following Wednesday, '! here were two other suits in my room at the time. —Job Wain, publican: Samuels has resided with me two years, and accused came to my hotel on Saturday, the 26th. He lodged iu bedroom No, 12, Samuels in No. 10, I last saw accused on Tuesday night, the 29th, He told me he was going away by the morning coach. It was between 11 and 12 pm. when 1 last saw him. Ho was rather talkative and groggy. Edward Morton, police sergeant at Lawrence, said : From information received, 1 went to the Commercial Hotel, Lawrence. Saw’ accused, and asked to see his room. On examining his portmanteau, and seeing the clothes produced in it, .1 arrested him. He was sue prised when 1 found the clothes. He also had on his person a gold chain and a reasonable amount of property.—This closed the cose for the prosecution.—Mr Wilson, in addressing the Bench, said the case was the most extraordinary one he had heard of. Accused was highly born, had a first-class character from those who came eut with him iu the Hydaspes; letters of recommendation to Messrs Bing, Harris and Co., and other large firms here ; and he came from Rugby .School. Ho said that he could only account for it in one way, v'z., that as he was a man unaccustomed to drink, he might this night, being the worse for liquor, have taken them ; and further, as he had a large supply of clothes and money, it was wdthout want of motive that he took them. lie would call his fellow-passen-gers, and also some of those here who knew’ him, to speak to his character.—Ennis Chalmers : 1 was a cabin passenger by the ship Hydaspes with accused. He was steady throughout, and bore an excellent character. On the night of the 29th he had a drop more than usual. I saw him home. He told me he was going away in the morning. 1 should say he had enough wardrobe to stock ten shops.—Thomas Graham (of the firm of Bing, Harris, and Co.): I had a letter from my partner to see accused introduced into company ami into my house. I thought he was a gentleman, and the captain of the Hydaspes toTd me ho had the most extensive wardrobe of his passengers. I supplied him with money to p ty his coach fare and what he owed Mr Wain.—Joseph Nixon, publican, one of the proprietors of the Criterion Hotel, said accused brought letters of introduction to him.—Dr Alexander said he visited accused, at the instigation of Mr Graham, at the gaol this morning. He was perfectly sane, but by the way he spoke I imagined him to be a silly fellow. It seemed to him to be inexplicable that accused took the clothes intentionally’. The Bench said as the young man bad been brought up iu the w r ay described, and was going to a situation, having clothes and money of his own, it struck them, whilst he

did take the clothes, he took them without any felonious intent, and, after cautioning him. '1 ischarged him. George Farrington, alias M‘lntyre, alias Woods, was charged with stealing from the Old England Hotel one gold ring, the property of Mrs Scott. Mrs Scott sworn : lam a domestic servant at the Old' England Hotel. I have been there three months. From something I heard I went to my room, and found ray ring gone. It was in a little box in my bedroom. I last saw it there on Thursday, but found it gone the following Saturday, November 2. I reported the matter to the police yesterday, but asked Muir to go before that. He said if I would K.t it slip he would give me L2, for if it were reported it would interfere with his license. I saw accused yesterday : he cried and said, “ 1 know what you are after—you want the ring, but 1 have cut it, and done away with it.”—James Crawsou and Michael Morgan, sailors, deposed to having seen the ring, and being requested by tlm prisoner to purchase it. Sergeant Mallard said that if Muir had done his duty properly, the ring would have been found, but as it was not he would ask for a remand. The case was accordingly remanded till Friday. BITE-LAW CASE. W. Williams, for allowing two horses to wander, was lined 5s and costs.