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Evening Star, Issue 3238, 7 July 1873, Page 3

SBtWMG spumous gold.Ah Youck, who was convicted at the last session of selling spurious gold at Naseby, and open whom the passing of sentence was deferred, pending the decision of the Appeal Court on certain law points reserved, was brought up for sentence, and ordered to be imprisoned for twelve months. LARCENY. James Corndly pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with having, at Oamarn on January 3, stolen a watch. Ho was undefended. The facts shortly stated are these On the 3rd of January last, the prosecutor, Robert Smith, a blacksmith, was staying at the Oamaru Hotel; but in consequence of the -whole of the accommodation being taken up, was obliged to sleep in a stable. Before retiring to rest at 11.30 p.m>, he left his watch, which was attached to a silver chain, in his waistcoat pocket. Shortly afterwards, prisoner, who was employed in some capacity ab/ut the hotel, brought into the stable another man to sleep there. On getting up-in the*morning prosecutor missed his watch, the chain having been broken in two, and part taken with the watch. Search was made among the straw, the prisoner assisting, but no watch could be found. A few days afterwards prisoner took the watch to a MrTay* lor’s, a clothier at Oamaru, and obtained L2 on it. It remained in the possession of the latter until he gave it np to the police, ' The prisoner’s defence was that he found the watch, and being in want of money, pledged it with Mr Taylor; but intended, when he was able, to redeem the watch and return it to the prosecutor. The jury, without leaving the box, returned a verdict of guilty. His Honor, in passing sentence, said : It appears you have a taste for stealing watgnes, for I find that on the 15th February at Oamaru, you were convicted before the Resident Magistrate there, of stealing a watch, and were sentenced to four months’ imprisonment, with hard labor, in the Dunedin gaol, which you have just left. I shall give you a longer sentence this time,

and if you come again, I sljall sentence you to penal servitude on the roads. The sentence of the Court is that you be imprisoned .and kept at hard labor for eighteen months. I should advise you not to come here again. THEFT FROM A DWELLING. Hugh Falconer was indicted for the theft of a quantity of wearing apparel and other articles from the dwelling-house of B. C. I'ancred at Geraldine, Christchurch. He pleaded guilty. Sentence deferred till tomorrow morning. FRAUD AND IMPOSITION. Donald Paterson pleaded guilty to having, on the sth April last, issued a valueless cheque for L 5 with intent to defraud. Sentence was al*o deferred until to-morrow.