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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1745, 10 May 1906, Page 4

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tbo Ohinamon’s residence. Ho bbw them Inter o mmg back, Ham Van was follow" ing thorn, and Chun l’oo bad gono on in front in tho direction of town. McKeown knocked Ham Yan down, and while bo was gottirg up O’Connor hit him on tho aide of Iho head. Lator witness flaw McKeown and Stovons in tho custody of Co Bte blo Dc l l. By Mr Finn: Tho men appeared peaceable enough when ho Grßfc saw them. Constable Dell deposed to the arrest of aocusod. On their way up they passed O’Connor and noywood. Abovo tho Hospital tbry came on the cthor two accused. Ham Yan was greaf'y oxoited, and made signs that MclGown had rtbbed him. McKeown said : “ Tbia Chinaman accuses mo of tikiDg bis money; soarch me." Conßlable O'Hara and witness arrested bolh ocoueod. Outside tbo Chinaman's gato Ham Yan picked up two handkorobiefs McKoown pointed to one and said : Give mo that, that is mioe V ” Hum Yan tbeu went into tbo house followed by OoDstab'e O'Hara and McKeown. Ham YaQ pointed to bis ooat on the bod and showed whore tho moDoy bad been. He then brought McKoown outside tho house and seatohed him. Nna shilliogs

and sixpence in tilver was found on him. Acouscd again wont into tho bousa followed by Constable O'Sara. MoKaown pjuted up to Uam Yan’a bunk and said : " Give a man a chaooe, aDd have a look up thero ” Oonstablo O'Hara then found the money on tho bunk. They took Steveuß and McKaown to tho station. On the way to tbo Btalioo witness asked Stevens what be war doing at the Obinamau’s. Ho said bo weot to buy a buoch of turnips. He ate one and throw the otborß away. They arristed the othor scousod that evening aod when they were putting thorn in the cell Stevens said : “ You bavo got here all right; I thought you would kec p out for the night.” That night he honrd one of the accused, either Stevens, Heywood, or O’Oennor, say : •• What sanguinary thorns we were ; we must havo been ehiokered " MclCeown was in a separate cell. Coastahlo O’Hara stated that he aooompauifd the last witness tj Aberdeen road on the 80. h Jmua-y. He corroborated

the statements of tbe previous witness, Detsoiivo Livingstono stated that ha saw McKeown and Stevens at tho polios strtion on 30 h January. They were searched and locked up in separato oellsHe was present wboa O'Oonnor and Heywood were brought in. They were charged and Btarohed, end goiog up tho passage to tbe lock-up witness heard Stevens say to O’Oonnor, “ What brought you here gaw blime mo, I tfcoughtyou would Btßy out for tbo night.” Later in the evening be heard one of tho accused say, ‘‘ I think I oan get out here." Holistened ard heard odb of tbe accused say to McKeown, “ This is a crook move you led up, D.ughy,” to which McKeown replied, " It is crook.” This concluded tho case for tho prosecution. ■ Mr Finn did cot call any evidence, but addressed tbe jury at com© length In 6umoo : ng up His Honcr said that the evidence would have to be considered as affecting oach of the accused. The only man actually said to have handled the money wbb McK'Own, and if they accepted tho ovideoce they would have to find him guilty. The evidence against tbe others was of a different k'nd. If they were sure that they actually and intontionally took some part in what McKeown did they would find tbom guilty also. The main caeo was against McKeown, who was charged with actually stealing tho money. But as tbo money was not found on tho man, but in the Chinaman’s room, it was nccorsary for bis Honor to give them the legal definition of what constituted a theft. It was not ncoessary that they should find that the monoy was actually stolen but if they were satisfied that accused took tbo money with felonious intent, oven though he put it back again, that constituted stealing.- They would have to satisfy themselves that the other men wero partios to the crime before thoy could convict, His Honor then went over the evidence against each of the aocusod. The jury would have to satisfy themselves that this was a proconoertad affair, end not the outcome of a mad frolio.

The jury, after over ba'f an hour’s deliberation, returned a verdict of gu'dly against eaoh accused, The police reoords showed that MoKeown had been several times committed for theft and other serious cba:gep, whilst O'Connor had also been before the Court on two previous occasions. In delivering eootence, his Honor said : “ I have no doubt that this matter was initia’ed and put up by McKeown. .That bo is a man of bad chaiaotor is apparent from his record and the part ho played in tbo whole affair was a forward part, I shall therefore treat him as the aotual peipstrator, and smtenco him to two years’ imprisonment with bard labor,” The acoused O'Connor was sentencid to six months’ imprisonment, and Stevens to throe months, whilst Heywood was admitted to probation for 12 months, his Honor staling that the acoused had been drawn into tbo trouble.

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