MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 617, 10 June 1876, Page 2

MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

■mo C j.;v —rrm—joii,e e. 1,3 j-« LYTTELTON. i Saturday, Junk 10. efore SV. Donald, Esq, 8.M.) K and Indecent. —ffm, Lambert, by Constable Devine, was tfned lOs? a , sailor, belonging fo the j Ijy * Cdrrpt^bib, De'yijie, yfu' Obscene Language.— vChqrlqs AlleneJ arrested , by' Constable Devine, was fined 20s, of in adit " ninety-six hoars. Larceny. — J. Potter was charged with this offence. Mr H. N. Nalder appeared for the defence. Sergeant-Major O’orady stated that from information received from Mr King, he went into the bakehouse, and in the presence of Mr King searched two. men and the prisoner. Potter ran across " to Mr ■‘McQnijlkin’a Hotel, and he (the SergeantMajor} signalled to Mr McQuilkan not to let accused take any money, following accused across the road, he took possession of the 1 money in -Mr- McQuilkin’s tijl. It cqntainedu3&''»lkoogsb -Which waff.ajhalfcrown marked (produced). After some conversation with Mr King, die arreftejfl| prisoner. ! Mr King gave him another halfcrown similarly marked' taken from Mr Mc|Quilkin’s till. Accused made a statement to the effect > that he - -had been over to Mr McQuilkin,. that morning, and got half a pint of beer on credit. Cross 1 Examined by Mr Nalder Accused stated | he was innocent when arrested, John King, sworn, said he had missed cash out of the till on several occasions lately, and was anxious to ascertain which of the three men in his employ were guilty. His foreman also complained he bad missed money; He put money in the till and marked it. He put three half browns, two florins,i six shillings, and a £1 note, and

marked each coin K on head and pcrath on other side. The coin produced was marked by him. He told his/|orelp»n ft to u«p.,th« * desk to put any money|j)Vhe; received, 4 leave nothing but mpmy iqlil 1 till. He put the marked an on j day first, but no money was||igJen. terday between 10 to the Bank and got and went to the till and fourw half a orWn missing. He sent the other men in to dinner and found the two other half crown in the i till. He then went into the office with Mr j Parsons, at .. Christchßrch, while, Mt Potter, - went in for some eggs. He heard some one < ran to it, and fottnd another hsdf- >| ‘ crown missing. He saw accused leave the counter just into^theshpp; there”waß no one else in the shop. He gave information to the police, and saw prisoner searched; there was nothing found on him. Accused said he had to get credit that day at Mr McQuilkin’s. He afterwards saw the HpOW'iproduced ; |t was brought to him by the Sergeant Major; it was his property. Crossexamined by Mr Nalder—Accused has been four months in my employ. I first missed money from the till about a month ago. I put the marked money in the till on Tuesday half-crowns Ml'Sffptf&iTely. I first gaw the money correct in the till about 9 o’clock on Friday morning. Mr Petberbridge had charge of the shop. I have only three men ; Mr Petberbridge in the shop ; James Robinson, who drives the cart; and accused, ✓wb© is the brirer. Thetß%were some cus[toners in the slop between 9 and 11 a.m on AtscusCd was at work at the bakery during this time; the bakery is in the yard, about one and a half .or .two chains from the shop. It was abHht 1 ! 2.30 p.m when I went -into-the office. I was in charge of the shop ; no one came into the shop during the time I Was in the office but accused. I counted the .coins abont.fi.ye mUwfcea,before going into the office. i :Sbfone mjlpflifrbm the yard into the shop but he erame in for eggs ; ‘ 'they werd foffili'fne connref behind the till. I saw accused go out with the eggs. I heard kome one at the till two or three minutes - tfter he came into the shop. Accused was searched with the two other men a little after 1 p.m. Arthur Petberbridge sworn, said—l know accused ;he was Mr King’s baker. I am Mr King’s foreman, Yesterda/ Wffifssed aLtrom detect the -thief We had previously placed marked money in the till. On Tuesday night I hid behind tfye,,till to try and catch thg thief, butJcouid_-DOii—succeeds r Accused frequently went behind the counter. He had; no right tb go to tjie tiM.| Nalder—The money was put 1 into the B>3o am on&iday. r ponhthat time till II ' neither Mr King or mysek were in the • shojA i i 'now recollect I was about three I thettme t was in the bakehouse for three 5 minutes apd Mr King was at the back, , ‘accused came, into* the shop with .some scones, I Jatides EdbinAon’,' W bbyttfMf King> employ,- ; said he knew accused, and that he knew the f takings ot the shop,were pleejed; |n ;a desk, so , that they should know if anyone took any II Imohey/from thfe till/. I saw accused at. the / till; on Monday mbrniiigilast. ‘ (Betook shufe p coppers out, a and putthem, in his. pocket; By ;i iMr Nalder—<l have been!jin Mi' Klng’s 3. ploylstride-January, ! l have served in the shop s' /since (Tuesday, but havenot beenito the Mil I for change, I reported seeing accused » -tako- -coppers from -the till— to tpe coat* l he missed money on Monday after I had seen-accused at the till. By police—Mr -j Petberbridge told me money from 3 Vhe till; tefate cJNm, *■ iioonioo ortbo Hallway Hotel, raid accused i: gave hiiq on Fri^-p^ing, j and be returned him Is 6d change. The j half-cxbwMwas put 4n the tiU.( ; SergeantMajor Q’Grady searched the till and found “ 3 ’tf3ff^a<EfyWtt > he said was marked. By Mr fFalder—l.jaannpVsfwear «that the marked 1 h aM-'crowbr 1 in the - tiU- wafc’taken that morn--ium" I haverknovym acouMd mayiyyyeaysj 1 h£.occupied ialvery_respecfable>poation^W j Hokitika, and he has always borne an nn- , impeachable character. I have never seen r. Aft %^B»ba^a^essed T the Bench accused waS sentenced to three . months’ imprisonment with hard labor. Jy:i -troy. - c