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Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 504, 8 April 1869, Page 3

Wednesday, April 7. (Before W. H. Revell, Esq., R.M.) Charge of Larceny. — Chas. Falconer, saddler, was charged on the information of John Cockburn, saddler, with stealing a pack-saddle from his premises. The informant stated that a baker from No Town brought a pack saddle to his shop for repair. Shortly afterwards he went out for fifteen minutes, and when he came back the saddle had been taken away. He got out a search warrant, and the saddle was found in the shop of the prisoner. He went to the owner of the saddle, who said he knew nothing about its removal. — Sergeant M'Minn stated that he had executed a search warrant on the previous day, and found the saddle produced in pieces in the prisoner's shop. One of the owners of it, John Marsden, was present in the shop while the prisoner was repairing the saddle. Marsden did not say that it had been stolen, Angry words passed between Cockburn and the prisoner, and Marsden said he wanted the saddle done as he wished to get away up the river. — The prisoner now stated that a Mr Corbet came -to the shop and asked if he had a saddle to repair. He replied that he had not. He went away and returned two or three times, saying it was in Cockburn's shop, but there was no person in, so at last he took it away and brought it to the other shop to be repaired, remaining nearly all day .waiting on it. He said it was left in Cockburn's shop by mistake.— The Magistrate said there was no necessity for prooaeding further. It wai apparently a trumped-up ca-se brought by Cockburn, because the saddle was taken from his shop to that of Falconer. It was doubtful if he had not left himself open to an action. Case dismissed. Larceny. — Henry Myres was charged, on remand, with stealing a silver watch and chain, of the value of £6, and £2 in silver, from the Bridge Hotel, Paroa. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Luke Moore, a news agent, stated : I have been living at the Bridge Hotel, Paroa. On the 14th March I left the hotel and a watoh and chain of the value of £5 in the care of the barmaid. The one produced is the same. The prisoner was boating on the lagoon while I was at the hotel. — Martha Green : In March last I was barmaid at the Bridge Hotel, Paroa. Moore left a silver watch and chain in my possession, and I hung it in my bedroom. On a Thursday the room was being papered and the things were taken out. In the purse with the watch were about £2 worth of fourpenny and threepenny pieces. The prisoner was boating on the lagoon, and lived in the hotel. He was put to sleep in the room where the watch was shifted to. It wa3 taken on the Thursday night, and the prisoner left the house then. I have not seen him since. I believe the watch produced is the same. — Mr Connor, of the Bridge Hotel, stated that when the prisouer was put into the room where the watch was he remained only fifteen minutes, came out and said he would go to the Grey, and had not returned since. — James King, jeweller, remembered the prisoner coming iuto Broadbent's shop in March, and offering a watch for sale. He purchased it for £2 15s. The watch produced was the same. — Sergeant M'Minn identified the watch as the one lost, and purchased by the last witness from the prisoner. — The pr'soner, having been cautioned, said he was drunk that night or he would not have done such a thing. He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment in Hokitika gaol with hard labor.