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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1070, 17 July 1871, Page 2

By a telegram from Waipawa we regret to learn that Mr Samuel Winsor, the landlord of the Waipawa Hotel, died suddenly yesterday mornin^. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning (before H. B. Sealy, Esq, R.M., and"J. A. Smith, Esq, J.R) the boy James Lewis was brought up on remand, charged with larceny, No further evidence being adduced, his Worship said that the case, so far as proved, was within the jurisdiction of the Court, and could be dealt with in a summary manner. He sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment. Constable W. G. Guthrie, A.C., was charged with having stolen one keg of spirits, valued at j£4 10s, from the stores of Messrs Peacock, Smith, & Co., Tapu aeharuru. It appeared that some time since <£2o in money and a keg of spirits were missed from the store in question and the keg was afterwards found in the possession of the accused.—Remanded till to-morrow morning, in order that the keg might be produced. Thomas George was charged with steal ing a coal, value 6d, from the Government Reserve. Constable Farmer deposed that on Saturday night he was posted to watch the Government coalheap, as the quantity had lately been diminishing faster than it should have done. About 8 or 9 p in. the accused came up, and after looking round, took a good-sized coal [produced] from the heap, and walked away. Witness met him, when he let the coal fall. Took him in charge at once—Prisoner said he had. been drinking, and had no recollectian of the circumstance. —Constable Farmer said the prisoner had certainly been drinking, but was not too drunk to know what he was doing. —His Worship said that the Bench had decided to take a lenient view of this case. The offence was proved; but the 82nd section of the Justices of the Peace Act provided that in the case of a trifling theft like this the Court should have power, if it thought fit, to dismiss the case. They would adopt this course

in the present case, cautioning the accused that a second offence of the kind would not be dealt with so leniently.