A RING.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 343, 8 March 1911, Page 5

A RING.

_. —o - AND THE SEQUEL. [lir. TKLKURATIT. —CRKSS ASSOCIATION. ] Auckland, This Day, A somewhat peculiar finish occurred at the Magistrate's Court in a civil case brought before Mr C. C. Kettle, S.M. yesterday. Thomas Henry Hopkins sought to recover from Louie Keatts, a ring valued at £6 Lis. Piaintiff deposed to first meeting defendant on the wharf, also to subsequent meetings, including a visit to Albert Park at night. He had let defendant look at a ring which belonged to his wife. Defendant put it on her finger and he could not get it back again. The defence was that the ring was given by plaintiff to defendant as a keepsake. The Magistrate said it was a dirty case, and ought to have been taken in the Police Court either under the heading of a charge of theft against the girl, or of indecency against the plaintiff. He said there had been the grossast perjury in the case, probably on both sides. He non-suited the plaintiff without costs and directed the police to lay a charge against him for indecent behaviour in the Pajrk. Hopkins pleaded guilty to this charge and was remanded till Friday.