TE KUITI POLICE COURT.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 475, 19 June 1912, Page 4

TE KUITI POLICE COURT.

Before Messrs J. Tammadge and P. Floyd, J 'a. P. A silting of the court waß held at To Kuili on Monday to hear a charge against a youtiß woman named Hilda Anderson of theft of a sum of money fruni Kelvin House on Friday last. ("o:itable Mai,hew conducted the pi iv i i".K ion on behalf of the pdlkce, and .Mr lline appeared for the defence, t! appeared from the evidence that the accused hail been employed at Kelvin i 1 "iif for a fortnight, and occupied U rooin in die cottage at the rear of the, main nail limr. Two other other I*.ir Ishared a room in the same I■ ni!i:■ j:j^, and on Friday afternoon a lion I it' r! tck, one of the girls oa s:<ti:■ ; • her room found it in a dishevelled slale. She then discovered lha( a : uin df A'T! Ids had been taken from !t- r lia;;'. Her room mate an beinc;> 1 ii• o. found that she had lost four slnllinps in cash from a box on : he >!iv:": : in•! ahlc. 'l'll i a eel:--1 d. who went out about 1. la in the afiernoon, upon returning, and upon beim; informed of the occurrence, : aid |;cr room had alao been rilled. and half a sovereign taken. She was mini lit have stated tho half so ve; r1 I>n was all the money Bhe pOSSOSSi'd. Kviilcnri- to the above effect was >tiv< n by i\i isn 0. McKerizie, and the I'.vo '-iris, Aii.su Gurzinsky and Miss (In man. Constable Oapp stated that In search inj: accused's room he diHeovoreda Inur containing ,-£5 10g 4d. Acrn-nal mad.' several attempts to i Nplam !>ho accounted for the money hemp in her possession. The b<sf si at e men I was to the effect that a vonit|> ni:ill named dark Wesley with whom she was keeping company, had her (lie money. Miss Anocrron |»avo evidence on her own behalf, slating that a sum of money bad hern pivon by her to Wob-. lev to lake rate of when she arrived til-re. P : be ra eeived it linck from hi lII' an Friday ev. nin f ;. The baJflfJice of 'he money bad been in another box, left with a friend, and wan what, be earned. ■''dm \V(;i.y corroborated MissAnderson r. evidence an to tho money ie:nj; piven ielo his charge and relumed bv him. Afler consider! ni* tho evidence, the' bench dismissed the case owing to in*' ?»fliciont_o v j d c n c e.