RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.—April 10.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 110, 14 April 1871, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. —April 10.

(Before H. W. Robinson, Esq., R.M.) John Thornton was charged, upon -the information of John Alley, with having, on the afternoon of Saturday last, the Bth inst., stolen from the packet of his coat two £1 notes. The prosecutor deposed that the accused came+ohis place on Saturday last about some fencing, and that while the accused was there he went out to fetch water, leaving his coat upon the bed. Upon his return he found that his coat , had been moved, and upon examination discovered that £2 in notes had been -taken from the purse, which, when he left, contained £6. He accused the prisoner of having robbed him, which lie denied. There was no one else in the house between the time of his going out and returning. EmmaTootell, wife of Eredk. Tootell, restaurant keeper, deposed to the effect that the accused her boarded at her house since Wednesday, and was 10s. in debt, which he paid on Saturday evening by a £1 note, she returning him 10s. change. Mary Eoote, barmaid at George's Victoria Hotel, deposed that the accused came to the bar on Saturday and tendered a £L note for two drinks ; that she left the bar to get change, and that, when she returned, the accused had left. Subsequently, gave the 19s. to the police. * James Chartres, mounted constable, proved the arrest of the accused in the tar of the Victoria Hotel, on the charge

of stealing £2, the property of John Alley. First denied, and subsequently on being taken to Tootell's, admitted the theft. Mrs. Tootell corroborated having heard the prisoner admit that he had taken the money. It appeared that the prisoner had been sentenced at Macraes to a fortnight's imprisonment for a somewhat similar offence, and had been discharged from Naseby gaol only a few days previously, having at the time 3s. in his possession. Sentenced to one month's imprisonment in Naseby gaol, with hard labor.

Thursday, April 13. (Before H. W. Robinson, Esq.,RR.Mr. r and Joseph Preston, Esq., J.P.) Keenan v. Morony.—Claim, £7 3s. lid. In this case the evidence was very protracted and conflicting. Judgment for £2 Is. 9d. and costs, 19s.