POLICE OFFICE. May 25th, 1846, Before H. St. Hill, Esq., P. M.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume II, Issue 87, 30 May 1846, Page 3

POLICE OFFICE. May 25th, 1846, Before H. St. Hill, Esq., P. M.

Edward Richard, a seaman, was charged with having stolen from the house of D. <Yiunn, on the 19th inst., a pair of blankets snd a pair of cloth boots, ihe property of the said D. Munn. Mr*. Munn, the wife of the prosecutor, deposed that her husband keeps the Cottage of Content, and that on Tuesday, the 19th inst., the prisoner, who was in the habit of frequenting their house, came and slept there that night. The following morning, after the prisoner's de- , parture, she" went into the room in which he had slept, and discovered a pair of_ blankets had been taken away from the bed in which the prisoner had slept ; she afterwards found that a pair of cloth boots had been taken from the kitchen. Suspecting the prisoner, she gave information to the police, who apprehended the prisoner at Jackson's house at Porirua. Mrs. Munn identified the property as belonging to her husband. W. B. Salt, a police constable, stated that he accompanied sergeant Barry to Porirua, where they apprehended the prisoner at Jackson's house, and on searching the premises the blankets and pair of boots produced were tound. The prisoner confessed having taken the property, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. '

We have extracted the following from the Sydney Morning Herald to shew that the system of granting to convicts conditional pardons extending to New Zealand is still continued by the Governors of the neighbouring penal colonies. We hope the attention of his Excellency will be directed to the subject, as one deeply affecting not only the interests of the settlers, but the social and moral welfare of the natives : — Second Class Conditional Pardon. — His Excellency the Governor has directed it to be notified that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to authorise the issue of a conditional pardon of the second class to James Moore, per .Ferguson, to take effect in the Australian colonies, including New Zealand, but not elsewhere.