MAGISTRATE’S COURT

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10286, 22 May 1919, Page 8

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

■" ♦ ' THEFTS BY A YOUTH. Mr I. Salek and Captain W. H. Henwnah, J.’sP., presided over yesterday’s sitting of the Magistrate’s Court. Ivan Illing appeared on remand charged with breaking and entering the house of John Frew, Tinakeri road, on May 7th, and stealing a quantity of clothing, jewellery, and money, to a total value of £2O; also, that on May sth he broke into and entered a whare at Paraparaumu and stole clothing valued at £1; and on May sfch stole a mo.or-cycle valued at £4O, tho property of Francis Richard Hoitoa. of Paekakariki. Chief Detective Boddam, who prosecuted. said that the accused had boon sent to the Weraroa Training Farm. On May 3rd ho left the farm, walked to Paekakariki, and on his way broke into a fisherman’s whare at Pa.rn.para/umu, where ho stole some clothing. At Paekakariki he purloined a motorbicycle, which he rode as far as P or mi a, aind afterwards ransacked Mr Frew’s premises. John Frew, saddler, residing at 86, Tinakori road, ’Wellington, said that when he left home at 7.3o'o’cldck on the morning of May 7th, he made the premises secure. He returned at noon and found that tho house had been ransacked. An examination showed that the articles mentioned in tho chargesheet were missing. Clothing had been taken from hi* son’s bedroom and|

jewellery from a drawer in another room. The accused had evidently changed his clothing in the house. The same evening, Mrs and Miss Frew saw the accused on Lamb ton quay, and recognised the clothing. Witness was informed, and Illing was detained till handed over to the police. Entrance to tho house was gained through a window, which had neon left shut, but unfastened. Frank Richard Holton, farmer, Paekakariki, stated that ho left his motorbicycle outside his gate, and later it was missed. ■ Thomas Easton, fisherman, Farapaxaamu, said that the clothes the accused >vas wearing wore his property. They Had been taken from his whare at Para..■arnumu, but were of practically no value, and witness would have given tho articles to the boy had ho asked for them. *Tho door of his whare was not locked. Plain-Clothes Constable Burnett said ho went to the shop of Mr Savage, saddler, where Sir Frew was employed, on May 7th. Tho complainant ha<j detained Illing, Who, upon being searched, was found to bnro the missing jewellery on him, together with £1 12s 3d in cash. Ho also had an electric torch and a steerage steamer ticket to Lyttelton in his possession. The ticket bad been purchased that day. Illing made a, statement acknowledging the thefts. He said he found three pounds in gold in the pockets of a pair of trousers he took from Mr Frew’a premises, and purchased a torch, a steamer ticket to

Lyttelton, and some sweets, with some of the money. The accused, who pleaded guilty to the charges, was committed' to .the, Supreme Court for sentence.