IN THE COURTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 65, 9 November 1912, Page 7

IN THE COURTS.

(Per Press Association.) Hamilton, November 8

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a middle-aged man named James Haynes, wlxo a fortnight- ago undertook to canvass tho district for Mr Murrell, Jeweller, of Hamilton. Ho was given a bag containing £4B worth of jewellery, hired a horse and trap from a local stables, and has not since been heard of, although the horse and trap have been found abandoned at Pukekohe.

Detective Hollis, of Auckland, arrested a young man named Ray Ollivor Taylor, alias Reginald Taylor, at Frankton Junction, on a charge of theft of ; a postal packet, the property of Ray Taylor, of Karaka, near Runciman. Accused was in the employ of Mr Hall at Karaka, and in January last a postal packet, registered, was delivered at tiro house, addressed to Kay Taylor. Accused, it is alleged, got possession of this, which contained a bangle, a £1 note, and a. letter, which he is said to have rotainojd. He disappeared shortly afterwards, and was arrested after ten months’ liberty. Accused appeared in the Court, and was remanded to Auckland.

The old adage, “Never judge a man by the cut of his clothes,” was borne out at the Hamilton Police Court, when a man boasting of the illustrious cognomen of Stonewall Jackson, hut who would hardly be mistaken for Ids more famed and distinguished fighting namesake, was charged with drunkenness. From Stonewall’s attitude, no one would suspect Mm of poetical inclinations, but he claims that lie is frequently visited by the muse. The latest effusion was a no less romantic subject than his incarceration in the local police station and the request of the local officer in charge that, in return for his meals, he should dig the garden. Stonewall pleaded guilty, and promised to leave the town if allowed to depart. He had been working at Mokoiu for the past twelve months, where the atmosphere was dry, and had come to Hamilton for a moistener. The police stated that when taken in charge Stonewall demanded to be driven to Bridewell. Accused was convicted, discharged and ordered to pay 2s for tho luxury of a'cab, leaving him 2s 6d on which to jinakc his w,ay.

TELEGRAM CASES. Blenheim, 8. In tlio Supreme CourC the cases against Edmund John Walsh and John -Vernon Binlcy of conspiracy to, defraud bookmakers by of tampered telegrams, Binley being a telegraph operator, occupied the whole day and evening yesterday. This case was held over from last sessions, owing to the foreman of the jury visiting accused at the gaol after the Court rose. David Ross, of Rose and Bradshaw, describing himself as a commission agent, was called, hut the Crown Prosecutor had difficulty in getting him to answer questions. The Judge said: “I know what is in your mind. You need, have no uneasiness. Six months have elapsed. You need not he afraid of information being laid against you now. You can answer quite freely.” Thereafter witness answered freely as to the betting transactions his firm had with Walsh, explaining the methods and code telegrams. Henry Martindale, of Scott and Martindale, another commission agent, similarly reassured that there was no fear of prosecution under the Gaming Act, also freely gave evidence. The case is not finished.