THEFTS AT ONEHUNGA

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 60, 2 June 1927, Page 13

THEFTS AT ONEHUNGA

ACCUSED BEFORE COURT LISTS STILL INCOMPLETE The capture, last week, by PoliceConstable Poll, of two men who admitted entry and thfet from an Onehunga butcher’s shop, is increasing in importance as disclosed in this morning’s business at the Onehunga court, dealt with by Mr. J. E. Green, J.P. The two men formerly charged, Harold John Brown and Henry Hall Smith, had associated with them Victor Emanuel Williams and Albert William Weaver. The charges preferred against this quartet, individually and collectively, included breaking into and entering and theft from the premises (all local): German sausage and electric globes from Dennis Heslop. butcher; confectionery from Arnold Mackie’s shop; electric globes from the premises of Mary Cavana; electric globes belonging to William Whittle Reneuf; breaking and entering the dryi hall at Onehunga with intent to commit a crime; stealing from the drill shed a pair of binoculars valued a t £lO 10s, and 5,000 rounds of ammunition valued at £5 10s, the property of the New Zealand Government, and so on. When the case was called, Sergeant Cruickshank asked for a further remand until Monday next, and objected to bail for Brown and Henry Smith, as it was desirable to keep those accused separated and confined, further inquiries of an important nature being necessary. The father of one of the accused said he did not ask for bail, as he considered a little solitary confinement in Mount Eden Gaol would give the lad a beneficial opportunity for cool reflection. But he asked that his name be suppressed. The court pointed out that already the names had been given wide publicity, and in such serious circumstances he could not conscientiously order the suppression, and the application was too late.

Eventually his Worship granted the remand and allowed bail for Williams and Weaver, each in the sum of £SO and one security of £ 50.