THE COURTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 233, 25 September 1908, Page 4

THE COURTS.

ALLEGED THEFT UF -MAIL BAG. '• i Cy I'eiegrnph.-- i'ress Association. ' Auckland, Last Night. I William Francis Wilkinson, me old I man accused of having stolen the Tail: ' pil'i mail bag 01 tlic 7tn insi.. this morning pleaded not guilty to the ' cnarge. me bag disappeared between, the general post olticc and Ui.j .iurki.l,l,l railway .station, lifteen Wai- , kato mail bag* being counted out d(, ' tue po.-t ollice and only fourteen loaded on to the train. Subsequently rue ! empty bag wa.- found in the viciailv of the station, while next day Wilkinson was selling considerable quantities of stamps, of w.hich tte looted bag held, tl2 worth. Accused was coiuniiitciL I for trial, hail being tixed at two sure- j ties each of C.io and his own recog- j aisance of Cllin.

A JEWELLEUY THEFT. Auckland. September >i. Judgment »a> given by Air. C. C. Kettle, S.M., in the case ol .ia.ie I'.row.i again-t James )': jeweller, a claim for jewellery, valued ai U>2 17s. lodged with defeiidem tor ,ate keeping. Defendant agiocd to take possession of the jewellery, bin left his shop wituout locking in,. ,afe. While he was absent for tea the jeweller, disappeared. The theory was that the act was that of burglars, but the Magistrate favoured tile view that the theft was perpetrated by a person who •had secreted himself oil the premises. Mr Kettle held defendant liable, and gave judgment for the value of the I jewellery, the amount to be subsequently- determined.

A WAGES CLAIM. . Auckland, September 24. Mr. C. C. Kettle, S.AJ., gave judgment in the case Hugh Wilson against H. Wick aad Co. i'lamtitf when in Dunediu, was engaged by defendants at £3 10s per week, with a promise of constant employment, and was subsequently informed that he could -not be paid" that wage. Mr. Kettle held that defendant was dismissed, and that his job had been a constant one. Jle gave judgment for three months' wa'flcs, £45 10s, and costs; defendants to 'hove liberty to apply for a reduction of the amount when it could he shown that plaintiff had got employment.