CRIMES AND OFFENCES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 148, 9 November 1912, Page 5

CRIMES AND OFFENCES.

HAMILTON CASES. By Telegraph— Press Association. Hamilton, Last Night. A warrant lias been issued for the arrest of a middle-aged man named James Haynes, who a fortnight ago undertook to canvass the district for Mr. Murrell, jeweller, of Hamilton. He 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 Olliver 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, regis tered, was delivered at the house, addressed to Ray 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 retained. He disappeared shortly afterwards, and wag arrested after ten months' liberty. Accused appeared in the Court, and was remanded to Auckland.

J 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, but -who would hardly be mistaken for his more famed and distinguished fighting namesake, was charged with drunkenness. From Stonewall's attitude, no one would suspect him of poetical inclinations, but he claims that he 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 Mokoia 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 the luxury of a cab, leaving him 2s Cd on which to make his wav.