POLICE COURT.-Saturday.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1828, 1 June 1874, Page 3

POLICE COURT.-Saturday.

i(Before I and H. I n V IV,' i GOLDSffITH, ,-Esq.,fJ.P, ft i\ A i\)&\) charged wjith i^wg'drunk'''and l incapable in Polienrstreeti Portland.;''^H'e 1 pleaded .

guilty, and was fined lOsiaiid costs, or in. default;! 24 ,hours*! imprJßonmftnfer-;flfaliT to .the;number.of convictions against !tke prisoner, and intimatedithat on .the nest .occasipnihe.:would ;j£ charge him Act. ) Hobse-stealing alias-Poke PjuruU native of.Ohinemuri, was charged,! oh tjie*' information 'of-'Robert' f Kelly,j Hikutaiai'thathe'did, onj or about the 28th.of : 1874,' felo| niously steil, ; itake'i:arid carry away fromj Hikutaia .one bay- horse;.the property ofj the kid'^bert'"■Kelly-Mr (We interpreted;—Uoberfc,'Kelly xde-j posed rliin?^ at Hikutaiai! ani?pack ; ;' glim"! fijomj the bUah! to' Hikuuia , i i ' i *Maff aj horse to-day 'which belongs' i W i; me;' i; aha i " r whicl] "L : "use*"foi? j pkcking>.'-c.He -jsv my< iprope'riy. voThpio. h'orsei:is^no't'ibrandedj I butvtlieioff''eye:'is'i Wall-oyed. I left Hikutaia afcl o'clock oa. Thursday last, and came to Shortlandi "' The horse was feeding at my own door when I left HkutaiaJ* I next saw_my liirse jrjiereVas another horse jtvgJihQvJ'bus jwitli! him.'j'glfimado some inquiries, and" in consequence, of • what tojwte IjCo'mraunifcatedsitb. the police.' T 'sWifch'e accused once* or jtwice before gavo , 'him or anybody else permission to tako / tlieiorse/aWiiy, ; W<W Billi the horse. The ynlue of t'he horse 1 ? to me 4 is£lo.;-r4 erased d.ediojed tp.qgegfi , tibn tfie witness.—John Connell deposed; ; likeep a livery stable:inu.Graharaitown, and am proprietor of a carriage, which I uje -for-hire.—l-recognise-the-prisoner,— He came to morning betweenrand Ifa'vih'g with h|m, the, two horsesnow outs,ide,tho Court. Tjiere j wVa^sa#e ,c WI |bridlo%W i 8 hht&i and a rope,Qn.thTbther. .J do not speak Maori.fßutHliere boy in my stables what hejS,aid, : andj/j told me that liej Ranted jo fleU'f wjo horsea.'' -. I jpartly understb'oi' vv,tiatrhe said, for the Hccused'ifiwj'i sji-'ak'-prlettytigood) Englfdhiujl H ! e wanted to selh'ithe'iliorses and he wanted £9 for the bay-horse mth,tlieyalU eye. * I said' he 1 wag no'good,Uh'al : irwbuld'. I - noV'-buyliifai but accused'isaid.he|was*, * offered him ,£2, for, th'e.baybors.eand ho took it... Then'lie wanted.'t'o'iell'th'd other. and > ''Wa'ntea J ,£6 ?o^^tha^te J 'tK^ii , Jidte, J .■ H . vvej,mad^ttjwgain ( £2" 10s making'thewhole purpba.se money I £$, 10s, which T"paid'Jiiraf \ asked ac- ! .ouse'd 1 'where ' lie "■' caiho ; ;'from['before^ 1 ' ■gLviog' j:,l 'liim' !! " 5 ' tliei :f "' niya'ejr',"' ''a,iid X!i ■ha ,! " told me Hikutaia''' Creek'•'• l -t' !J; 'asked him if he Jived there. He said ,no, that he lived at Puru, but'hitti'selfandhir mate-were digging; gum 1 at>Hikutaia; audi> that ..they.-, were! leavingitliere,;and ; jihaii)[) .was .the, reason why ho,.was ; selling (( the,,, horses.'"'He "said too n '' littleVdnd tliat;=iiis I gave the accused his breakfast,,and' lie'""'" afterwards came.put, and said.-.",A11 right, you give me the' moneyY''''ahd I then paid.-him the .£4-105... I.cannot .write— myself, and I asked Mr James Mackie,' who was out a receipt for the accused to sign when I paid him the money.,, y m I Recognise the receipt produced. 1 saw the accused sign it.Kr>tibleqtie^tly, t lear;ue.d3hatt.lieyJS were stolen, and I gavp it the horses, saddle, and bridle, withi tWrecjipt, to DetectiveißrefanahVi I ftcpasidetflLp'aid afairiU'l prsca for the horses, Jut j got a good bargain in the.saddle. James co'aek-builderi 1 1 &r : ahams v to'wn r ; i ''deposea': I ''|' My o premised' sure iin -the tsarne-jyard' as thbse (M .oj i; ..the : Ja3t,; : ,witn^ss ti j l. 1 8aw:thgjo{( accused'and the two horses.jn, Connell'jjy „ stkble'yesVerS.ay morning'.' ''Those a're'the , same horses now outside' tbV'Gour'ti^ t( Oijnnell purchased the-borses, saddle, and . brjdle fotlMtill the receipt proceed, y.jwjijch is as follows M%Pj,ffis-~,& lieceived frmh'Mr John Cquueli the sum '. of! four pounds ten'''sh ! iliiilp sterling for Wo horses, namely, one bay and one black, wifchj ■one'-saddle*'and* Kridie in' full of all demands, signed Peke Piim7his "mark," and witnessed by my- ""/ self. I wrote the; name M the.'dictation of! accused, who spelled itior me. D\if ingjthe;transadtiott.accusediMftS;?peaki n fiifp broken;. English.hJkmade .him .(/.under- & staud' the-receipt before he s'igried : it> withWA his o : £4 10s.—Deteotive Brennan deposed'to » d halving apprehendedthe;accased iaconseqiienee"'of"information l ' given^-biin 1 ' , bjr--ICelly. He ohargedT.httii.at the. watchhquae wHen* 1 . the nature of.the charge, was.interpreted to„_ hiin by Mr Grace. Prisoner speaks a . a jlittle Englisli.'rO.Witne's's''Understood ; bib to say.in,.Maori and .broken, English that ho did iibf; deny taking Kelly's' horse, fitness took 'possession} of,;thev horses and.^the, saddle. priaoner.^y^s *jy* had, l pn hiin,' J?2j 4s 10.d.~- 'J_. Prisoner' c 7i . the abpye"oharge..ij..:v;,.,! |.|, v f,i.-„j ■i.jvMfo.ni IDABeENri-He{a; also charged with feloniously stealing ara.g salldle, ; value<,£3i••• the' property?>x>ftTi'riit : -'pojaka, on or about -the 2Sth instant. 'Prisoner'..pleaded'■ 'guiltyi •oftWe which ; ;the,Court [COuld 3 id.aal, yjify '' BUinmarily,'but at P the.,requeat of Mr Mien it was adjourned' iiilfnext daturday.' ~" ' " """""'". j HpRSfrSTEAMNj&j--- Same was 'alsot witli, stealing & hor?e, thb property "of Haora 1 Tarefand'C'df.' ' Ohineinuri.;.<The;case was : adjparned ; & week.in order io[procure tlieittehdarice i n ,ii)'.M. , V' ,■' i;! .'Uric':.i.!.'; ,'aKL:L\ 'JO ■ JR.. of the prpseeutor.. ~,,; j. . '~; ~, v/ajj^ Trin3?ee ' applicatipn. by ;M'rs ..Sjiaw/ J ipe,the/ , li'ans^r li j 01 q C ofjthe license held i)y", her, deceased ; nusr fl »*si band for the Globe iHotel-.tPiherself} Appeinded' t to. ;; ,th'o* *. ;( applioationL^was.fi ,^a meaioranduor.by Mr Bullen stating thai thbre was no necessity for the being made. Mrs Shaw could carry on her; deceased ihiisband'sCibusiness]' Sndi. T would merely require to give'the Clerk of 1 the of HeVintenfib'a of dbingiAl sol— nejcjssary.notici, and; Mrs nary. ; 'HadtlJis'mfor]na|im" beM giveh" to! Mrs Sh'aVwße'a ,: ',Bhef firßt I ftavo ; Tiibtic» ofjher intention to for the; transfer,. , 8b would havo beaaß"»yo4ftWOßidetabb,.