R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1444, 31 July 1883, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

MASTERTON—TUESDAY, (Before His Worship the Mayor.) Dora Taylor, a comely damsel, stepped into the box to answer a charge of stealing one nightshirt, two pair lady's drawers, one chemise, and a pair of corsets from the premises of her late employer, a Mr King of Wellington. The defendant, who was represented by Mr Skipper, pleaded not guilty, Mr Skipper = asked the Court to examine the articles alleged to be stolen. He asserted that they were all but valueless and not worth the £2 18s, at which they were assessed. He wished the charge dismissed as a frivolous one. Detective Chrystal then stepped into the box, and displayed one by ona various articles referred to, apparently were in a fair. statrX. preservation, the corsets in .particular: - being almost gorgeous. The, witness deposed that at half past ten on the previous evening he searched the boxes of the accused at the Prince of Wales Hotel, where she was employed as . a domestic and found the articles produced, which answered to a written description supplied to him by Mir" King the prosecutor.. The accused!,; asked him if the. prosecutor would let . \ her off if she paid the. value 'of the things. v v,, ■ _ Mr Skipper objected fo the evidence, * ( given by the detective, and, subsequently challenged the accuracy of the written description. He pointed out that the description given of the chemise and drawers wais applicable, in ■ his opinion to almost any female. An analysis was then made of the stays, which were described as black with scarlet face at back, and silk worked with scarlet, silk. . After a slight argument between the police and the solicitor as to which were the back and which the face of the corset, it was, evident that the garment answered to the bill of particulars. The Court ovdsved the caso, on the,; application of the police, to be re-. « manded to Wellington so that the evidence of the prosecutor might be ■ taken. John Jenkins was then charged with! larceny as a bailee of a brake and three horses, the property of John McDeiraott. Mr Bunny who appeared for the inj formant asked for a remand. I John McDermott deposed that in 1879 he let his brake and horses to the accused for a stipulated weekly sum, and that the accused sold them to a man named Garietty. The Court remanded the case till the next regular Court sitting.