R.M. COURT.
MASTER' ON.—Writs' SSDAY. Bofoiv MR YON SIWMER, R.M. HA?,D CASE,! JoEeali Jack-on a middle aged mi, blind in one eye, crippled iu !iu right hand, and having altogether a disreputable appearance was charged with the larceny of certain household goods' from the cottage of Mr Mahoney, Kuripuni, between February Eth and 22nd,. . Acousedpleadod guilty to stealing, or rather taking tho goods and selling them, but said ho intended to take them back as scon as ho could raiso cnoi'gli money to redeem them from the party ho sold them to.--: William Shaw second' hand dealer of ilasterton proved that the . accused sold the goods to him, and took an oath at the time that they .belonged to him and offered to lot witness the cottage at Kuripuni on a lease, saying that he built it sixteen years ago. The saucepans, clocks, knives, candlesticks,, and rugs, , were brought to his shop by accused, but the looking-glass, kettle, and pillow, were brought by a man named Shields.
Sergeant Price gave the accused a, character teeming with drunkenness, oilatoriness, and low thieving habits. He had good employment in Master-, toil, but had to leave it owing to,'the drink. He had taken the cottage ,at Kuripuni from Mr Mahoney, ' and whilst the owner was away stripped the house and sold toe things, His wife was at present in Blenheim, and would not live with him owing .to'liis low ways, 'and altogether lie was a most worthies?' characters He had : obtained from Sir George Whitmore a recommendation which procured him I
a passage to Greymouth on the pretence' of going to bis 'wife. ■ -Constable Cooper gave evidence of Ijknpwing accused for about 18 months in Auckland, most of which time was spent; in. prison.' He was looked upon flS' being a regular bad character i there. ' He had known him' as a member of the A.O. force, but had through his misconduct forfeited a government pension, and appointment; '■flie 'Mice Gazette showed" that a?;o.used;had;been ■ severatetiffiesrcon--victed in Auckland and Wellington for vagrancy and larceny. Accusetl pleaded inability to follow his occupation as tlie'eause of being in that position. His Worship said it was an examplification of tho saying," the way of the transgressor is hard." The accused had sacrificed his good name and position to petty thieving. He was -sorry to see Mm in this position he • was, as he had doubtless in times gone by served his .country well. He was 'then sentenced to four j ninths' had labor, I
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2550, 17 March 1887, Page 2
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417R.M. COURT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2550, 17 March 1887, Page 2
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