A POLICEMAN ROBBED.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4081, 5 April 1892, Page 3

A POLICEMAN ROBBED.

OonstaMo Salmon is "Gone Through" ■ At tbo Polico Court, Opunake, last week, Paul Hudson, about twentyflight years of age, who described himself as a cook, was brought up under arreut before Major Tub, R.M., and charged with the larceny of £2. It appeurs from the evidence that Constable Salmon, stationed at Mauaia, (who is well-known m Masterton), was gathering agricultural returns in the westendoftueHaweia County, and stayed at Opunake the previous night, putting up at the Ofun ke Hotel. He slept in the same room as the prisoner, and noticed the prisoner looking it his (the constable's) watch about daybreak. 'lhewa:chand his trousers were lying on it chair oniside his bed, He had L2 in bis trousers pocket. Hitnseli and prisoner got up at the same time, and had breakfast together. When he went to pay the landlord bo found his money.gone. He searched the room, and then accused prisoner of taking the money. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the money, and Beeraed highly indignant at being accused of such a thing. Constable Twomoy was then sent for, and the missing money turned up in the lining of prisoner's coat, In answer to the Bench the prisoner said he found the money on the floor, and as ho was very hard up, he was tempted to take the money, as he thought the constable was a man who had plenty of money, but had no idea who he was He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour in New Plymouth Gaol. — Tamnaki Herald.