RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 821, 20 September 1877, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Hamilton; Sept. 18.. ■ (Before W N Searancke, Esq. R M)

DBUNK.

Christopher Trainor pleaded /guilty to the' obove offeuce, and trai fined 5s and costs. ...

OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRK*

PEN OPS.

Hugh Harkins, blacksmith, of Hamilton, wus charged with having on the 16'h m st. obtained from Mr F Gaudin goods to the value of 12s 6d by certain false pretences with intent to defraud. * Mr O'Neill appeared for the prisoner. Fredeiick Gaudin, sworn, eaid : lam a bookkeeper m Mr Martin's store. I ordered prisoner to make me a fire-grate, which he did not make. He came into Mr Martin's shop on Saturday, and informed me the grate wi-s made. I told him to bring it to the shop. He said he would lake it to mj house. In the evening between 8 and 9 o'clock he came into i he Shop and informed me that he had taken the grate! to i my .i bouse and given it to my/wife. B* lorn telling me this, he asked for a bat, which I declined to give him, but on his representation that the grate was gone tomy bouse, I let him take the hat. He had no credit at Mr Martin's storey . it ; having been stopped some time ago. 1 lam not indebted m any .way to prisoner. lam at the h ss of 12s 6d.

To Mr d'fctiti : Anything I o.er owed the prisoner has been settled: He has not handed to me any grate. He left one m Air Martin's shop yesterday after being released on bail, but. it was claimed by some other person a few minutes afterwards. Wo brought the grete tb the shop, and said, " Hete is the grate." 1 reinsert to Jiave anything to do with it. I dp. not fyesfyate to say thai the prisoner stated on tUe^yening of the 15 h tbat he had token thi grate to my houße and delivered it |? o>y wife. 1 have not reie.ved any £C~a.te.,up to the present time. 1 do not r>m«mler reypixpg a nussuge through Mr .Martin's

sob that the prat? was yearly. The grate left by prisoner yesteVday m Mr Martin's •hop after he was out on b»il.waß a few minutes nfterwanls claimed by Mr J X McDonald as his property, and taken away by him. John Haddock, sworn, stated : I am a constable m the Waikato Police ! force. On Monday 1 nrrested the prisoner! . On ithe way ito the lbok»up he told me 'that he had given a b«y sixpence to deliver the grate on Saturday, but found afterwards when ho went to .the shoo that it was there. Ho did not tell me the name of the boy. Bobert Peat, sworn, said : I reside m Hamilton. Prisoner bad a shop rented 'from me. His time was up on Saturday night, when I locked it up. I believ* it was on Sunday t put on the lock Prisoner hud access to the shop on Saturday. Hugh Harkiria, the priFoner, being bwnrn, said : I did not. tell Gaudin on Saturday evening that. I would deliver the grate that night to Mrs Gaudin. I did not deliver it as I promised. Prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to seven days' imprisonment with hard labour, and to pay the costs.