POLICE COURT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7824, 17 June 1909, Page 2

POLICE COURT.

ASHBURTON, THURgD^,. JUNE 17;-.

(Before; Messrs H. Davis and T. E. Upton, Justices.)

THETT. A y6uh£ MaoriY about 22 years, of age, nWd John Tuappki, of James Fuller. . . t^+T, Accused pleaded guilty., to >° tn ChSe?g!'ant Fouhy, who handed in a list of previous convictions against ..toe accused/ Said that he (Tuapoki) had arrived in Ashburton from.the south on Monday last. He had endeavoured to borrow some money from a young, mail namM Alfred Hufit,. in, .the employment of Mt Hanrfihsii* bstey and Hunt had subsettnently. missed Ji| purse,: containing^, the miattertfas reported to the police,: -and it had been ascertained that Tuapoki was the thief. Accused irta-de' the: fpiloting j¥M ment: He lived at-Little. .River, had be^en working during the ftastfeWnionths at Temuka, which he'had lett on Monday last. He arrived, m Ashburton, and while boarding at a house he had 1 been robbed of 16s,..which represented V the whole of his money,; "When his tnohey was gone he had nor where to stop, and being hungry and cold, he went to Alfred Hunt, with whom he was acquainted,, and „asked, for^ the loaii 'of 2s to pay ,f6r his tea, and breakfast. Huiit prohlised to give him the money at 'A e?e¥iaitt ;hour, and invited- 3hinr ta.come' tpiin&'.tffi the_hut in which: he lived, Accused weftt to the hut at the. time mentioned atttt found it opened but unoccupied. He waited for some time, but Hunt did not make his appearance, and. accused then went inside and found the purse and money, which he stole. "I am very sorry for what I have done," he concluded; "but the temptation was too strong for me." '. The Bench, taking into consideration the previous bad record of the accusejl,. sentenced him to one month s\,amprisonment for the theft of lid mentioned in the charge, and two months for the theft of the puree and 28s, the sentences to run concurrently, with hard labour. . „ j The Court then adjourned.