POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 79, 1 April 1908, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

[(Before' Mr. C. C. Kettle, __£) , REMANDS. William Souter was charged with the theft of a gun and a revolver on or about November 27 last. Accused, said Mr. Marsack, had been entrusted with the weapons for repair purposes. The gun had been recovered, but nothing had yet been seen of the revolver, and he therefore asked for a remand until Wednesday next. Bail was allowed in two i sureties each of £25, in addition to accused's own bond. An elderly woman named Mary Emily Smith, accused of stealing an umbrella and two gold rings belonging to unknown owners, declared that she had .picked the rings up. Mr. Marsack added that she had pawned them, and asked for a week's remand. Bail was allowed in two sureties each of £10. BREAKING FROH_B__TON. Thomas William Garnant and Joseph Trail each suffered to the extent of _1 and costs, alternative 48 hours, for infringing the terms of their prohibition orders. INEBRIATE. j Thorwald Amboldt, a Norwegian sai- ' lorman, with an inconvenient thirst, was the sole representative of the convives' list, and he was fined £1, default 48 j hours, for his second visit in the week, and was prohibited to boot. THE MISSING TRAM TICKETS. The young man Victor Ehrman, formerly an employee in the office of the Auckland Electric Tramway Company, appeared on remand this morning, charged with the theft of some £21 worth of the company's tickets on or about the 11th ult. Chief-Detective Marsack conducted for the prosecution, accused being defended by Mr. F. E. Baume, K.C. Norman Hill, assistant accountant for j the company, stated that it was when I visiting the cupboard in the office basement where the tickets were stocked , that the discovery of the missing tickets i was made. Going down to get some tickets, he noticed that the door of one of the cupboards had been tampered with, jand upon investigating within, he found that several books of tickets were missing, in one case, that of a bundle of Keniuera penny tickets, all the numbers between 10.000 and 11,201, having disappeared. He next went to Ehrman's | drawer, and there found one of the missing books. Accused denied knowing that the book was there, suggesting"that he (Hill) should take it back, and later he said that his cash was 6/G above what it should have been. Further investigation disclosed that " books " and cards of tickets had disappeared from the safe to a total value ot £21 0/8. To Mr. Baume: There were three drawers from which tickets were sold, one each in charge of accused, Mr. Gilmore, and himself, all of whom sold tickets. He supplied his own drawer with tickets, as well as those of the other men, and between one and two the keys of Ehrman's drawer were in his (witness's) keeping, no check being made when the key wag handed back. Witness admitted under further crossexamination that he had sold tickets from Ehrman's drawer. No record was kept of the daily sale of tickets, but the stock was balanced every month. Between the beginning of the year and February 2S, no misappropriation of tickets could b.ave taken place, as discovery would follow at the monthly balance. It was possible, he allowed, that there might be an error in the opening number of the tickets supplied to Ehrman without his knowledge. (Proceeding.)