AFTER THREE YEARS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 153, 29 June 1914, Page 2

AFTER THREE YEARS.

■ THE SHOR___N_ STREET BTXRGLAJRY. ACCUSED CVXinnTTET) FOR TRIAL. FTNT.ER-I'RINTS TALLY. ilic jewellery robbery that Wilts e.irrir.l out at l he curio shop of K. Lu.rsen. Shortland Street, in April. 1011. was recalled to-day when James Kal'keiier. alias Watson. aliass Foley, was charged at the Police tlinrrt this morninjr. ■liefore Mr. V. V. Kra_er. SjM.. with having committed the theft. The acmsed was represented by Mr. .1. R. Lundon. ami Chief Doiivtivn Mr.M;_ion prntsoiniteil, Anna Ka-trimt I/arsen. relict of tin Lu-e Frit'/. Uir.-en. stated that about mid. night on LVpril •„. I!H1. she w_ irwukeno,i hy a loud crash of broken glass;, and mi invi-dijr.itinn sho found that a largv hole li.ul been made in one of the shop windows, apparently with an empty beer bottle, and that a velvet pad bearing a number of greenstone earpendants 'had been stolen. She could identity five of the pendants produced o-. having been smntitr th-mso removed 'from the window, ami she hid no do_M about the reel, though -he would not swear to them. Freda Larson. vJ_n_htcT of the previous witness, idpntide.,l two of the -pendants produced His ha vine Iwni in the window on the night of the theft. rDKNTTCAL PRINT.'. Kdmnnd Walnr D'nnic lingcr-print <"C----pert and photogn' her. stn!i m edal; W<-llin«<(on. -Ml .1 1- '• ■-'■ the picem j of glass* from Larccn's window on MMy 111. It'll, an.l pln-iogta- he i them the same .lav. lie prodwivi enlargi •metit' ! of litrgei-priiits tipnii Ih" gins* an,l ;!-u of I the prints of ;iiviitie.|"s left f.>rclin_cr an.l; le:"i Ihunili. us Liken ami sworn lo 'Ivy , Warder Itichar.lson. lie had compared ! the 'prirrts. and w v perfectly KiUsfi-ed i that they were ;',,,,-e of tli» same individual. i)n one print he bud -marked sixteen point* of similarity, ami on the j other nine. Detective Si-nti Rtited that lo h's | knowledge aeelnse.l was in .Vncklilll al ll>.< linn- r-he ihr-fi wi" committed. Det-et-'ive-Serirt. Mi-.lWcncv dcpo-0.l lo h.ivi:i_■ arre-tr.', (he a-mi.sed in Wvllinp ton -m an it-'-o-r e-li irev. and !■■ fimlirrg in hi.- possession jrwcllcrv in™ .identified as having liven stolen frmn L-ir»nV shoo. - Tlie a.-eti.-ed r»servpd his defenre. nut! was coinmiitcd for trial.