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_r_o_ oub oo—__ —om>_en..J TIMARU - , September 14. JohnCromie, a well-to-do-farmer residing in the King-down district, was —urged to-day with the larceny of a portmanteau belonging to a young man named F. W. Brut-mood. Mr Broham conducted the prosecution for the police, and Mr Perry defended the accused. The case was rather a peculiar one. At the outset Mr Perry objected to the jurisdiction cf tbe Court, •s the portmanteau and the clothing it contained were of the value of £10. He ■!*> objected to the Court dealing summarily with the case, and requested that the depositions of sll the witnesses be taken. This was agreed to, and it. was shown that about sth August last Drum- ___ t -_-_r ttm * nte » a on tte -**» rel_-f_,!_^i' OCMed *"*»* * tte diw__t__■»____„. weeks went by, aud then prisoner was noticed ia town Druminoi-i'-teo-80-f Informationwasg&m to STi-tE^E t _____rt** a"?** vSvonamt If particles werefotmd residence. The defence was re-
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Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6546, 15 September 1886, Page 3
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SINGULAR CASE.
Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6546, 15 September 1886, Page 3
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