CHRISTCHURCH.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 8071, 14 January 1892, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH.

Wednesday, January 12k (Before R. Boeth&m, Esq., R.M.)

LAttcKxres.—John Geo. Borneld pleaded guilty to stealing a clock valued at 13s oil, the property of F. Thrower, it appeared that he went into the shop of prosecutor, a watchmaker, and asked about repairing a watch. After he left the clock was mi*wd, ttnd it was afterwards found by the police in the house he lived in. He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment hard labor.— Annie Gray alias <Jhari.*u alias Tait was charged with stealing a cloak valued at £2, the property of Grace Dorack. On December &srd the prosecutor left the cloak in the waiting room at the railway station •, after bein« absent a few minutes she returned and it was gone. On January 4th prisoner sold it for 8s to Mrs McDermott, a second-hand dealer. The prisoner had been convicted ou the previous day on two similar charges and sentenced to seven months' imprisonment. She was now sentenced to theoe months' imprisonment, to run concurrently with the former sentences.

Maintkxancb—Jane Norris was charged with having failed to provide for her child left in the caro of Isabella McGregor, being in arrears £6 10s. She vow paid £2, and waa ordered to pay the balance in & fort* night.

Alleged Trespass.—H. E. Boardman and W. Lancaster, bail ilia, were charged under the Police Offonues Act, section 6, with trespassing on tho premises of A. W. Owles, at New Brighton, and with breaking a pane of glass. Mr Stringer for prosecutor, Mr Caygill /or accused. It waa alleged that the prosecutor, being indebted to a Mr Lovick, eigned a document, which afterwards was considered invalid, and he waa requested to give a proper bill of sale over his furniture to secure payment of the debt. He declined, aud the defendants, acting on the authority of Loviok, proceeded to eeize. After several abor* tive attempts the defendants, with one or two other meu, went to prosecutor's house, and Boardman inserting his hand through some brown paper winch had beea pasted over a broken pane of glass, laid hold of the catch of a window to open it, aud told prosecutor that by doing so he had taken possession. Oα tliia prosecutor, who had ordered IJoardman off, and had tried to prevent his operations, gave orders for the door to be opened. Boardman then entered, and lett Lancaster in possession. After hearing long evidence, Mr Beetuarn said he did not thiuk the transaction could be brought under the Act, and dismissed the information.