POLICE COURT.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11546, 31 March 1903, Page 2

POLICE COURT.

♦ - Mr C. M. Gray, J.P., and Mr J. Hay, ; J.P., presided at the Police Court yester- j day morning- ; DRUNKENNESS. Richard Tubman, who was charged with < drunkeninees and with ihaving two oonvic- i toons previously recorded against him dur- j ing the last six month*, wee fined 4te, in i default eevea dare' imprisonments A male first offender, who had been remanded for < medical treatment, one female and two male < first offenders, were each fined 5s or 24 hours' ' imprisonment. A male firat offender, who woe found drunk ut the railway station, i was fined 10s or 48 hours' imprisonment, '. Sub-Inspector Dwyer remarking that the ' offence wag all the more serious considering where it had taken place, One female and : two male first ofiFenden, who did not appear, were fined 10s each, with the usual '< alternative. Another man, who was going ■ to be looked after, was convicted and discharged. ' THEFT OF A PURSE AND RING. ' Walter Valkno* andi Mary Barclay, on . remand, were charged , with stealing from ( the of Samuel McCormaok £3 19a in cash, a puree value 2s, and a , ring of the value of 18b. Mr Hoban ap- , pearcd for the male accused, and Mr Ca*- , eidy for the female. Sub-In»pector Dwyer conducted the prosecution. After .'briefly , referring to the alleged' ciroumetances of the . case, Sub-Inspector Dwyer called Samuel g McCoxmack, a labourer, living in Bright- . ling's lane. He had been ill and went to ' bed on the afternoon of the day of the robbery. He had £3 19s in cash, which , he placed in a purse or pocket-book, and , put it under one end of his pillow. He had ; never eeeoi the female accused until that day. She went into his room and took the j purse. He jumped out of bed and ran , after 'her. When a oanetaWe arrived the male accused dropped the purse into some , docks, and the female accused was standing , near. In reply to Mr Cassidy, the witne»s T , eaid he had no drink that day. Mary Foe- ( ter said she was standing at the gate of ■ the premises where she lived, and saw the , female take something from her under- ; skirt and give it and a, handkerchief to the male accused. They both went back to ' McCormack's. Constable Mitchell, who , arrested the accuseds saw the male drop the ] purse, and on searching found some loose • notes and silver. In McConmackV house he saw the male accused put something in a flowier-pot, and on looking into it he found a ring. Constable Clarksou said that at the police depot the woman said she was guilty of stealing the purse, and that she gave it to the man. The male accused, who was sworn, said be wae at MoCornmck'a house in the afternoon. He told the female that if she had taken 4ihe money she had better return it, find'she gave him the purse, which he intended to band back to the owner. The female accused was rather ihazy as to what occurred, and did nob remember anything of the alleged circumstanoee. After further evidence had been given, Barclay was sentenced to_.two months' imprisonment, and Vallance 'to one month. > ■ ■ ■ - , ALLEGED THEFT AT WELLINGTON. •Millice Doreen was charged with having stolen a ring, valued at £1 17s 6d, the property of Emma Wallace, of Wellington. She pleaded -not,guilty, but she admitted "having been with the young lady wio took tie ring." Chief Detective Chxystal said the ring had been taken from Miss Wallace's bedroom, where the girls had spent an hour, and after 'they left the article was missed THe accused said that sooner than be remanded to Wellington' she would plead guilty, if that would settle it. The Chairman eaid the .Bench were not in possession of the facts,-and consequently could not deal with trie case. The accused was remanded to appear at Wellington on Wednesday, April Ist.