ANY CHARGES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19105, 14 September 1927, Page 7

ANY CHARGES.

IHS PLEAD GUILTY. EMISES BROKEN' INTO. She Magistrate's; Court yesterday D. Mosley. S.M., two young Boyd (Mr J. -and Leslie Stanniford (Mr W. JV Stacey) appeared IpPlfwraV charges of breaking, enterT. Lewis prosecuted. joint charges were:— fSgßreaMng and entering the premises South Island Trading Co., and l|||| n fKgoods to the value of £l4. ||||WjjHng and entering the premises John Sullivan, and stealing 3|M» to the value of £ls. ifyN&king and entering the premises Burrowes, and stealing goods m% ; valDe of £3l 12s ■ 6d. and entering the premisos of JHttry. j t otley and Son, and stealing to tfoe value of £6 17s. was charged alone with atto break and enter the premp William McClatcby, Manchester was charged alone with lEWing* and entering the premises of ||i«City Cash Meat Co., and the premJ. Otley and Son., Ltd. Bain McKenzie, employed ||RW South Island Trading Co., Cashel that on August 2nd he saw had been disturbed in. the .Goods to the value of £l4 wero HjgyPfc.and the articles produced were ijWf' tlic missing goods, Entrance dHjgj|§sn effected by ti removal of lavatory window. ykiPiain John Sullivan, tobacconist, lljpawießter street, said that on the August 3rd, he found the with holes in it, and a pane broken. Goods' and money |®|Fw3TOltie of ,about £ls were missing had been .ransacked. llijPfc^^ Drrowe3 ' jeweller, Staninore T. Edwards, employed by C&sh Meat Co., Cashel street, Stephenson, manager of ggy Caah Meat Co., Linda Bloor, avenue, employed by the Meat Co., Henry William night-watchman, employed by acfrffiky ? n n > Sidney Otley, and mine, ? clerk, employed by Otley and Son, Ltd., gave evid|g»x*4 to their respective premises bejpafoed on-divers dates. H. Almond stated that SffiSgJlß.; arrested Boyd, near McClatwitness said that a pocket knife on him. aVB one damage tobacconist, Mangave evidence as to the having been tampersaid that on August fioyd's room at the HBas&jjfofcl. Willetts ararbccupied night. Witness found belonging to Boyd, and in it halfpennies. Under jjiroSS* 6B four.il. In a later Detective. Studholme, a was found in two backyard of a house When the halfsaid that it plant or Willetts said that on Studholme

visited a house in Gloucester street, where Boyd had previously lived, and they found some of the goods previously A butcher's steel was found with the end broken, and the portion produced by the witness, Burrowes, fitted on to it perfectly. Boyd made a statement admitting the offences and stating that Willetts was with him. When that statement was read over to Willetts he said that he intended to reserve his defence. He would not say anything about the statement. Witness questioned Willetts as to' how the goods came to ;be found at 210' Salisbury street, where ho had been living, and he replied that he knew that they were stolen, that he had put them there, and that they had been given to him by Boyd. To Mr Batchelor: Boyd, was quite candid from the start, and had giventhe detectives assistance. Detective L. Studholme gave corroborative evidence. Witness produced, statements made by each, stating that they had been accompanied by one lies Wright, in the escapades. Wright had not been traced yet. Boyd pleaded guilty to all the charges except' that of attempting to break and enter McClatchy's shop, and it was formally dismissed. Willetts pleaded guilty to all charges except those relating to H. J. Otley and Son, and the City Cash Meat Co., reserving Ms defence, on those. Both were committed to the Supreme Court for sentence on the joint charges and Willetts was committed for trial on the tyvo to which he had pleaded not guilty. . • Boyd was allowed bail a3 befoie, but Willetts was refused bail