MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 859, 4 July 1910, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

THE HOTEL WINDSOR CASE. CHARGE OP ROBBERY. (Before Mr. W. G. Ruhlcll, S.M.) The sequel to the robbery at the Hotel Windsor on Friday afternoon last was the appearance ber'oro the Court of a man named James M'lntyro, who was charged. with having stolon a quantity of jewellery and 7s. in monev, of the total value of .£!)0, the property of Catherine Mary I'irth. Chief Detective Brobers explained that the accused loitered about the town and did little or no work. He asked for a remand till Wednesday. The application was granted, bail being allowed in the sum of .£l5O and two sureties of .£l3O each, CASE OF OWEN BUOSNAIIAN. Following the above case came the indictment of a man'named Owen Patrick Brosnalian on a charge of being an idle and disorderly person, habitually consorting with reputed thieves. Detective Cassdla stated that Brosnalian had been employing his time in purveying shoddy articles, with a little housebreaking in the suburbs by way of variety. lie was seen with M'lntyre outside the Hotel Windsor about li o'clock on the. alternoon oi the robbery, and about an. hour later was discovered in bod in the hotel. There were nine previous convictions against the accused for various offences—breaking and entering, unlawfully pawning, and theft. The accused, who pleaded not Guilty, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. ONLY A DAY OUT OF GAOL. After a brief spell of liberty—he had only come out of gaol the day before—a man named John Lennox found himself onco more in the dock, charged with having received, by means of a false pretence and with intent to defraud, a gold chain valued at J.IB 155., from Henry Wilson Littlejolm. According to the police, the accused, on receiving the watcli and chain, pawned them and spent tho money on drink. Ho was an old offender. On the application of Chief Detective Broberg, tho accused was remanded till Wednesday, bail being allowed at .CICO, with two sureties of X'so each. CHARGE OF THEFT. Arthur Tobin, charged with stealing 17s. ;id. from Francis Edward Green, was remanded on bail—.£3o and one surety of .£3o—till Wednesday next. Ho was" represented by Mi'. O'Regan. Hub-Inspector Norwood stated that certain other charges against the accused, involving amounts from ;ClO to .£l2, were pending, and further investigations were necessary. INSOBRIETY. Two first offending inebriates were convicted of drunkenness., and discharged. Alfred Burnicle, once previously convicted for drunkenness within the past, .six months, pleaded guilty to a second lapse and was convicted and fined 10s., with tho option. of dS hours' imprisonment. A prohibited person named Andrew Bell was lined .£'2, with costs 75. , the alternative being fourteen days' imprisonment, for having been found jn licensed premises (the Princess Hotel). James O'Neill Bell was declared to be an habitual drunkard, and convicted and sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment.