R.M. COURT—THIS DAY.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4913, 13 May 1887, Page 2

R.M. COURT—THIS DAY.

At the E.M. Court this morning, before Gγ. A;Pireebe, Esq.', E.M., Garrett Murnane, isjiarged witii drunkenness, was fin'ed.£'l vith costs, jnfdefaulj; 48. hours', imprison-: ment with hard laber, : • Owen: Sullivan, a Has 'Eugene Sullivan, was • charged' with having been found at night without , lawful excuse in a. stable, the property of one Jane Laurenson. Previous convictions were!put in", and accused was .sentenced 'to li, days' imprisonment with hard labor. ' ', .■ :

. Lftwis May,' on bail, was charged with having stolen from tho wreck of the ship Northumberland yesterday one bottle of claret... Inspector Bullen stated that the Act said'that persons stealing from a wreck wereHablct.tq a sentence of imprisonment not. exceeding fourteen years. Should they deal with;tho case eummarily f— Ihe K.M. said he would take tlie case as it stood,, and charge the accused with larceny.—Detective Grace gave ovidenoe.—Tho accused pleaded not guilty, and stated that he had, a case .of goods on board the Northumberland, which had been washed ashore. JSe-produced letters-from a finn : in London, ? consigning thegpQds,. Asfe wftsgoinjf tcj tjlip Custonis House, -ho ,was.jgoing totakethe"bottle. bi claret with' him.—-J.H. Pi'ovis, : Officer -J, i.:.\*sn>i^ : :' ;-^',-' r^V' x -" ;V :;- ■■■■ ;•::■■ V^

it was stated that expresses were running all. day from the wreck to the Customs House, and that it was quite unnecessary for acoused to have taken the bottle over, even if his plea was true. The bottle was concealed in the eleeve of his coat.— J. S. Pearcc deposed that they (accused and witness) were expecting a box from London, and which contained things that had belonged to them at Home. They found soveral things such as an ulster and trousers, which they recognised as their property. (Papers were handed in showing the list of goods contained in the box). —The R.M. reserved judgment till to-morrow, Bail was allowed in one surety of £50. Richard Sutcliffe, , William John Pritchard, and George Sullivan, were also charged with having stolen goods from the wreck of the Northumberland yesterday. The R.M. remanded the cases tUi Monday. Bail was allowed. Mr Dick appeared for Sutcliffe, and Mr Cresswell for Pritchard.