ACCUSED BEFORE THE COURT

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 77, 31 March 1920, Page 6

ACCUSED BEFORE THE COURT

A FINGER-PRINT CASE. •

It is a long call from 23rd October, 11918, to 31st March, "1920, and probably most. of those who had reason .to be keenly interested .in an attempt to gain entrance toth'e D.I.C. on the first date had almost forgotten • the occurrence. Not so the police, and this morning they brought a man named John Henry Morgan before Mr. E. Page, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court on a charge of having broken and entered the'premises with intent to commit a crime. In a few words, the facts were that on the night in question the, nightwatchman, going his rounds, found that one cf the glass panels in the lower portion of a swing door fronting Panama-street had been broken in, apparently with; a half brick, ■which, was found lying on- the floor inside . the door among the splintered arid broken gla-ss. It was not ascertained' whether any goods were stolen. Sergeant Sweeney was called by the nightwatchman, and removed various pieces of glass upon which finger-prints could be seen. It was upon certain of these finger-prints that the police were able to act, and, they allege, the prints on the glass are identical with those of Morgan which were obtained by the criminal registration branch on 16th inst. Evidence to this effect was given ■by Senior-Sergeant Dinm'e and Constable Simester, of the criminal registration branch. Mr. A. B. Sievwright, ■n'ho appeared for the accused, submitted that the evidence was insufficient to justify the sending of the man on to trial at the Supreme" ; Court,, but the Magistrate did not agreo with counsel;, and ordered that Morgan should, stand his trial in the higher Court.; Bail was fixed at £250, with .-sureties of like amount. '