THE COURTS-TO-DAY.

Evening Star, Issue 11453, 22 January 1901, Page 6

THE COURTS-TO-DAY.

* CITY POLICE COURT. (Before C. C. Graham, Esq., S.M.) Drunkenness.—Annie Whitely was remanded until Thursday in order to see whether the Solvation Army authorities would take her in hand. A first offender was fined ss, or twenty-four h,ours. Theft.—William Hiscoke was charged with the theft on the 21st inst. of a metal watch, valued at 8s 6d, the property of William Didham.—Accused pleaded guilty. —The facts were that the man stole the watch from the complainant's vest, which was hangfcg up in a building where he was employed as a plasterer, and afterwards pawned it.—'His Worship inflicted a fine of 40s and costs.

Herman Booth was charged with the theft on the Bth inst., from the dwelling of Alfred Lavender, of a lady's gold watch, two lady's gold rings, 'a gent's gold ring, and a pair of gold sleeve-links, of the total va'ue of ££o. Mr Emslie (instructed by Mr HanIon) defended.—The Sub-inspector explained that -Mrs Lavender was the wife of a -commercial traveller, and resided in the Queen's Drive, Royal terrace. On the Bth inst. she left home at about three o'clock in the afternoon, locking the doors, but leaving the back bedroom window slightly open. Close inside this window was a chest of drawers, in which the jewellery in question was kept. On returning home about two hours later Mrs Lavender noticed that articles named were missing. That evening accused met a young man named David Millar, and told him that he had some jewellery to dispose of, and that he took it from a house in Royal terrace. Millar told him to return the things to the owner, but this he declined to do. He eventually gave them to Millar, who took them back to Mr Lavender's house, with the exception of the gent's ring,' which was broken up by accused and sold to a jeweller for ss. Booth was afterwards arrested by Detective Cooney.—Accused pleaded guilty under section lo of the Act of 1900, and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence, bail being allowed in his own recognisance of £2O and two sureties of £lO eac>