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Evening Star, Issue 17350, 12 May 1920, Page 7

At the Magistrate's Court. Timarn yesterday two young men, who v.erp members of the crew of tn u Corinihic, which W? fi *? , Tlmaru on April 22, were comtoiked for trial for thefts of overcoats j il e Ro - vfll Hote1 ' J - C'raigw's shop. and the Customs-house. Tha shop and tne Customs-jwusei were broken into, and a good deal of damage done to papers in the latter. Mr Craigie also lost £ numbern.T 1 , 03 collected on the Samoan trip. On Satiu-day mght, April 17, the shop ™ d , o, "»'fee Chinese fruiterers weri mashed by, „r ln the presence of. a con•Eiderable crowd, 'and much damage WB3 dons withm two of the shops. The action «W K ' Khs t m P« t0 the Metric light plant being out of order. Four young ien and three boys appeared on several charges arising out of th a affair. £ fiowley, Henry Shaw, Kenneth Newlands, and David Millar-were a Bt 4r>t «Hi wflfnl damage at £66 13a 6d to the shoo of Willie Joung and Co., with throwing miwitea to entflL 0 - the P -f iC - emng behaviotir with intent to create a breach of the peace. Howley w s a 1.,0 ■ charged withl suiting one of > the "? en; . .°n /he application of counsel" for ti«»r d °w nda:itß : 4-° ch «S« were taken separately agamrt each defendant, and the case agamsft Howley was first taken, a Chinee interpreter from Wellington as! aistmg the Court. .The principal witnesses were two women customers, who deposed that Howley started a disturbance by pulling over a bag of onions at tb» door, and the others then threw the pick them up, and stones we'-e also thrown, breaking the window. There was no disturbance till the onions'were pulled over, someone having tied a strhv to tht bag for the purpose. Howky was committed 1 ion trial, bail being fixed at £25 The case against Shaw was dkmisspd without prejudice on an alibi. The other caees were adjourned till Thursday. ..For Bronchial Coughs take Woods'" Great Cure, Is 9d, 2s 9d.—[Advt.l