POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 22989, 21 June 1938, Page 9

POLICE COURT

TUESDAY.' JUNE 21. (Before Mr J. B. Bartholomew, S.M.X breaking and entering ALLEGED. Ashley Maurice Deuchrass and Irvina Davis M‘Ewen were charged with breaking and entering the house ot William Rutherford by day on May 30 and committing theft. Mr J. G. Warrington, who represented M‘Ewen, said the accused would plead guilty to the charge. Deuchrass was not represented by counsel. Chief-detective Young asked tor a remand until to-morrow, adding that? both accused were involved in the alleged crime with a man named M'Gillvray. The remand was granted. SOLD CIGARETTES ON SUNDAY. When Patrick John Hackett pleaded guilty to a charge of Sunday trading. Sis counsel (Mr A. G. Neill) suggested that a’ young woman had been asked by a constable, who was keeping the defendant’s shop in Rattray street under observation, to make the purchase of cigarettes. ...... Senior-sergeant Claassen said that in consequence of complaints received by the police a constable had kept ai watch on the Rialto, and a young woman who had purchased chocolates! and cigarettes from the shop admitted they had been sold by the defendant, “He has appeared here rather fro* (juently —sis times,” added the Senior G, lfie suggestion was made by Mr Neil J that the .young woman had been. in J structed by the constable to make thd purchases, and said that constahle.l were so well trained these times that they adopted the slogan of prevention and not detection so far as thesa offences were concerned. Hackett had hot been before the court for a considerable time, commented counsel, who remarked that maybe the law might have to be altered to provide for t]ie inclusion of luxuries among tha sales allowed by shops on Sundays, and pointed out that cigarettes could ha purchased at railway stations or hotel* after the statutory hours. The defendant was fined £2 and costa (3s).