IN THE COURTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10920, 11 June 1929, Page 3

IN THE COURTS.

THREE MONTHS FOR THEFT

(Press Association.) GREYMOUTH. June 30. Daniel Casey, 42, was sentenced to three months’ hard labor for the theft of an overcoat from the Greymouth hotel, and one month for the theft- of a bundle of socks from a shop, the terms to be concurrent. Casey had five previous convictions for theft. BROKE WINDOW AND STOLE GOODS. - (Press Association.) GREY MOUTH, June 10. James Harold Davey, 26, pleaded guilty to breaking two shop windows and stealing goods valued at £9 3 6,s lOd, .and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. TROUT POACHER- FINED £2. (Press Assooiat.ion.) PALMERSTON N., June 10. In the Magistrate’s Court this morning, Stephen Bain was lined £2 and costs on each charge for taking trout from the Manawatu River without a license, and using a r:et which was an unsportsmanlike device,. Similar charges against another defendant were dismissed. NOT A PUBLIC HIGHWAY. - ROYAL ARCADE CASE. (Presß Association.) DUNEDIN, June ?fi. The decision of Mr. Justice Adams in the Royal Arcade cam was promulgated this morning." He has decided that the people of Dunedin have not established a public highway through the arcade.

The action was taken by tne Attor-ney-Genera), aetj-r,r for the citizens, against the" Arcade Co. seeking a declaration that the arcade was a public highway-. His Honor, after a lengthy review, found that all the evidence 'was consistent with the view that tlm public user had been by permission of the persons in possession and in that view only was the inaction of tlio public and the corporation since the. year 1866 satisfactorily explained. The plaintiff had failed to establish dedication, and the action was dismissed with costs. FOURTEEN DAYS’ GAOL FOR PILFERING. (Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., June 10. For the theft of an overcoat from a motor ear, which he ,subsequent ly pawned, a youth, Thomas Henry Ball was sentenced to 14 days’ gaol as an example to others who pilfer from ears. It was stated that such thefts were very- numerous, and that the position was becoming hu-jous. THEFT OF MONEYS BY DENTAL MECHANIC. (Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June 10. Vincent Walter Mor’.ev, a dental mechanic, pleaded guilty in the Police Court and was sent to the Supreme Court for sentence on theft charges involving a total of £248. The accused had been in the emp’oy of Dr. Eayner, at the American Dental Parlours, for 10 years, and charges of failing to account for money paid him bv clients dated back-. to*November, 1924..’ His salary was £ll a Avee,k-