MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2100, 16 November 1880, Page 3

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH. Tuesday, Noyembbb 16. [Before Jos. Birch and J. X. Brown, Eaq.’s, J.P. ’s ] Larceny. —W. Davenport, John Tenant, and Helen Parkinson, wore brought up charged with stealing three pairs of boots, George McOutcheon, salesman for B. J. Hale, deposed that prisoners went into the shop of his employer on the 8:h or 9th inst. and purchased a pair of lady’s boots. They returned on the 11th and changed them. They returned again on the 13tb, ostensibly for the purpose of having repairs done to the same boots. B. J. Hale stated that on the night of the 13th, Davenport and the female prisoner went into his shop. The former tried on a number of pairs of boots, but did not purchase any. Parkinson went into the trying on room and remained there some time waiting for her boots, which were being repaired. After a while Tenant came in, and be and Parkinson went away together. Davenport then said he would go and get a pair of new socks, end he left also. The three pairs of boots produced were the property of witness. H. A. Davis, pawnbroker, said Davenport, under the name of Davis, pledged with him a pair of new boots (those produced) on Saturday night last. M. O’Connor, detective, deposed that on the 15th ho saw prisoners enter the White Hart Hotel, each was carrying a parcel. Witness examined the parcels, and found the new boots produced and the boots that had been bought for Parkinson, also a lady’s gown. Prisoners gave unsatisfactory accounts of how they obtained the property, and they were arrested. The pawn ticket of the pair pledged to Mr Davis was fonnd on Davenport. This completed tho case brought by the police against prisoner. Tenant had nothing to say. Davenport said be did not know how he came by the pawn ticket, and Parkinson denied all knowledge of the new boots. The police said Davenport was unknown to them. Tenant had two or three convictions recorded against him, and the woman Parkinson was one of the worst characters they knew in Christchurch. The Bench said the case against Tenant had broken down. He would be dismissed. Davenport was sentenced to three months’ and the woman Parkinson to six months’ imprisonment with hard labor. Anothbb Case. —Frederick Lane pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing carpenters’ tools of the value of 15s 6d from W. Mitchell. He said he was nearly starving when he committed the offence. The police gave prisoner a very bad character. He was sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment with hard labor. Bebaking inxo a Shop.— John, William and Henry Jurez and James Armshaw, boys, the tallest of whom did not exceed four feet in height were charged with breaking into the fruit shop of J. P. Oliver, Market place. Tho three boys Jnrez were very dirty, and the Bench said they might, with advantage, have been well washed before being brought into Court. Sergeant Morice eaid that, having only just bean arrested there had not been time to wash them. Evidence was brought to show that the stall or shop had been entered into, and that the prisoners had confessed to doing so. They said that Armshaw contrived to insert his fingers in a crevice and push back the bolt of the door ; they took one orange and that was all. The police said Armshaw was a very bad boy, and tho others seemed to be much neglected. The boys were remanded till Thursday next, for the production of further evidence, and were ordered to be sent to Addington in the meantime. Dbunkennbbb.— For a first offence a man was fined ss.