COURT NEWS

Grey River Argus, 10 February 1928, Page 8

COURT NEWS

THEFT OF MOTOR CYCLE. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 8. In the Magistrate’s Court, Edward Helmsley Dawson, for theft of a motor cycle was sentenced .to twelve months’ imprisonment. The Senior Sergeant said that accused had just dom 1 six months for theft of the same bicycle earlier. Magistrate Mosley said that it was impossible to allow probation. The pub lie must be protected from such thefts. BANK CLERK REMANDED. WELLINGTON, Fob. 8. Remanding Walter Hedley Llulhnance, on two charges of theft from the Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, involving £95, Mr Page, S.M., after I hearing Ihe Chief Detective, refused suppression of the name. The Chief Detective said it was alleged that Hut h nance, while engaged as teller’s elerl;, removed the cancelling marks from two elioipies and had them (ashed. When interviewed by the police, he refundwjl £75, and said he. had returned the other £26 by leaving £5 nojes on va.rijoils p|aees round the Bank, but it was alleged this was not t rue. BIGAMY CHARGE. AUCKLAND, Feb. 9. Harry Osman, 45, pleaded guilty to bigamy at the Police Court, and was committed to the. Supreme Court for sent ■(•«(*('. In January, 1911, he married Margaret, Jones Graham, at Auckland, and in October last, being still married, wont through tin 1 form of marriage with I\ y Li Ilia m Pal es, at Papakura. Accused stated that seven years ago his wife obtained a separation order against him. Three years ago, she had been admitted to Auckland mental hospital. His second wife was seventeen years of age. FALSE PRETENCES. TIMARU, Feb. 9. At the Supreme Court Henry Rae Vcrcoe. on three charges of obtaining money by false pretences by means of valueless cheques, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. UNIQUE REASON FOR BAIL AUCKLAND. February 9. After pleading guilty to-day to the theft of £72 10s, funds collected for the establishment of a new city hotel. Stanley Uren Thomas’s counsel applied for bail to enable his client to be married. Bail was refused, but Judge Reed arranged for the prisoner to come into town between to-day and Saturday, under the escort of a plain clothes warder. ACQUITTED OF THEFT. WELLINGTON, Feb. 7. The quarterly sessions of the Supreme Court opened to-day, with a light calendar. Cyril Eugene Walsh, charged with the theft, on December 6th, of a wallet and £l5 in notes, the property of George Beveridge, a hotel barman, pleaded not guilty and strongly denied that the wallet had been handed to him. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. DUNEDIN SESSIONS. DUNEDIN, Feb. 8. At the sitting of the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr Justice Sim. William McKinnol was found not guilty of assaulting Henry Bayley, at Roxburgh, about October 10th, so as to cause him actual bodily harm, and guilty of assaulting Henry Bayley in such circumstances that had death ensued he would have been guilty of manslaughter. Accused was remanded for sentence. John McLean was found not guilty of breaking and entering at Palmerston and stealing goods valued at £l3 FIFTEEN CHARGES OF THEFT. WELLINGTON, Feb. 8. j George James Cullen, a labourer, aged I 28. who pleaded guilty in the Magis- > traJe's Court to as many as fifteen ) charges, including theft and forgery and uttering valueless cheques, was committed to the. Supreme Court for sentence. Various statements were read out from people in the city and at Nelson and Blenheim, who cashed cheques for accused and said that they “Never saw ( him again.” Accused was undefended and did not apply .for bail. THEFT FROM TYPEWRITER AGENCY. WELLINGTON, February <B. Two burglaries, involving the theft , of jewellery and goods to the value of £558 from the Remington and Roneo Agency, and William Burn, were admitted by a clerk named John Charles Cannon, 22, before Mr Page, S.M. The evidence was that the goods, > valued at £226, were taken from the, Remington Agency, and the jewellery, valued at £320, from Burd’s. The latter was all recovered, but £7 to £lO worth was not recovered. In respect to the Remington theft, accused was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Tn his statement accused said he had : scld some of the stolen jewellery to a | young man named Claude Ellison (a clerk) who was about to be married. I Ellison was to-day charged with reI cciving the jewellery knowing it to Ibe dishonestly obtained. He stated \ that he had picked the jewellery up in th e street. He pleaded not guilty 1o the charge and was committed to ■ the Supreme Court for trial, bail being allowed in £lOO.