Robbing a Meat Safe.

Hastings Standard, Issue 180, 25 November 1896, Page 3

Robbing a Meat Safe.

At the Police Court this morning, before Mr W. Betiby, J. P., a man named Thomas Burns was charged with abstracting a ham from the meat safe of Mr A. L. !»- Eraser. Mr Fra-er depo-ed that at 1 a.m. je>terday morning he was awakened by peculiar noises, and gettimi Hp from bis bed he saw aeen ;ed going down the avf ii'i'. Hi- followed at a di-tanc*'>. The accrued then called out to a ru-vo of hi-' namcl ••Tom." s,:;.inir he hul got thi- and j* rh ip- th- y v.oiiM • sorta. thing bet' r eI-» when-. Mr Fra.-er went batk t<> tht ho-i-e. put on his clothe*, ami, coming out again, li.j surprised both men in the act of making their sapper. Accu-«..1. who had the ham undrr his co->». otTt-rr-d to return it to Mr Frastr, but he declined. Sergeant Mitchell represented that a great many complaint.* have b< <-n made of meat te pilfering throughout this district. Tv.i> n. u entered Mr C. A. Fit.:lW's pi ce the other night, but dia.-.ppe - mi M. n Mrs Fitzßoy discharged a revolver. Mr Fit/B'-y v.\i- iti G, l>>r;:e and the ladies of the lioti-e v •«. • uHedi frightened. lie askid th- l>. nch to deal hc\orely with this case as an example to others of this Mr Firase r did r. r wish tn apu-ar in coart about whut lit- corK-idert d a :ri:ltng matter, and it was only when he |Sergeaiit Mitchell) told him of the annoyance lo which Mrs Fit / Roy was subjected that he consent* d to prosecute. Mr Beilby said this class of robbing was aptly described as sneak-thriving. Accused was sentenced to months hard labor.