COURTS AND OFFENCES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 23 June 1927, Page 7

COURTS AND OFFENCES.

POLICE CASKS AT A UCK LAND. I hl,K(<lUril t.'U«<CJO AbaUtlA 11UA. / AUCK.LAX I). June 22. Ad th« Police Court, 'LComas Hughes, who arrived' from Australia yesterday under escort, was I'omaiidcu on a cna.rge of die -KM-gprv of a. cheque' tor £3OO on an Auckland bank. The police stated that further charges were pending. Dorothy Hineinoa .Miller, for theft from a suburban shop of goods valued at 27s Ad, her filth offence of this kind, was convicted and ordered l to come up for sentence within two years amt to report, to the probation, officer. Samuel Stewart Sharpe, aged 42. a clerk in the employ ol the Auckland City Council, pleaded guilty to stealing £33. He was on the permanent staff at a salary of £2-30 per yeah, and converted to his use 133 license, lees each of As. paid to him over a long period. lie was remanded for sentence to June 29.

OH A R-G F: A i )'.\l ITTED. GISiBOJvX It. June 22. Hugh Manly, 'alias Hugh Guodlet. pleaded guilty to hi caking and entering the -shop of Portae- and Co., «uid isteailing goods valued at £l2. He wn.s eomnirttcKl to the Supreme Court fur sentence. ALLEGED BREAKING AX' D ENT ERIN G. WELLINGTON, June 22. The house of Henry William McCarthy. Home Street, was broken into last week and £7 12s was stolen, also two tram tickets. Information about the missing tickets was supplied to the tiam conductors and yesterday a conductor drew the attention of a policeman to a ear passenger. The latter quietly left the car with the constable but made a ‘flolt round the corner. He was recaptured quickly and to-day appeared on a charge of breaking and entering and theft. The Chief Detective asked for a remand saying that other charges were pending. When bail was sought he said that the police alleged that the house was broken into and afterwards set on fire 1 He said that the bail should be substantial. The Magistrate fixed £s<K>. The name of the accused is John Asher, and he is a labourer aged 31.