POLICE COURT.—WEDNESDAY.

New Zealand Herald, 30 March 1876, Page 3

POLICE COURT.—WEDNESDAY.

e [Before A. Beetham and W. J. Hurst, Esqs., 0 ustices.] ) Labceny.—Charles Taylor appeared on > remand charged with stealing, on the 27th e instant, onebagofkaurigum, valued at£l, the s property of Frank Hedges. Frank Hedges, the master of the steamer Gemini, repeated a theevidence he had given on the previous day. - Sergeant Martin deposed to searching for J the gum, but without success. Hedges sub- ~ < sequently informed witness that he had seen the gum in front of Walker's gum store. Proceeded there, and saw prisoner hanging - abont. Waited until the gum store was • opened, when the prisoner went in and at- ' tempted to sell it. On witness arresting ' prisoner, he said a man named Nicholson I had told him to sell it. Anthony Nicholson 1 was called, and gave this statement a flat r denial. He had never asked the prisoner to 7 sell a pound of gum in his life. The prisoner 5 stated that ho had sold the gum for NicholT son, who had handed it to him from the Gemini. On the morning he was waiting I for the gum store to be opened, Nicholson - passed him, saying, "Charlie, I'll be down k the wharf." Witness replied, "All right, 5 I'll bring the money to you." He had » frequently sold gum for Nicholson, which ' Mr. Deacon, of Kiverhead,and the persons " who worked at Mr. Walker's on the * wharf, could prove. Frank Hedges was re--1 called, and stated that he had discharged * Nicholson on Monday, as he had some suspicions about him. He had, for some time ' past, been constantly missing gum. This r was all the evidence, and after a short • deliberation the prisoner was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour. He left the Court with the exclamation. ; " I'm innocent of it."