LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6814, 19 September 1883, Page 3

LAW AND POLICE.

SUPREME COURT.—Judge's Chambers. [Before Mr. Justico Gillies.] His Honor sat in Chambers yesterday, and disposed of the following applications ;— PRO3ATE AND ADMINISTRATION; —On the motion of Mr. Geotge, letters of administration were granted in the estate of Richard James Taylor, deceased..^—On the motion of Mr, James Russell, probate, was granted of the will of Stephen Alex, Parker.—Oα the motion of Mr. George, order was made, to register copy of will of Joseph Wech, deeeaaed ; aleo to register copy of the will of John McAnulty, deceased.

' • - '.POLICE COURT.—Tuesday. [Before Messrs. Jj. B. Ba.berand F. L. Prime JLP.'s.] Drunkenness.—One man was punished for a first offence. LarcbxY.—Miubael Head was charged with stealing two pairs of blankets of the value of 305., the, property of Edward Belcher, on the 31st of July. He pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, a carter, deposed that he slept oyer his stables in a loft, from which hie blankets were stolen, Four blankets, of which two were produced and identified, were stolen. He did not knoyr the prisoner. Persona might get in through the ventilators of the stable. Ralph Asher, assistant to S. A. At;her, pawnbroker, Upper Queen-street, deposei) that the blankets prodnced were brought to the shpp by prisoner on the Ist of August. He. gave the name Gamble, and obtained 4a on them. Prisoner, who made no statement, Was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour.

Shipping and Seamen's Act,—W. Smith was charged with unlawfully refusing to pay John Veal the sum of £24, wages due to him as mate of the steamer Kawatiri. Mr. Theo. Cooper appeared for the complainant, and said that he had arranged with Mr. Buddie, who appeared for the flew Zealand Shipping Company, to have the case adjourned till next day. Adjournment granted. Larceny of a Wa*ch and. Chain..— Robert Golding, a youth of 19 or 20 years of age, Was charged With stealiug a silver Watch and gold chain and pendent, worth £15, the property of John Boyd Gilfillan, on the 2lat September,. 1882. Mr. S. Ja3ksoa (Laish- '. ley and Jackson) appeared for the accused, Mr. (Jilfillan deposed that he was accountant at John Reid and Co.'s Queen-street, Auckland, and lived at Kybfcr Pass] Road. A fire took plage in a block of buildings owned by Mr. Fierce, and next door to witness's residence. This was on the morning of the 21st September, 1882. i When witness discovered the tire he wfeu't outside for assistance, because his own home was in danger, and on his return he went on the roof ot the house, and when the Fire Brigade arrived, and there wais plenty of assistance, he came down to see what Vas doing in the house. He found it nearjy emptied of its contents, except a few heavy things which they could not get out. He found most of his effects at Mr. Piefce's, but some of his things he had not yet recovered. His watch and chain and pendant he left in a cupboard in the bedroom. The Watcb, an English lever, had hia monogram, engraved on it. Hβ eaw the watch the night previous to the lire. He identified the watch produced as his property. He valued the watch at £8, aud the chain and pendant at £7. He reported the loss of the watch and chain to the police on tha morning of the Hie, and also advertised it in the papers, but he had not seen either chain or pendant since, nor the watch ur.ti.l. he saw it in possession rtf the police about a fortnight ago. The witness was not cross-examined. Detective Walker deposed' that on the 3rd Of thie month he went. to. prisoriet'e house in Newton-road, in company with Detective. Twohey. They, had a search warrant. Tw.ohey searched the prisoner; He told, prisoner he wanted tq : sea his .Watch, iipdn which prisoner, who did,.not appear to be wearipg'any watch, pulled, out tho-chain and watch. . produced.: Prisoner accompahied them t0 Mr, Gilfillan, who identified the watch, and witness then took him into cue-

tody on the presehtchirge. Prisoner said he: was not at tnat fire, ati'i that he bonjht the watch from a man in the i-iwa .-»> out two years, ago. for.' £4.. Be diet wot lino.v the : .m»ii." He had not seeu him, Qsj -airi, ' e.'oru or since.. He said hs knew .nothing.about the qhain and greenstone.. Detective Twohey gave corroborative ei-idence: The evidence was then read over to the prisoner, who reserved his defense..

Breaking a-s-d Entering,— The same prisoner was then charged, with breaking and entering the shop of. J&hh Gilrripur, and Stealing therefrom 1.8 pairs of trousers, a quantity pf starves, clothing, hats,. &c. worth in all £39 3s 7d, pn the 13th of July; 1882. John Gilmour, draper and clothier, S,ymoneU-»treet,. deposed that, on the night of the 13th of July, ISB2, he closed his shop about eight'o'clock, in the.usual manner; He resided on the premises, over and at the backof the shop. He went to open the shop at eight o'clock nest morning, and found one shutter down, three of the brackets which supported the iron bars being unscrewed, and pieces of, timber which had been used as levers to spring the bar were there, and the shutter was taken from the. doorway of the store.. He observed wet footmarks on the floor, as if some person had been walking with stockings on, and he saw burnt matches lying about the counter and floor. Upon examining the stock, he noticed parcels of goods missing; trousers and vests, scarves, socks, &&., as per list read. Mr, Jackson ohjected to a list of this kind being.pit into witness's hands, and the Bench ruled that it was inadmissible. The witness then, detailed as nearly as he could the goods which were missing. He valued what he lost altogether at from £45 to £50. He identified twelve scarves produced as a portion of his stock, not only fror# their appearance, but because some of them bore his private mark. These were a portion of the contents of a box which contained about six dozen. H<s recollected prisoner being in Hie shop three or four times previous to tho robbery oil messages from Mrs.. Connell, a neighbour. Hβ had not found any of the other articles, that were stolen. Detective Walker deposed to finding the scarves produced when searching prisoner's house on the occasion referred to in the previous case. They were found at the head of prisoner's bed. uader hia. box, between the folds of some empty cornsacks. He saw prisoner next day at Mount" Eden Goal, and charged him with breaking into Gilmour's store, and stealing a quantity of drapery, &c, part of which be. had found at the head of his (prisoner's) bed, and told him what they were. He eaid he got the ecarves from Mrs. Oonnell, when he was working for her. William H. Connell, solicitor, residing on Eyber £ass, with his mother, deposed that tie knew accused was a servant at their place for a considerable time, up to about twelve months ago. The scarves, produced never belonged to witness, and ho never gave them, to prisoner. He had never seen them in the house. The evidence in the case was then read over; and prisoner reserved his defence.

A Third Chalrgje.—The prisoner was further charged with breaking and entering the shop of Paul jLouis, and stealing therefrom a quantity of watches and jewellery worth £82 9e 6d, on the 24th of July, 1883. The prosecutor, a jeweller, carrying on business in QueeD-street Wharf, and residing at Constitution Hill, deposed that on the 24th of July last he locked up his shop at five minutes past five, and' went home. He left about £15.0 worth of jewellery in the shop, of which about £100 worth was in the window. The stock consisted, of watches, jewellery, and clocks. He returned to the shop at nine o'clock next morning, and found a pane of glass broken, and the shutter taken away, lie went inside, and. fbupd the shop all right, except the window, from which he missed a quantity of jewellery and watches. He took a list of the articles he missed at the time, of which he had a copy, which he made this morning. Mr; Jackson objected to this list being put in evidence. If there was an original, let it be produced. Sergeant White said the original was lost, and asked that this document might be attached to the depositions. The Bench declined to allow it, and the witntß3 thetj deposed that £82 9a 6d worth of jewellery had been, 'stolen. He identified, a. diamond* set, br.oocb, and : earrings, a lady's silver Geneva watch, two gold Geneva keyless watches, five silver studs, two gold studs, One gold keeper, and a silver albert chain (produced), as his property, and as a portion of the stock which had been, stolen. He valued them at £30. Witness reported toe robbery to the police. He did not know the prisoner, and never sold the jewellery either to him qr any other person. He did iiofc see the jewellery after he missed them till he saw them in the possession of the detective on the, 13th instant. He had not found any other portion of the) jewellery.—Detective Twohej deposed that on the 13th instant he searched prisoqer's house, Newton-road. He had been there twice previously, and found prop rty. supposed to have been stolen, and it was in consequence of further information that be went there the third time* The prisoner wa3 then in custody. After searching for aonie time he fonnd the small box containing the jewellery identified. It was wrapped round with a piece of black calico (produced), and tied! with a string. He found it on the wall plate of the partition between the kitchen and bedroom. It was secreted, and required a good search before he found it. A.young man named Jarnes Pulford, and a sister of the accused, about S or 9 years of age, were present when witness found the box. The girl remarked to witness when he Was putting up the forms to reach the wall plate, that he need not search there, as there Was nothing there. It was. Pnlford who found the box. He jumped up on the door, pat in his hand over the partition, and pulled it out. The girl's mother was not there, but she said her father had gone to work. On the following morning he charged the accused with the robbery, and he said he knew nothing about it, and that no matter how he searched the house ag.vin he would find no more jewellery.. The evidence Was read over, and prisoner was commited for trial on each of the three charges,