POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14392, 10 June 1910, Page 7

POLICE COURT NEWS.

ALLEGED, BURGLARY. ACCUSED COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. ■ ''>'•:■'•;•'•- ; '-r'p'-'.i. '• ' '■-■'i''.'''■•- ':■"''}?!'•'■&*:■ '■'■$. :^:^•'':: <": ;, '</:'.' :'';'-''S//- : William Scarbroa, a coloured man, ap* v peared at the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. C. Cutten/S.M., to answer a charge of V breaking and entering the dwelling of /// a railway porter named James J. Bovaird, , .-.3 and stealing several articles of jewellery ~ and a five-dollar gold piece, the total value being £5 13s 6d. ; - Chief-Detective Marsack ; appeared for the prosecution. ;_.".' ■ The complainant stated that he lived in ■ Nelson-street. On the morning of June / 1 he left his house at.7.30 a.m. after.locking the doors and windows. On returning : , J homo in the evening about 11 o'clock he found that the house had been ransacked, ■ ; and the various articles of jewellery were /,/i missing, t. An entrance, had , been made by,": :,; forcing open i one of the .back windows.' Witness knew accused by sight. They.', Uvea next door to one another. - Complain- V ant found footmarks leading from accused's' place to witness' property. ,-; Several, witnesses gave evidence ,as to : ... accused having.in- his possession- the miss- 1 ing jewellery and a five-dollar piece, which j were afterwards disposed of to various j tradesmen. One of the witnesses asked him • where "he obtained the .'articles, • and'■ i accused replied : " I've down a ' bust' near to my place.'' The witness understood by/ this that accused had, broken into a house. Detective Cox stated that he and Detec- . tive Scott arrested accused at his house in, "p' NeLson-streeit, on June 4. n The accuseddenied at first that he ever had the stolen> articles in his possession. On the follow-i in? day, however/; accused made a' ; written J > ; ' statement admitting ,that; he had .-the' articles, but had received . ; them from •, an-' other man. This person's name the acv / cused'did not know.■:■"..;•'• ;'-.,.... .. .-'/,, '••'. , Accused pleaded riot guilty to the charge.: He reserved his'defence/ and was commit-: '■'/" ted for trial. : *- ; "'^:\//'-'/ ; ALLEGED SLY GROG-SELLING. o ; William Hoghead was proceeded against) • on charges of selling beer without a" license at his residence in -Edeia Crescent, to' Con-; i stable Thompson and 'others. :* There '.were ;■■ .':--- in all six informations. \ Sub-Inspector'' Hendrey appeared for the prosecution and ; :.'. Mr. J. R/ Lundon for the defence. , Mr. Lundon asked for an adjournment, as he j wanted to get evidence to l show that there was a mistake &# to an alleged sale on May 29. Counsel said his client claimed the right to trial by jury. The application for adjournment was opposed by the police, and some argument took place as to whether accused had the right to have the case taken before a jury. Pending further inquiries the magistrate resolved to treat the case as an - indictable one, and to take the evidence at once. Sub-Inspector Hendrey, in outlining the ;; case, said that for some time the police had : ; kept accused's house i in. * Eden .-, Crescent under observation, ' especially. on Sundays.. At least on one occasion a man went into the house sober and came out drunk;- " 3/ V / ? / A witness named McCarty gave evidence as to procuring liquor and-« paying! for it at' accused's house." " " ' '"' /" Cross-examined by Mr. Lundon,' witness \ said the police had given him the money > to buy the liquor, and hod also paid for board and lodging for him. He was nbt* quitesure whether accused was the man. he gave the money to. ' ' In answer to Sub-Inspector Hendrey,; witness said that "accused had threatened' witness ■ with violence .if; he gave evidence-' in the present case. ;', At this stage the case was adjourned)! " until this morning. . , i*- : _ _ ■ ' INTEMPERANCE. Ralph Snowden, John. Burns, and John* I Elliott, were each fined 5s or 24 hours on, charges of. drunkenness. Four first offenders, similarly charged, were treated in a) like manner. I Louis Eglien was convicted on charges of I drunkenness and using obscene language, f. and was fined £1, in default three days imprisonment, ; . , Fred Watter6trarid, alias Watson, alias Anderson, pleaded guilty to -charges -of being disorderly while drunk and procuring .-. liquor while ! prohibited. ■ A fine of £2 'or seven days was inflicted. > A young man named l James Mangan was charged with being found in the; Alexandra' Hotel during the currency of a prohibition order against him..'' He was convicted -find fined £1 or three days. .* ,