POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14402, 22 June 1910, Page 5

POLICE COURT NEWS.

CHARGES OF THEFT. ACCUSED COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. At the Police Court, before Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., yesterday, Miles Henry Sinnett and William James Barker, alias Morris, alias Harris, alias Sanderson, were charged with stealing from the dwelling of Mrs. Langford one gold watch, value £7, and one overcoat, value 37s 6d, the property of Allison Halliwell. /The complainant stated that in May last h.i .was staying at Mrs. Langford's boardinghouse, in Vincent-street. On May 26 he left the house in the morning, and left his overcoat hanging behind the door in his bedroom, and the watch was hanging on the wall. When he returned in the middle of the day the coat. and watch were missing. His bedroom was in the front part of the house, and could easily be got at by the front -door of the house. Evidence was called as to the sale of the overcoat by Parker to a second-hand dealer in Grey-street. • Both accused pleaded not guilty to the charge, and stoutly maintained that they were perfect strangers to each other. They were both committed for .trial. Parker was further charged with stealing from the Waratah boardinghoute a pair of trousers, value £1 10s, the ' property of John Griffin, on May 28, and also with stealing a brief bag, value 20s, on or about May 27, the property of some person or persons unknown. Evidence was given as to the trousers being missed. They were subsequently recovered at a second-hand dealer's shop, where accused had pawned them under an assumed name. ' The brief bug had also been pawned by him. -. Accused pleaded not guilty sto the charges, and was committed for trial.

... A SERIES OF - CHARGES. Before Messrs. J. Thornes and ,J. Trevithick, J.P.'s, Arthur Winter Ludgreen, alias Winter, "alias Clarke, was charged on nine informations with a series of thefts and obtaining money by false pretences from Timothy Kenealy. - Chief-Detective Marsack, in outlining the case for the prosecution, said that accused had represented to Mr. Timothy Kenealy, wine and spirit merchant, of Auckland, that he was travelling lor a certain.firm. Business being' somewhat' slack, he asked Mr. Kenealy,to employ him as a.traveller for a day or two. . Mr. Kenealy would not agree to employ accused as a traveller, but ottered to give commission for any orders secured by Ludgreen. It was' alleged that accused had represented that he was agent and collector for Kenealy, and in that capacity had collected various sums of money, amounting to £16 14s 6d, from six hotelkeepers,- which he had not forwarded to complainant. The other charges against accused were those of stealing a case of ; whisky, value £2 Bs, from William Parkinson, at Papakura, and a saddle and bridle, value £4, the property of A. E. Hunt, of Papakura, and also with having obtained £1 10s from the Wife of a hotelkeeper at Onehunga.. ";'..":. i ." • • Accused pleadedjiot guilty to the charges, and was committed to the Supreme; Court for trial. ' ■■ ~ ■; • , . ■.:''

/ ALLEGED BREAKING AND '* • ; ENTERING. /',,.. . . Thomas Goulton, a short, thick-set man, about 26 years of age, who was arrested by Detectives Cox and Sweeney on Monday evening, appeared to answer the charge of breaking and entering the dwelling of W. Astley, at Mount Albert, and stealing a quantity of jewellery, value 4 £16 ,7s 6ti, and the sum of. £3 10s in money, the property of Ellen Aetley, and jewellery to the value. £9, and £1 in money, the property of Adeline Porter., ' On the application of Chief-Detective Marsack, accused was remanded till Friday. ■ . . ,' . TOOK THE WRONG OVERCOAT. i Ralph Bernard Snowden . was charged with stealing a waterproof overcoat, value 27s 6d, the property of John F. Murray. Accused admitted taking the overcoat. He said ho stayed at a boardinghouse :in the city for one night, and left his coat there. On returning later; for the coat he was ,'under the influence of liquor, and took the wrong coat \>y mistake, and pawned it. Evidence was' called to certify as to ; the accused's.. honesty, and the Bench decided that possibly he might have made a mistake, and the case was dismissed, the Bench ' advising the accused to return to his home at Morningside. ' ' THREATENING HIS WIFE. A middle-aged man named Michael Havdn was charged with, using threatening language towards his wife at Davonport •. on Saturday, and she therefore prayed that he might be bound over, to keep the peace. The evidence showed that Mrs. Haydn had obtained a summary separation order from her husband over 12 months ago, and de-, fendant was in the habit of seeking "her out and abasing her. On Saturday last he went to complainant's house 'at Devonport, and threatened to choke her. In answer to the Bench, complainant said that drink was the cause of the accused's behaviour. Accused was bound over in one surety- of £25 to keep the peace for 12 months. ■■,

AFFILIATION CASE. William Henry Fogg was charged that, being the father of an illegitimate ;', child, he failed to provide for its maintenance. Accused was remanded until Friday. Bail was allowed in one surety of £50. DRUNKENNESS. Seven first offenders were charged with drunkenness. Six were fined 6s, or 24 hours, and the other, who did not appear, was ordered to forfeit the amount of his bail (£1). '> , ;