POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19416, 26 August 1926, Page 13

POLICE COURT NEWS.

FALSE PRETENCES 'CHARGE; BANDSAW GIVEN AS SirURI'IY. A charge of obtaining £'lo fron'i John Meivyn Bell by faJ.se] y i epmsrrting iit<f a handsaw ■ valued ;il £IOO, Urn property of G. L. Winger, was Lis own projjnrly was preform! against Robert ' Ernest. Str'fl, aged 23,. in jjiio. Police. k|gg tcnlay before Mr. J. W. I'oyoloii, S.M. In a statement i ead by Deltictive-Barl- ~. I •. in.g,- '.-accused, jaidt lie - was? . i jna4t«gcs,.pl,.^ v / Steel Standardised Body, Wort hj, jUtd, ; at Eller.die. u Bell J tad, promised,- .t bo ( business was started sopic mionllw ago, ,ij r \ that a:, u'jii a.i "I lei i mo it'oeivedj Lo , > 1 would form a-company, but this-had not | been d<■ll-'. Some time ago Winger took j'oyev the plant and it was au dV\U)at£ when accused had ".paid bun £1750- 't | would revert to liiiu. '.iJLiell owed £4O ( , in wages, but said be <Jould not pay until . the business began to show ;i, pt<4ii. Ai- . i cum\i then Scrured the £4O ium Bell and '-gave 1 it -;was his property. /;.■ ' ..7. - :Accused: .There was <m bill of hale on. the machinery vviieti T gave: 'Bell the bund-" ' '•'* saw, Chief-JJetcctive Cumnnngs: l'heip was a bill of sale, but-, the company .Ijad not been formed. , ,| , . A remand • was made .nntijt this morning' in order to. bear further, evidence,, bail being allowed at £IOO. 1 The theft of a pair or. tai 'w's shears, . valuer! a* £2, the property j- of Joseph. ! Larritt, was gdmitied by George \'a!en- [ tine Graham, aged 45 (Mr. ,'iullivau). . Chief-Detective ; (J liijin'iingii smld • _ accused "VVis a tailor and went fa r ' -'hop in -ean-h c'<i work. I biting owner's temporary absence he took the I shears and pawned then;. He h;..d been | out- of.,work for sonic tiroo , ; and, had a j • and four •hi Wren to keet. Assistance : ),,,! been given to him by «h Hospital Board, but for some reason ibis had been- 1 ' Mr"' Sullivan said that although,it .was,/ , A4r54 no mitigation of., the offence. fbe man had a< tn.'lb" t"len tm< -heats in order to buy Ld hr hi, family. . , Recused-V.'fts'convii ted and ordfitd to come up for' sentence- d;' tailed upon v.'iihin a year. " . I , , 1 i f 1