THE COURTS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLX, Issue 8166, 18 August 1887, Page 6

THE COURTS.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Wednesday. August 17. (Before Mr H. S. Wardell, R.M.) JUAHCENY. • ' • _ • Fygo Clement, .alias Albert Leip, was charged with the larceny of a ham, valued at 12s, the property of H. H. Tippler, grocer, ‘ lambton-quay. The prosecutor gave evi--denoeto seeing the accused take the ham out of the shop and run away. Witness chased the accused, overtook him, and gave him in charge. The accused said he wasjuaoonsoious -of having committed the offence. His Worship sentenced the accused to two months’imprisonment with hard labor. LAECKSY FKOM THE PER3OJT. Robert Rice was charged with having stolen one £lO anff two £1 not s from the person of William Bassett on Tuesday evening. The complainant stated that he was a contractor, and on Tuesday evening he went into the Albert Hotel. He had then £IS in his possession—one £lO, two £1 notes and a sovereign. When begot inside he saw the accused, and he (witness) asked him to have a drink. Paid for the drinks with the sovereign, which was wrapped up in the notes, and pnt the change in his waistcoat pocket. Accused followed complainant out to the back, and putjhis arms round his waist. When he got back to the parlor he missed the money, and accused Rice of having taken it,; Witness stripped himself in the hotel, and the manager of the place searched him to prove that he had not got the money on Rim, The accused was not searched. By Inspector Browne : There was no one else bnt the accused near him. The accused said he wished to consult a solicitor, and the case fvas allowed tp stand back in order - that he

might consult one. The case was again called on in the afternoon, when Mr Devine appeared for the accused. Two other wit* nesses having been examined, the case was dismissed. ASSAULT UPON A SALVATIONIST.

John Grant, a youth, was charged with having assaulted Joshua Partridge, an officer in the Salvation Army, at the Army Barracks, on Sunday evening last. Mr Skerrett appeared for the prosecutor, and Mr Edwards for the defendant. The complainant gave evidence to the effect that the accused and two other youths were at the Barracks on the night in question while religions service was being conducted. The accused’s two companions sat down when requested, but the! accused]) refused to do so. After being asked several times to sit down or to leave the hall, some of the officers of the Army took hold of the accused and carried him outside. When he was released, he struck the complainant in the face, causing a small wound beside the eye, John McLean, one of the Army officers,. also gave evidence of a corroborative nature. He stated that when the accused was asked to sit down or leave, he threatened to smash the face of one of the officers. Horace Baker deposed that he was a member of the Salvation Army. The accused was present at a meeting of the Army on last Sunday evening. He heard the defendant asked to go out by two men, named Harding and McLean. Defendant objected to go out; and they then came to witness and told him that when the singing com. menced the defendant must be put out. When the singing commenced the defendant was put out, and he afterward returned and struck the plaintiff in the face. By Mr Edwards : Defendant struggled a great deal as he was taken out. He was not laid on the pavement, but was left standing on his feet. Had heard defendant say to plaintiff that he was sorry he had struck him after he had done so. Frederick Harding, an officer in the Salvation Army, said that on the ocoasion in question be had asked the defendant to leave or ait down. The defendant told him to go to h -1. They afterward carried him out, and he returned in a short time and hit the plaintiff in the eye. Immediately afterward defendant took out hia handkerchief and wiped away the blood, and said he was very sorry. Wm, Haddon, a Sergeant in the “Army,” corroborated the evidence of the former witnesses. This con. eluded the case for the prosecution, and at the request of Mr Edwards the case was adjourned till Friday, at 10.30 a.m.