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NZ Truth, Issue 882, 21 October 1922, Page 5

The window of the scullery was thrown open from the bottom and the back door (locked the previous night) was found to be unlocked. Later on he missed a toy elephant and he identified that produced as his because the right tusk was missing and the tail broken. The toy elephant was taken from the mantelpiece m the kitchen.' Daisy Hall identified the toy ele-r phant produced as her property. In addition to the other infirmities already mentioned one of Jthe poor little elephant's eyes was duller than tho other.i >• '' detective Lean said that during the search of accused's premises he found the toy elephant. Accused, m replyto a question, said he thought the elephant had been brought from Wyndham by his wife . some years before. Mrs Bennett, interviewed m the presence of accused, said the elephant had been m the house for some time, but she could not say where it came from. Accused pleaded not guilty, reserved his defence, and was committed for trial on each of the five charges to tho next sitting of the $upreme. Court m Dunodin. Bail, accused m £400 and two sureties of £200 each or one of £400, was allowed- ' ,