BREAKING AND ENTERING.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2501, 16 June 1920, Page 6

BREAKING AND ENTERING.

U't I Dl'.N’l LEADS TO DtSt’OVER i . A vouili of unassuming appea.raiue anU \\ nil Ins lell iuilitl in a ha Ullage was charged hemic Missis .J. Hugliow and Is. Westlake. .Id’.'.-., at the Magistrate s Court tins morning with breaking and enuring the lronnion--ei v pi t.niiises el .Mr \\ . M n eh. Mam u i eei*. and stealing thcrelrom a revolver and bU lounds oi cartridges. Hi- name was Hubert Cray Maxtield, 1, years ol age. Constable luirreli, m opening the ease, e-a lll accused was a .arm labotllei . and cm ployed by .Mi Henry at hoiiiui lor tin past two years. William lleiiiy .Much said lie wa.~ at ln> shop on tin- iKitli nit., at Ommutfs to eiglit, and cvi rytiling was intact . I'rom mini ma iiou received at s o'clock tiie next morning lie wait to tin nhop and discovered that a pane nt glss- iiail been e\t nn tod. from a hack window. I la’ opening wa.- lug enough tor a jH-rson to get tlmiiigh. lie exammi'd hi- shop premises and louud that tliey lnui been entered, and a revolver and one packet of earn iilet* were missing Iroin the trout window. He could not say | a! tiie time whet hot a- second packet. | was missing or not. Do close exarninl main, he could not find that any- : tiding else was misr-lllg troll! tile shoo. The revolver (produced) was tin* one missing from tin- shop. Hi- did not know tin aeciisi d. ami had m u-r seen • him m lhe siiop. v'-n -ladle Murrell ilepo-i d IHa L from I inlormalion received yesterday afterj noon that accused laid met with cn | incident at Konini, Constable Gunn (and witness interviewed the accused I where he was employed. lie i-aid to ! tiie accused: "I SUppo-e you know I what I want ?” lie replied “yes.’' jaiai drew the revolver from his coat pocket. lie was then ijuile open . h-iut the matter, and informed \\it-iii-s that lie had shot tiie two boxes ot cartridge- away. Hi* subsequent ly rein;; i ked that lie had bi-cii having a I Iriendly game of cards at the house : where he was employed, and finished j playing about 1 a.m. on tin* morning 10l May ti. He led his employer to j believe lie was going to bed. but in- - re. i d lie got liis bicycle and en.meiulo Hahiatua. Alter lie committed tin* ciTenee he returned to Ins home about I am . A I ter l hen being sa l islied that accused committed the offence in ii i m sel I. witness eha i ge, 1 him, and accused replied “Alright.” Constable Murrell furl her stated that accused had sho' himsclt aee.i(ien ta 11 \ with the revolver. There was a bullet-hole Ihrough the palm "• his hand. Il ‘was this accident which led t.. the discovery of the theft. Accused, who pleaded guilty. was committed to the next sitting of the Wellington Supreme Court for sentence.