MAGISTERIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12896, 6 February 1906, Page 7

MAGISTERIAL.

TIMARU—MONDAY, FEBRUARY sth.

(Before Mr -C. A. Wray, S.M.)

Tftfe' BiEER DUTY ACT. '\ . Hi Lee, proprietor,^.of : ...the,.., lemukai: JBrewery, was chaigeil' of beer .fr,om .his brewery, without iavifig IMs 'iaarie'isKorm' . the prcmac>ns" : df the "Beer • Thity : Acfc-i; 1885';" section' 38:' : ; Mr C." ? Si' Nixoia, Col i; lector, of. .Oactoms at Timaru, prosecuted,-, and siatetl the case. The ; deferiflarit Kad' far; as he knew; previously iii--fringeid the'iAct Defendant admitted the offence, and! pleaded; ,tljat' it was comniiffed through in--x adWfttece.? 'H& wished t6' 'an "or?ier im-; Siid.had to. borrowthe cask In question. He omitted to see,"that his -•employees had painted his namfe- ©nrifc, and' it- was overlooked. r ' His 'Worship -said '.the story was . quite' reasonable, ' and he '"believed - it: ' Defendimt; would suffer only a nominal : r penalty. A' ■fine of 10s, carrying cost- 5 !, was imposed. BREAKING AND .. Albert Parker: and William Dorreen were; •charged oir'remand with b'realving :: arid eaitering' the dwelling of ; 'Albert- Vincent, Adair, and stealing .bed '• clothes. valued., at "10s. Mr "Raymond" defended*" Parker. and Doreen was undefended. Sergeant Joimson<3iaving stated the ; facts of the case/ caled: Albert yincent, contractor, of Timaru/ who stated that he had a fartii at Adair. He ■was jiway ! fa^ •to; ."January 30th, 'having lioclted'the securely when he <ieft it.' r When he went back, he found the ddbr and windows ope!;, and articles shifted. "The blankets, quilts and rug..produced- were missing, and v.%r£ his property. ' """ Detective Fitzgerald -stated-" fiat he ai«> Constable- Lewin arrested, tin another charge, fuid-' formd- th'e> : ;uti-2i?s i reduced .in -tihear'-possession; : Theyme»- last ■witness on their'"Tray* to the policeft and on his complaining thati "his hcu.'e had been, entered, "showed Kim the articles produced, -and he identified them .as his. Accused admitted the burglary when, ciarged ■with it. .. ~1.-. .v.-.-.. Mr -Raymond deferred his deface i* T l the other charges were heard. The . same accused were further-. charged, with breaking anl entering -'lw -v'jbossß of Leonard iTrost, of, Lisn<ere,.-, ne*? - MJ-hur-ton, aid stealing clotiiinc value*! at ilo, belonging to. Leonard Frost-; and Roderick Boon. '.

Leonard . Frost, contractor, stated that the dwelling was entered during his absence on January 20th. Everything was tr rred . upside down, and a. Chesterfield coat, trcusers, waistcoat, gloves, braces and < ther things were, .missing. The articles produced'were ' ' Accused liprreeri: was. here caused - to show the braces, .was - wearing, • and witness identified them' as his' also. '■ Roderick' Boon, employed by last witness, said he lived in a hut apart, but kept his belpngings in last' witness's house. Missed a;;pair"of trousers,■ " and braces. . c . . ' Investigation here -showed' Dbrreen w®;-.wearing witness's bpots, and Pai-ker his braces. |'?s. Detective v Fitzgerald ..evidence similar to his previous statement. Accused were wearing., some of theyistolen articles ; and admitted their crime. ;y , : . Accused'were: then charged with breaking and entering . the.- thouse of Henry Chivsrs. Beaconsfield, and . stealing 5s in cash. • '

Her;i--.- Cliivers, storekeeper, said.-he left his"'ho':.«£ on. Jiuauary 30th, and! was away all The ho-ase was locked, but when he- le.-.urned- lie found it had been broken into. A child's, money-bos: .had been opened, and emptied. It had about 5s in it. Accused subsequently came to the store and spent 4s.

T, Simpson, storekeeper, of Gleniti, said that accused bought a billy from Mm on January 31st, for Is, and aiso asked for ■silver for 5s ■worth of coppers. They told him that last "witness bad given them the coppers in change. Gave tliem the silver. H. Chi vers, recalled, denied giving accused more than six coppers in change. •Constable Lewin stated that when arrested, Parker had 3s 9d and Doreen 4s 3d. They admitted having stolen it, and some towels and socks from Mr Chivers's honse.

This was all the evidence. Accused pleaded guilty to all the charges, and they were committed for sentence at the Supreme Court sitting today. ■