RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1715, 2 July 1874, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

.._■•''■-;<■■• DAY. w:; ■ ■■ (Before W. Fbaseb, Esq., B.M*} LAECiENtiFKOM '■ A. DWELLING. Ellen Parker.wa« charged with having feloniously Jstoien' and' taken away from Jth^ premises pf John Tiller, of the Old '.House at Home, one purse containing.. 35., sga&i some" other small articles, valued in alt about at I.ls. the property of John Tiller, ' r .'■.?} -xu--P:- -^ "< i : The accused pleaded not guilty, and said-thefpurse krfd money wei*e her property. jThe complainant owed her money and she was determined;.;to, 'have! some? thing. „ , : . , ... , .'.>■'" '.',' "■"■' "I ''■'" ; ' Mr. Bulled on the part of the police, stated jthat; the; accused ;had; denied all knowledge of, the possession of the goods.. M. A. Tiller, sworn,' said—l am the wife of the proprietor of the Old House at Home Hotel, j The accused was employed' by me as charwoman. I recognise the articles: produced. I know the purse by the tear inside it. I saw the turhblerproduced the day before yesterday. The lamp was in the kitchen three fyj» since: I gave Delia Conroy the purse the day before yesterday. There was then 10s. (All witnesses ordered out of the Court.) The money was given to pay house expcnsei." I woke the girl yester~day morning and'asked for the purse. , I gave it her back, it had 3s in it; the purse and 3s are my property. To accused—l told you I would part ■with a bedstead-as I was going into business, and would not want it. You said the price .could be taken 'out of what I owed her. 'lalso said I would i sell you a table. I told youl could not spare you any bedding. With wages and money- lent I owed you £1 15s. * L velia~ Conroy, sworn",; said —I am in the employ of Mrs Tiller I know the accused. Mrs. Tiller gave mo the purse produced. She afterwards-asked me for the purse, as she wanted some money out of-it j there was not-sufficient money in it for the purpose' she wanted, and she gave it me back. When I afterwards ■woke up I found that the purse was gone. ,1 told Mrs Tiller of it. To the accused -I's-.vr the purse in your possession ksst'ui<;b.t. . To-Mr./Bullen, —Mr. Parker resides near the Thames, School. . ■ i

.Detective Brennan, sworn deposed.— In cou sequence of information received, I went to the house of the accused. Mrs Tiller asked the accused where the purso was that was on the mantlepiece. In reply to me the accused said: "I threw the purse away, I would not give Mrs. Tiller the satisfaction of seeing it." The accused denied having possession of other property. She went out of the front door and came in again. I asked her what she had in her pocket.- -She had a purse and 4s 2d in it. . Mrs. Tiller claimed the purse. At.the .police* station I asked her what she.had .about her. when she produced a tumbler, cpncedle'd under her arm.,' Mrs. Tiller claimed (hat also. To the accused-—You . claimed the wholeof the property as your own. , In answer to. the Bench! the. accused said that money was owing her, and she was determined to have something for, it. In answer to the Bench Mr. Bullen stated that he did not know anything of -her previous character.'' She was about three months from Auckland. His Worship, taking into consideration the circumstances of the case, would inflict a mitigated, penal of one''month's imprisonment \nth hard labor, the articles stolen to be given to' Mrs. Tilfor. , 1 The Court adjourned.