MAGISTERIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4864, 1 December 1883, Page 3

M AGISTERIAL.

OHBISTOHUBOH. Tub Dat. (Before B. Westenra and F. J. Kimbell, Esqs., and the alayor of Ohristohurch.) Ailb&bd LABOENr.— Alexander M'Millan was ohargod with having committed larceny at Oamaru. Inspector Fender said that acoused bad been arrested upon receipt of a telegram from Oamaru, stating that a warrant had been issued againßt him. The property alleged to be stolen belonged to a Mr Treloar, of Oamaru, and inoluded a gold ring, a nugget, and some more bulky articles. Detective Weil said that on the arrival of the 2.10 pm. train from Timaru yesterday he saw the aooused and Mrs Treloar get out of the train. The woman stayed behind, while accused went to -the guard's van and gave directions about the removal of the luggage. The acoused told the Bench he had been chief officer of a ship oalled the Gazelle. He nad left the ship and took the train from Oamaru, intending to get an engagement at Lyttelton. He saw Mrs Treloar, and told her he was going to Ohristohuroh; and she said, "I'm going there too, to go into service ;" and accused offered to look after her on the journey. He knew nothing about the luggage he was charged with stealing. Mrs Trelour had simply asked him to " see her up here," and he had done co. It would not be cafe for any man to assist a lady in a railway carriage if he was to be arrested for stealing the luggage he looked after for her. Acoused also asserted that it would be a great hardship if he was sent back to Oamaru. In answer to the Benoh, Inspector Pender said that if the man was proved innooent, no doubt the Oamaru polico wonld give him every assistance to return to Christohuroh. The Bench Baid all they could do was to give the accused the option of remaining in custody in Ohristohuroh till the warrant arrived, or of being sent to Oamaru as soon as possible. The acoußed preferred to remain In Ohristchurch, and applied for bail ; he said to the Benoh, " You must understand me, its more for her sake tnan my own that I wish the bail, as she's got nobody to take care of her." The Bench, after consideration, decided to refuse bail, and remanded the aooused to Monday next. Dbunkbhkhbs.— Annie Moodie, who had been found by Constable Wallace drunk in Madraß street last night, waa fined 5s for this offence. Juvbkilb Offbndbbs.— Samuel Taylor and Arthur Martin, two boys of eight or nine years of age, were oharged with breaking into and stealing about 20s from the United Methodist Sunday schoolroom, St Asaph street. The tw*-fboys, who did not deny the offence, had been brought to the police station by their parents, who had asoertained that their ohildren had becomo possessed of some money, but could not tell uhere they had got it from till they notioed a paragraph in this morning's Times to the effect that the St Asaph street schoolroom had been broken into. Mr Martin said that he had notioed his boy playing near the schoolroom on the previous day, and had found 12s 3d (mostly ooppers) in his pockets; the boy said that Nam Taylor had given him the money. Mr Martin went and saw Mr Taylor, who had also found out that his boy had become rioh all at once, and had two leather purses on him (which he said he had bought), and a Bmall sum in threepenny bits and coppers. the boya told their parents they had found the money in a bag on the Hazeldean road, and that they had thrown the bag on to the railway. Every search and enquiry was made by tho fathers, but no suoh bag oould be found. Who*?, however, their fathers having Been tbe paragraph referred to, the boys were taxed with the offence there mentioned and confessed. Inspector Pender thought it was right for him to say that the fathers deserved oredit for at once taking their children to the police and giviDg information, and the Bench agreed with him. Sergeant Moore, who had made an examination of the schoolroom, eaid one of the panes of glass had been taken out of a window, from whioh the boys could enter, and a cupboard inside, containing the collection boxes, had been broken open and, ao far aB could be judged, about £1 had beon abstracted. The Benoh advised the parents to endeavour to prevent tbeir ohildren from offending again, and ordered that the young culprits should be > whipped by their fathers in tho presenoe of a I constable. '