POLICE COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6654, 20 September 1889, Page 3

POLICE COURT.

; | CHEISTCHTJECH. j ) This Dat. (Before E. Westenra and Fredk. Trent, Esqs.) Larceny. — David Milne (14) pleaded i " (jfuilty" to stealing a martingale, value ss, , the property of 'James Tweedie, near New ; Brighton, on Sept. 5. Inspector Fender ; said that the accused had been arrested by . Constable Walker on a charge of stealing money at Ashburton, and then the martingale had been found in his swag. Accused ■ had been sentenced on the other charge, ! and was to be sent to the Auckland Indus- . trial School, and it was a question ■ whether it was worth while to keep , accused to be tried on this charge, [ as he was already committed on . the other. In answer to the Bench, i accused said be took the martingale to carry , his ewag with. The Bench, after con- , sideration, cautioned him and , discharged i him, bo far as that charge was concerned, JBxtbglabt. — John Jjuke (21), was i charged with breaking into and stealing , from the dwelling of John Smith, at Cashmere, the sum of ■££ 12s 6d, one purse, and [ half a pound of Juno tobacco on Sept. 17. > Accused pleaded " Guilty," and elected • that the case be dealt with cum- I i marUy. Inspector Fender said it was a j [ moat impudent robbery, but as the young , man was not previously known to the i police, they had not made such a strong case of it aa they might otherwise have i done. Accused hud gone into Smith's hut at Cashmere, where he worked as a plough- j [ man, and in broad daylight committed the ' robbery. He afterwards threw the purse j , away, having first torn it up, in a , plantation at the back of informant's ' i place, where it was afterwards fonnd. It i was stated in Court that accused bad been working some months ago, chopping wood, on the Cashmere Estate. luanswer^to the^,

Bench informant said that iv all probability Mi- Bcadell, Manager or' the Cashmere Estate, would refuse to take accused back. Accused, in answer to the Bench, admitted taking the money, but eaid that there were only 2Gs id the purse. He was remanded until Monday, and the Probation OlScer was instructed to report on the case.