POLICE COURT.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3309, 3 October 1871, Page 3

POLICE COURT.

<r Monday, 2nd Octobbb. (Before J. 0. Crawford, Esq., R.M., and the Bey Mr Te Kooti, Wesleyan Missionary.) MISDBMKANOB OF BANKEDTTCY. Mathias Block, alias Jules Simon, w&3 charged, under the provisions of an Act of | Parliament, 34 Victoria, No. 33, with having [ committed a misdemeanor. Inspector Atcheson, in applying for a reniaud, stated that he had arrested the prisoner I from a description given by the Hobart Town Police Gazette in the following language : — " A native of Aisace, Germany ; spe'uka both Grerman and French, also broken English j ago, 35, but appears very much older ; height six feet ; stout build, about eighteen stone weight, fair complexion, fresh color, hair dark brown and gray j full beard and moustache, both gray ; erect carriage ; has served in the French army ; turns his toes very much outward ; generally dressod in a dark brown or gray suit." Ho hud also receired telegrams from Dunedin and Ohristchureh, one of which stated the amount of prisoner's defalcations to bo £10,000. They also closely described the prisoner, and stated that he had left for Wellington under the name of Jules Simon. He would apply for a remand until Wednesday, when he expected Detective Propsfcing, of the Hobart Town Police, would arrive in the Alhambra with the warrant for the prisoner's apprehension issued by the Hobart; Town bench. The prisoner protested strongly ugainst being detained without the production of a warrant, stating that the polico were entirely mistaken as to his identity. His Worship granted tbe remand. STEALING FOWLS. Two Maori youths were charged with stealing eight fowls, the property of Mr Morgan, a carpenter, residing at the Upper Hutt. The prosecutor deposed that on the 23rd of last month ho missed the fowls described from his fowl-house. Tbe three fowls produced he recognised as his property, although their tails had been cut or plucked to prevent identification. Piture, an old man, said ho know the prisoners, who lived near Ootter'B. On the dato aientioned by the prosecutor ho had a conversation with the prisoners about the fowls at Barton' 3. They gave him to understand that they had stolen the foivls from Morgan's section. He did not ask 'them whore they gob the fowls from j they tqkl-him they were from Morgan's land, and cooked one at his place. Tho rest <hey afterwards sold. Constable Liater said on Thursday last he went to King's, at tho Taita, where ho found Die fowls produced in Court, which Mr Morgan identified as his pvoporty. Some friends of the prisoners offered to pay 20a to stop tho case. Both prisoners declared tho statements of ' Pilero to be false, although noithcr ventured to explain where thoy got tho fowls. Ilia Worship suid Pitero deserved great credit for having come forward to giro his evidence, without which it would havo been impossible to have secured tho onds of justice. The elder of tha two prisoners, who did not bear a very favorable character, was sentenced to one month's hard labor ; tho othor, who was much youngjor and seemed a very inoffensive youth, was sentenced to eeren days' baud labor.