A houseboy was charged with having stolen from Mr. Whitelaw, of No. 3. West End Lane, one lady's gold neck chain, one silver watch, and one gold fineonez, valued at $132, on the-h inst.
Mr. Whitelaw stated that on the morning of the Sth inst. he rose at 6.45 and looked at che watch, which with the other articles, was then lying on Mrs. Whitelaw's dressing table. At 9a. ut. Mrs. Whitelaw missed the articles, but took no action until witness's return at I. p. m., when he sent for the police. He had reason to suspect the boy rather than the coolie because the former had been gamblim heavily of late.
Detective Macpherson stated that the neck chain was recovered from a first-class native pawnshop, where it had been pledge ed between 9 a.m. and 10 am. on the 9th inst. When the boy was arrested and taken before the pawnbroker the latter re-nas the person who had pawn-gave every assistance in the ease.
The Assessor thought the pawnbroker was rather to blame in accepting so valuable an article from a coolie.
Insp: ctor Bourke pointed out that the suspicions of the pembroker should have been aroused by the value of the goods offered, which were moreover of a foreign pattern.
The Assessor remarked th the pawnbroker had certainly been rather careless, but it seemd that the chin was of Chinese gold, which rather altered the ease, and the Magistrate had sainted out that so-do persons sent. their goods. as not care to yo in per-on. Unler the circumstances the pawnbroker would lose the money be had wivanced on the chain, and the accused would be sen ence tw receive 500 Hows, to be cangued for o-e month, ud to be imprisoned fir one year. The wages sue to him, som+ $8, would be forfeited to Mr. Whitelaw as part compensa tion for the watch and pncenez, which had not been recovered.
Horse-breaking on Szechuen Road. was charged with breaking a Swehuen Road, in contra. tive any, abactd to a evrviage, in whick were several mes. The pony was even-dently not broken, for it was plunging about the road in a most erratic manner, and was quite unmanageable by one wman—in fact there were several men at its head at the ove t me.
Inspector Boke having informed the Court that the prisoner was only ten days before fined $10 for a similar offence on the Range Road, with the same pony, the accused was fined $25.
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