At the same Court a boy was charg sith stealing four dollars, the property of Mr. Denham, of 484, Sinza Road. 'The jaintiff said that the boy came to him with an exceptionally good character. For some time past he had been missing small sums of money, and last month a $10 note disappeared. He (witness) did not' say anything about it at the tite, as he had several servants and he wanted to find out which one it was On Thursday witness's wife put $4 under her pillow, intending to pay the gardener in the morning. When she went up to her room it) had disappeared. The accused was the only person who was likely to have gone into the room in the meantime, as it was his duty to turn down the b dit was, quite likely that in doing so he had come across this money. Witness charged the boy next mornin, and although he denied the theft he offered to pay back $15.
Mr. Giles pointed out that there was no direct evidence to convict the boy, and as the prosecutor wished to charge the boy with having taken the $10 note, the Assessor said that it would be best to keep back his wages for last month, and ordered the accused to be detained until the $4 was forthcoming.
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