Sentence on Sikh Watchman:
Ingenious Defence: Made a "Mistake"
Although he insisted that accuser, a Chinese cashier, had] committed.the larceny of a piece of cloth valued at $10.50 with which he'was charged, Bhag Singh, watch. man employed' by Messrs. - White away & Laidlaw, was sentenced b7 Mr. G. W. King at H. M. Police Court on Monday to a month's im-Prisonment with hard labour.
The Chinese cashier stated that as he was leaving the Whiteaway building at 2 o'clock on Saturday, just as the watchman was going! out, he noticed something under the Sikh's overcoat,—Witness _opened the man's overcoat and the cloth!
Produced dropped out. He took the! watchman to Mr. Hill, and on th way accused begged him not to teke him into the office.
In answer to Mr. L. K, Kentwell (defending) witness said the watch. man tried to prevent him from opening the coat. When taken be-
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