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It.f(the linsteao court.(From our Coriespondent).Llnstead, December 27.—There was a short sitting of the Resident Magistrate’s Court here on Wednesday last. His Honour Mr. J. V. Leach presided, and the prosecution for the Crown was conducted bv Mr. John Verity, Deputy Clerk of the , t ourts. The following cases were among | .those disposed of:— 1I riah Townsend, a little boy of about ten years of age, was indicted on a charge of larceny of moneys amounting to 1*1 9s. The youthful offender who hails from tlie parish of Clarendon, stole the amount from a man in the district of Klversdale and was spending freely when he was caught and arrested.He was sentenced to receive six strokes of the tamarind switch.lt;lt; ii Stewart pleaded guilty to a charge hi being in unlawful possession of a quantity of yams; he had a record of fourteen previous convictions, and the sentence of the court was six months' Imprisonment hard labour, and one year’s police supervision.Theophilus Brooks. Henry Plunkett and Alexander Kurd were charged with the , larnnv of a three quarter bag of coffee!' valued at £9, the property of Robert March. Mr. H. W. W. Dayes represented Brooks, while the other two appeared ontheir own behalf. The evidence for the prosecution went to show that the accused. Ford, was accosted while engagedin selling the bag of coffee, which wasprivately marked by one of Mr. March’s i clerks. Ford ran away but was caught, i and then told the detective that the coffee | was given to him by Plunkett to soil Plunkett was arrested and h»» said he got the coffee from Brooks, who was employed as storeman to Mr. March. Brooks • was also arrested; he, however, denied having any knowledge of the matter.IPs Honour said it was quite clear that Brooks was at the bottom of the wholee i r, as he took Plunkett as an accomplice to steal from his employer. But, umortunately, he could not convict him on the uncorroborated testimony of Plunkett Brooks was accordingly discharged. Ford was given the benefit of a doubt which arose in His Honour s mind.#,No receiver, no thief,” said His Honour to Plunkett, whom he found guilty , and sentenced to be imprisoned and kept !b i d labour for three months in the j 8t. Catherine District Prison. iA few prisoners who pleaded guilty to different charges were granted free par- * don, while others were given one month’s 1imprisonment and some bound over. *The Petty Sessions Court was presided | over by Mr. Nicholas Gyles, JP. The; list was a very short one and was j quickly got through. i
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Kingston Daily Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Mon, Dec 29, 1919
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