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Chinese ShopkeeperFined for SellingSugarAbove Legal Price.(From our Correspondent.)Linstoad, August 30. Sitting in the Resident Magistrate's Court here yesterday, His Honour Mr. J. V. Lvach, dUpqncd of the following cri-minal cases:John Scott was arraigned on a barge of larceny of one T/im* shirt, one blue tweed trousers, one brown jalt; ket, one tell hat, two nock ties and four studs of tlie value of is, the property of William Forrest, was also charged with n reivingI‘other c asks at ijxstkad.(From our (Correspondent.)Linstead, Aug. 31. In the Kesident Magistrate’s Court here on Wednesday last, before His Honour I Mr J. V. Leach. Jonathan Lee was, charged with vagrancy habitually j abstaining from labourDetective Watson told the Court ,lt;)clIJI »v ll.lt;» « I » r - * l w • 1 i WOT*that the accused, a juvenile offender, 1 * Jllhif ;lt;* i♦ it)said goods well have been stolen guilty.K v idence wagknow mg t hem He ,'leadedHeuTetonottaken andI■itins frost) , two tin* biscuits.cigarettestheaccused wa» found guilty, and as the police had nothing to say against hiui, he was given a month with hard labour.The next case called on for hearing warf that of Rex. vs Isaac Tripp, who was arraigned on a charge ot shopbreaking and larceny of three tins of trosh herrings, two salmon, two packs matches condensed milk, 2 pack lt;I bar soap, 1 box Rosebudand three tins sardines valued at 15/ i In* property of Frederick A. Anderson, he pleaded guilty to the charge.I he tads briefly are: Last Wednesday, aVused was tfeen moving sus piciously about In the village of Shady Grove. Corporal Pit tors got to know of this and so he kept a strict watch on his movements. Between half past ten and eleven o'clock at night the corporal saw the accused digging away at the back of Mr. Anderson’s shop. He left for the station, summoned another constable, and returned to the shop; the accused was'then Inside. He came outhilInvvwould not work, but simply went about from day to day, and was mi j dor no control. On the day of his arrest, he was found under the eel-|lar of Mr. Robert March’s wholesale store, with a sharp knife. And thisi r place was entered on more than °n« | s occasion by a small hoy. by cutting a hole through the flooring.Ilis Honour adjudged the accused to be thirteen years of age and or derod that he he sent to the Boys’ Industrial School at Sony Hill, then to remain till he attains the age oi sixteen.James Brown, an able bodied young man. was arraigned oil asimilar charge.He was found guilty and sentencedto two months’ imprisonment.His Honour also disposed of sunn Petty Sessions cases.Dianah CTossby was charged with assaulting a child under the age of]fourteen.She was ordered to pay a line ot||t2 1 , and costs X tf. or one month*imprisonment. t \Nathaniel Campbell was chargedwith the larceny of a cutlass valued 2 ti, the property of Charles Samu jkti.1 ! it \ iii iwIIII!els.Ihrlt;■biiHe pleaded guilty and was sentenced to ninety days’ imprisonment He was alap sentenced to undergo an e«iual term of Imprisonment on a similar charge. Zenus Lee lining the complainant, the sentences torun concurrently •The accused had a record of six {\previous convictions.tl
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Kingston Daily Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Sat, Sep 01, 1917
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