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a]John Jones, better known an DoctorJoUt'B, Wllft brOUght, UJ nil If III 11.1, charged wit It | H.vlia-iu,, icrtaiii articles of jewellery, Knowing llicm to liAve Utii atukni, Contrary to ifSlii Vic!., Ho. 1; Section 43.Jolin Denry Monger, lance corporal of police, being sworn, said.—lt; »a M onlay morning, tin* tfiJnd instant, J went to (lie residence of JoIiii Jones, ior the purpose of cxeiut rig a si'*roll warrant, for the purpose of recovering, if possible, certain articles which hail been reported to have been stolen from Mr. (jco. Wall’s, lie-tore producing the warrant 1 told Jones tiiut I was looking fur certain m ticca ivliiili bad been stolen fr in Mr. Wall’s, and tout if In was in |HiSsession of them, lie bad better deliver tliem up to u.e at owe. lie llieti gave me two chains, two broodies, and a cross (the articles now produced.) lie told me that the)’ wee all; I informed him tliat Micro were other tilings missing, and tbut I would have to search the place. After I had commenced searching, he showed me a cravat, a pon-knilb, a brooch, and a carjenter's pencil, telling me that Im had got them from Mr. Wall's son. 1 then asked him if lie hud any studs, a pch-knife, and aim! her I roo h. Inn die denied having them. I searched, and allerwurils linind these sr-liclcs ; ail ol them buve since been idcnti* ticd bv Miss Wi ll, as her father's p|o|«*r. tv. Wi en I look p sscssion of ibe small knife, 1 naked him where in* go*, it, and he sai l irom one of J'ittn o Ihjis. I then arresto) him, uni brought him to the Station, [ I he aged prisoner, at this stage of the proceedings, sobbed pilcous-l/.J IMelina Wall, being fcworn, saU,—'Tba four lirooclies, cross, two chains, and penknife are my property. I do not mow the real valne of them, as they are all presents. Tuo cravat, pocket-knile, |k*u-cd, and three studs are my father's property. 'l'hey were stolen from my father's house without my knowing it. 1 think the value of them is more than ono pound.JJy the prisoner,—The large chain was gi'on to mo by Mrs. Turner; I have never looked at it from too time it wat given to me. 1 recognise the small chain by its having ono link broken. My brother Thomas gave mo the smull «.-«• when I was nt the IJasroyne The chum has lost its clasp mice I saw it last ; the lasp was on one end. and u midi oh the other. I swear that the sniad chain is my property.Police Constable Co-man. being sworn, said,— Chi hslnrdav, the iOtli Instant,the prisoner, Jolin dimes, offered to nil me the small chain for one ponnd. lie got somo aciil and put it on the cliuiji, and told mo it was good. Since I sit •/ the chain on huiturday morning lie I i.a mended it.Tin* prisoner now seemed very excilcil, ut sfier repented ap|a*al.* from the bench to keep httusrlf ipiiet, he resolved himself into a comparative state of sublime tranquillity.In his defence, the pr'sonor s»id.—The two chains were hroaoht to me by Mr. Wall’a boy ; I saw two small rings attached to lh“ n which belonged to me, and were st.len front niv shop sonie five weeks ago, 1 told the le y to hrim; me some more, and I would pay him something for them, I ean bring rc-pcrtaUe gentlemen to prove that the Inr.o* chain belong* to me.The Bench,—Yon are sentenced to six months' imprisonment.The prisoner,—I wiil go and do it.The Bench recommended the father of the lad. Wall, who la but eight years of age, to severely chastise him, as it was considered he was too young to be dealt with by the Court. With what an amount of low c m.iug and tillniny this child—who can scarcely be said to know better—was persuaded by a man, bordering upon three score and ten years, to rob his own lather's house, it is almost impossible to roncoive, and there can l.c no doubt but tliat parents, whose offspring are exposed to the evils which intercourse with such men as this sre naturally and feasibly the outcome, cannot feel otherwise than relieved by a knowledge of tho fact that their children are no longer in lunger of having their morals and lives tainted by tho hanelnl influences of one so deep in crime. Jones must have been fully aware that this mere child could not nave become p is on eil of atteli valuables as he did by anv Is nest iiieuns, and the paltry trifles which the prisoner acknowledged ho Imd given tho boy in exchange for them, went .a provi his guilt. The prompt action of tho police in this case cannot bo too highly commended, an I we congratulate them upon their speedy and successful efforts to trace the theft up,Laurence McKenna was charged by banco Sergeant I’avnc with stealing from tho persou of Thomas KimHan a purse containing four £1 Union Bank notes, and ffs. in silver. McKenna pleaded guilty,and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at Perth. The purse and money were found by the police, secictcd in a giant* at the rear i f theYork Hotel.WtfHTu.\\ Wt/Alii) tut,, a medicine compi.* sc I ol healing gJm*. legil.J.lc oil,, rare hob aams, nsita, balks, nii'l h**|l*« (found only on Ibe great A't* rirnii (Vui:.. nf), Cl’KKS IlHEUM.VTISM. Linn *u.'o, fpanns. Nnerul-gia, Headache Tooihacho, Chilblains, I, me Heck, Asiatic Cholera, I'nne-sehe, limit, files D.ptueria, Kore Throat. 'Vagi.*, Diatrhiua Hint Hrcasts, Kciulico, .-.pm i. .. da n-, anil all Nervous anil Inflammatory Aches ami fains Hsianlislfd in Australia since I sit I. Patentee unu lt;01*. proprietor, I'nri Weston. Kohl bv all chemists.HifWARi: of fackagi-a of Injiiiioiis i.li.fT pur-porting io u.nke cemio e Hep liillcis; also prcpas-a'inn* ami fluid- stud to c main all ilie I to| * rin* of Hop fit'ii*. Trey spring up on iieeo ial • it t'ei gr. a' popularity ol ibe ginotnu w hich f* only pat pin large-spunf-pariibum-lier-colonrcil bottlx. witii tic name.- Hi. Kotik*,and Hop Him t, blown in Hu gln.*s and is the t-oH family mwiicoie car '■ «lt;f*.IM
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York Eastern Districts Chronicle
York, Western Australia, AU
Mon, Jan 05, 1885
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