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MELBOURNE GENERAL SESSIONS.
1 The «tilrigs of the Melbourne General Sessions 'were continued yestcrdaj, in the Criminal Court,
befoa Judt,c Moule i
l\rclny AND ni-CFIVING I
Reginald Stanley fcmith wau presented for the larceny ns a lillee of % quant it \ of iron the pro pert} of Messrs. Johnson, Clapham ind Morns, Llizaheth street, and John liodda was chaigcd uah having rticclvcd it Both accuetd pleaded not guilt} Mr Lowe (instructed by Messrs becomb und Woodfull) appeared for otu it li, and Mr Barnett
for It odd j
The case for the Crown against Smith was that he Utd had a quantity of {.-lit ml nd and other iron cntrui-tcd to hint by Messrs îohuson Clapham and Morris, und that lie lind appropmtul the goods to hit own use Hie wc ngauibt ltoddi was that he had been privy to the steiling by Smith, and had dispoHd of the goods tu 1 bomas Mitchell, 160 to 362 Lonsdale 4reef, the purchasu Im ing made through the «¡ccatiry of the firm, Ufred Kirkham The Crown, alleged thit in October Smith went to Messrs Joluifou, (.lapham, and Morris and stated that he was opening i free, store in Latrobe street Smith was entrusted by that finn with 765 cm605 of iron It vus nlUgul that Sim til, at the suggestion of Hod da who had nd
vised him to open a free store, had allowed the
latter to take iron out of the um.-, -which were at tho store \t an inter*low whirl» tht dot«, the« subsequently had with *>mlth the latter said
-' Rodda lias got mc into this trouble. He told mc that he could cell the iron, and I allowed him to pcmiade me to take it '
Smith, who made n statement to the jury, said that when the first two lots of iron vere nmo\cd from the store he was absent from Melbourne having left his budines ti in charge of Rodda Two dojs after hi' second absence he found that portion of the iron in his care had disappeared and he had reported to the Criminal Investigation de part in en t that iron liad bct.n stolen On December 10 the day when the third lot of iron wai taken from the store, Roddi had suggested .hut he «hould be allowed to take the lion and tell it, saving that the money when received could be credited to Johnson, (.laphim and Morris, who would gi\e commtalon on the sale Rodda had persuaded him that this was ii customary mode of procedure with ret,ird to good-* m free stores, and without guilt} intent he had permitted the. iron to leave the store. .So mono} for its. eak liad reached
his hands
Rodda Mid that he had no knowledge that the iron was stolen lie had been appioached bj Smith, who told him that he had Eomc iron to dispose of and he (Rodda) merci) acted us a
commis'don agent
The jury found that the charges against both mm wert proved, adding a recommendation for mcrcv in the c-ul of fcmitli whom they believed had been influenced by Rodda, who was gi eat!)
his semor
Judge Moule «aid that he would abstain .from passing sentence on Smith who would be released on a bond of ¿.200 to be of good behaviour for three years. There was a furthei proviso that am lo«s suffered bj Messrs Johnson Clapham, and Morris should be made up b\ ^mith within twelve months Ihc bond waa entered into, and bmitli was discharged from tusto-di
Rodda was remanded for entencc
PLEVDF» GULT\
M alter 1 raser, who was charged with having embodied certain monuvs the propeity of his em plover, Mp*. Murgiret Guest nt Mind or, pleaded tuiltv Judge Moule susi ended the passing of sentence on 1* ruser on the latter entenng into a lund to be of good behaviour for three vtars and to refund £o2 to Mrs Gutat at the ral., of £2 u month Tht. bond was entered into, and Trafcr was di charged front' custody
hdvviird ¿mot Dver pleaded guiltv to three counts of Ftcaling leiten», the property of tie Postmahtci General mid was teniandcd fat sen
tence
I rcderÎLk .Thomas ( rooke a temporarv portal nsaisUnt pie «led guilt} to i thirgc of having in Mardi 1015 stolen u parrel valued at 10/D the property ot tht Postmabter General
l-vidcncL was called on belult of Crooke to show that he had prcvluUhh borne nn excellent charactei Utcr (onsidcrlng the co-'e ludge Moule sentenced him to 12 months impriwnnicnt, the sentence to be suspended on his tiitennf, into a bond to be of good bein.lour and to ib tain from alcoholic liquor for two viar« Tie bond was cn tered into, and Crooke was di-charted from
custodv
"\OT ouir/!\
\h karn a Chinese was prenait id on j count of having on December o at Kia wounded Hugo Muller with intent to do grievous bodily harm, or, alternately with unlawful!} wounding
Mr Brvant (instructed bv Mi N Soncnbrrg) ap pcjired for Ah Kain, who pleaded not guiltv
Die eise for the Crown was that on the dav named Muller, in tom pan j with a friend named Hudson, went to the tarden of Ah Kim to obtain apples Mi Kain was nuable to supply thuu and when leaving Itudion picked up j Chine«, hat be longing to Mi Kum and aftci spinning it round threw it on the ground He then followed Muller who lind priccded bim and when in the street Muller was struck in tin head bv a number of pel
lets from a tun, alleged to have been flred bv _h
Karn
Mi him, on nail), said that Muller ind Hudson bad comp to his hut on GhnMmi» IMv to hin apples \\ hen they could not obtaiu them Hudson bad entered his hut and taken a hit from the wall After btnking him with it, Hud_ou had put it under his coat and had run away He (Ah Karn) had snatüiof* up * io gun which was hing in the lint intending to frighten Hudson He slipped and the sun went off shooting Muller He ( \h Ham) had not been lunn tint tlu gun \v_is loided
Flu ¡my returned a verdict of not guilt} on both counts, and Ah twin ivas dist hi rg cd from cus tody,___.__._, .... , -_