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this witness' conduct. I can hardly contain myself. It seems to me as if a tempta tion was held out to these lads.— Mr Dowlan : The police told you tbat these goods wer« stolen. — Witness : Yes. — In spector Mallard : And they were ideniified by the owners?— Witness : Yes.— lnspector Mai lard : And after the police called upon you and told you that these goods were stolen, you re sold that stolen property p— Witness : I did not sell it.— lnspector Mallard : You took money from Mrs Dryden ?— Witness : I did not know any better.— lnspector Mallard : If. I saw my way clearly I should immediately lay an information against you for comp >unding a felony, but I do not see my way clearly at pre sent. —The Bench cousidered the witness' con duct disgraceful, and asked the police to lay an information against him if possible. The sooner he cleared out of the business he was at present engaged in the better for the public Persons like him did more damage than thieves* -Inspector Mallard : I may state that half the thefts in Dunedin just now are committed by boys, and of course, if there was no oppor tunity of disposing of the goods, the thefts would not be committed. — The Bench, in giv ing their decision in the case, said the father® of the boys Bhould have been in attend ance at the Court. Their absence showed a great want of respect to the Court. Their Worships had great difficulty in de termining what to do with the boys. If the fathers were there a guarantee could be got from them that they would punish .their sons. The boys would not be sent to gaol, but be discharged on the understanding that they were punished. , A man named! James Beatron, travelling with the 2.40 train on the 24th fiom Christ church to Lyttelton, jumped off to get bis hat, and fell to the ground with great violence, cutting his head and face. The train stopped, and the man wa3 picked up. On his arrival at Lyttelton he was placed in the custody of the police, and next day was fined LlO, or two months' imprisonment. 