(Before R. C. Barstow Esq., I\N.) JUVENILE THIEVES. 'Mong little noisy urchins and the hissing of the geese, And the cackle of the fowls, there is found bnt little peace. Two orphan boys, named Alexander Sidney Tait, and Francis Augustus Tait, were brought up on a charge of stealing, on the 15th inst., six fowls, and two geese value 14s the property of Mr David Cargo' of Fairfield cottage, Ponsonby. Lydia Powers, a washerwoman, of City West, was charged with receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen. Mr J. B. Russell said lie had been re quested to appear for the boys by a number of residents of Ponsonby, as a question of right would be involved in the inquiry. He, would, ask that tlte case be postponed for a short time, which was permitted by the Court. The two boys were recalled, when Mr Russell explained the circumstances; t The boys, who were sons of a fate officer in the Customs, had been employed for some years by Mesrs Campbell, and subsequently by Air Cargo. They had since left Mr Cargo and gone to live with Mrs Powers, whose misfortune was that site had a dis reputable husband, she herself being a most industrious washerwoman. The boys supposed the poultry was then own, and went by night and took the fowls and geese : aud here was the error. He thought if the boys were reprimanded and some steps taken for their protection, it would lie sufficient. Mr Cargo admitted that the boys had an imaginery right to the poultry. He did not wish to press for a conviction. His Worship said under the circumstances it could scarcely amount to larceny. He would order that the younger boy be scut to the Training School for three years. Mr Russell said that Mr Alexander Campbell would care for the elder boy, who was then discharged. Mrs Lydia. Powers was also discharged from custody, and bowed her thankstothe Court.
