His Honor said it appeared from the receipts that £\- Avas paid on the 23rd January, and the balance of £3 9s fid was also paid on the same date. If all this Avere true, 31 r Coates Avould he called on to explain his absence. His Honor agreed to adjourn the case until Thursday morning. The Prisoner: Will I know if 3lr Coates is here ? His Honor: You need not expect him, apparently. The prisoner was then removed. STEALING A WATCH. Edward Driver, a young man, pleaded not guilty to charges, first, of stealing a silver watch from George Rutherford on the 12th December last, and. second, Avith receiving the watch knowing it to he stolen. 3lr Jellicoe defended the prisoner. Mr C. Plimmer Avas foreman of the jury. The accused and prosecutor, it appeared, had stayed at the same hoarding-house at Masterton. On the date in question Rutherford Avent to sleep in the garden outside the house, and next morning he missed his Avatch. About ten days after the Avatch avus found on the prisoner.
The accused, in defence, said that lie had lent the prosecutor about 30s at various times, and the Avatch was given him as

security. The jury retired at (5.10 p.m. They were sent for at 7 o’clock by His Honor, and the foreman, in answer to His Honor, said they had not yet agreed upon their verdict. The jury retired again, and returned at 9 p.m.
The foreman informed His Honor that there was no probability of the jury agree ing.
His Honor ordered that the jury should Ixi made as comfortable as possible, and the jury was then locked up fov the night. The Court adjourned at 9.8 p.m. until 10 next morning.
