He put tha purse into his left-hand pocket, and* threw something over the fence. Witness searched: Mr Wales's garden to sea what the mm had thrown over the fence, and found the marked halfpsnny. Witness gave information to Constable Hastie and two detectives. Mrs Wales deposed to having seen tiiree men stopping in front of her window at the stone wafi. The accused was one. He had a purss in his hand. Constable Has:;e to having ar rested the accused, who was committed for John Kelly was further charged with hav ing on November Ist. stolen from the p?r scn of Harriet Schneider, a puree containing thres sovereigns, two one-pound notes, some silver and coppers, and two first-class rail way passes, to"the value of £S 17s. ili-s Schneider. Jonathan Earnshaw. Wil liam Hatherlv, Mrs Wales, and Constable Hastie repeated the evidence th:y had given in the previous case. 'i.ie Bench dismissed the case, as the evi dence did not connect the accused with the charge. John Kelly was then with_havmg escaped from legal custody on Novcmoer Ist, and evidence baring been heard, was com mitted for trial. Robert Johnson was charged with having stolen from the person of Mrs Frederick Norris a purse and money to the value of £6 ss. Mr Donnelly appeared for the defence. The evidenc? was in the main the same as that given against, Kelly on the same charge. William Hathc-rly distinctly identified the accused as one of the three men he saw di viding money taken from a purse. Mr Donnelly submitted that tliere was no case, and concluded his address by calling Robert Halliburton, who deposed that th 9 accused came to Lyttelton by the Rotoma hana on November Ist. The steamer ar rived about ten o"clock. Accused stayed on the wharf till his luggage was landed, and then went with his daughter to witness's house, where he remained till the 2 (.".-.lock train. Witness was sure tlie was not out of witness's house from his arrival by the Rotomahana til 2 o'clock. To Ser geant Rut ledge: Accused was. he believed, married to witness's daughter. It was be fore eleven that accused and witness got to his house. He had not told anyone that it was half-past twelve. The Bench, after re tiring for deliberation, committed the ac cused for trial. 