finding a stolen cycle constitutes receiving stolen property.

This week he ordered a trial for stealing and receiving stolen property for Andre Kirk Hypolite, who is accused of taking a motorcycle worth $1,500.

Hypolite, 28, of Loyal Hill, Devonshire, is currently on remand for several unrelated criminal charges.

Mr. King -- who is Acting Senior Magistrate while Archibald Warner is reportedly on a course -- set a trial date of August 30 in his court and set bail "for what it's worth'' at $750.

When Hypolite questioned how he could be charged with theft when the charges presented to him were unlawfully obtaining a vehicle, he was given an insight into the law by Mr. King.

"What that means is that the person who got it didn't have a right to it, in law, to give it to you,'' Mr. King said.

"The important thing is that if you didn't steal it, you got it knowing full well that the person unlawfully obtained it.'' Mr. King said "leave that to another place'' when Hypolite said: "What if it is not a person?'' Hypolite is formally charged with stealing a blue Suzuki motorcycle belonging to Vaughn Simmons, or receiving the cycle well knowing that it was stolen or unlawfully obtained.

Once Hypolite denied the charges, Mr. King said: "Right, not guilty to both, so we must have a trial. You know the ropes, Mr. Hypolite.'' GUILTY TO COMMON ASSAULT CTS Guilty to common assault A man was fined $350 yesterday after pleading guilty to common assault and using threatening words.

Cleveland Campbell, 37, of Pearman Hill, Warwick, was charged with assaulting and threatening his boss at the ACE/XL building site on January 14.

At noon that day, Campbell's boss confronted him about his whereabouts and told him that he should work where he was assigned.

A heated argument ensued in which Campbell shoved and threatened his boss.

Campbell told Acting Senior Magistrate Edward King yesterday that he had pushed very hard to get his job but his boss had disliked him since the first day and had hassled him and tried to get rid of him.

Mr. King told him the maximum sentence he could impose was a fine of $2,880 and six months in prison and asked if he should throw the whole book, a paragraph or a line at him.

Campbell asked for leniency and said the incident had occurred "in the heat of the moment'' and he guaranteed that it would never happen again.

Mr. King fined him $350 to pay on or before July 21 or spend 42 days in prison in default.

FINED FOR DRUG EQUIPMENT CTS Fined for drug equipment A Sandys man was fined $300 yesterday after he changed his plea from not guilty to guilty for a charge of possessing illegal drug paraphernalia.

Kawesi Simba Wilson, 24, of Cooks Hill, was arrested on outstanding warrants on December 22 of last year.

Wilson was taken to Somerset Police Station where he was found to be in possession of a home made crack pipe.

Acting Senior Magistrate Edward King noted that the penalty for having drug paraphernalia was bigger than having drugs, the maximum fine being $10,000 and/or five years in prison.

Mr. King fined Wilson $300 to be paid on or before June 30, or spend 42 days default in jail.

TRIAL ADJOURNED AGAIN MUR CTS Trial adjourned again The trial of a Sandys man accused of murdering golf caddie Brian Sherlock six years ago was adjourned again yesterday.

Paco Fubler, 25, of Somerset Road, denies killing Mr. Sherlock on, or about, May 20, 1994.

Legal arguments from Crown counsel Patrick Doherty and Fubler's lawyer Marc Telemaque were expected to finish last night with the trial getting underway this morning.

The jury was sworn in on Tuesday morning before Assistant Justice Charles-Etta Simmons.

POLICE INVESTIGATE THEFTS CRM Police investigate thefts Police are investigating the theft of a handbag from the Craft Market in Dockyard on Tuesday afternoon.

The handbag, which contained cash, credit and bank cards, a cheque book, keys and other personal items, was left underneath a desk at about 3.30 p.m. When the victim returned about an hour later it was gone.

Police are also investigating the theft of a wallet from a Spice Hill Road home earlier this week.

A Police spokesman reported that the male resident woke up at about 4.30 a.m.

and found several signs that someone had been in his house. He called Police and a further search revealed the wallet was missing.