SUPREME COURT
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
Ohbistohubch, Jaly 4
The criminal sittings opened to day Mr Justice Johnston congratulated tho Grand Jury upon the lightness of th> calendar, which oontains only ten casep, Eoie presenting remarkable features. G. W. Foster, forgery, 2 years hard Iwbor
Dunedin. July 4 Judge Williams, m charging the Grand Jury, said the calendar was r>eavier than usual. There were as many aa eighteen prisoner*, but the cffenooß, with few ex ceptioDS were of an ordinary kind. There were more off.oces agaius"> the person than were usually he*rd iv the C tago district, bub none of a serious cbaraoter.
At the Supreme Court James H, Wilson, alias Thornton pleaded guilty to forgery and was sentenced to two years. John Edward Taylor, alias Thomson, an old cffonder, pleaded guilty to larceny and received four years
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1600, 4 July 1887, Page 3
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136SUPREME COURT Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1600, 4 July 1887, Page 3
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