SUPREME COURT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2247, 8 October 1889, Page 2

SUPREME COURT

CRIMINAL SKSSIOSS. [Per Press association.] Ohbistohuroh, October 7. ' Judge Dennlaton m obtralng the Grand Ju<*y tha morning made extended reference to the ohanges m the liw of evidence nndo daring Uat seulon by which criminals may bo examined on oath, and wives And husbands give evidenoo for e»oh other. He aUo drew attention to tho dang<rous position In which Judges aro plaoed by Acts coming Into force iho very moment thoy reoatve the Governors assent tt Wellington. .This might Ie d to the most awkward multi, tnd It va» advisable that a certain lapse of Mmc should be allowed s^ that It .night be physically possible fora Jadge to koow tha law he rrna administering. At the bH ting of this Oonrt, before His Honor Jadge Dennlaton, Jtuni Stewart aliois David Grey for forge y (an old < ffender) was eentenced to four years' nenal servitude, and Oharlei Hillary Parker, for a Ilka rff noe to nine months bird labor. Joseph Earnehaw, horae«tenling, nine months hard labor; Mark Biylls, falsa pratenoos (several previous oonvlotbns) two years ; Denis Marphy alias Patrick Shlnr, lrfl otlng grievous bodily harm on a fellow-prleones, six months hard labor ; William fiftlllgan, stealing a cheque (four previous oonvlotlon) five yours peunl eervl'ude; Walter Ullmer, bre»k!ng and interlug (one provionß ooovlotton) two yetrs. Wellington, Ootober 7 D« O. Mooteath, for h jree-areallag. wn sentenced to a year's bard labor ; John Sml hie, alleged altering and uttering an order for payment of money, was flcqullted Iv addition to the casos already mentioned, <he Grand Jury found trno bills against fix Inspector Bqllen, nss«nh and breaking and entering ; Bannlitor, fraudu'ent Issue of Post Offioe money orders. The bill agaloat Goirge Harris at)d Wlremu Hutuna, malici as lnjuy, wits thrown out- Consideration of the Indictment a?a'nst Detective Benjamin for alleged pnjnry wan only half got through, and the Jury adjinrned till to mrrrow. Dunbdxn, Ootober 7 Tboroai Henry Rtobardi pleaded gnlity to having gone out of the Colony, leaving his wife without adequate means of sup port. Accused had eloped to Tasmania with a girl, and aa he Is a master mariner, and If he followed his oocnpatlon the polioo would have difficulty In keeping an oyo upon blm, the Judge put cfjf dealing with the oiae till to-vmorrov. ' WiUpm Robert Walre was sentenced to six months I Imprisonment for larceny from a railway sldlnp, and Samuel Fraser to four yearn for house breaking The oharge of perjury 'gainst George Wallace was only partly heard when tbp Ooort edj urned, After this Is' disposed' of there nre only the oases against ilVangb, late Post Oftioo clerks of Uroeopy. ' f DuNßDiif, October § At the Supreme 0 urt Mary Smith, fig^d 22, who pleaded guilty yoiterday to *t >a}<ng Jewellery from her employer, was ordered to OOCje up f i jf septonoe called on.