SUPREME COURT.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11504, 10 February 1903, Page 6

SUPREME COURT.

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The criminal sessions Court opened yesterday before- hii: ri»eßSl Mr Justice Denniston. ■•■' .. : ' : - : -V>-'- 3 : ; ' THE GRAND JCRV.- ; ;''^--I^S The following Jury A. Apjjkby M. Mobneaux. O. Dees, W. TonkVT' LKp-fl Cowlkflwiw, H. E. England, J. Wβ''!?! , ?! J. Marshall, A. L. J«4k J. J*lwa«k. W. M. Ollivier, A. R^L^? tm 1.1. Gardiner. W. xi. Ckrk. K. AsoSTIH 1 Wood, J. W. Wright., J. W. Bat«7W D* i'l Lawrence, and J. Longman. •* F'^f-l HIS HONOURS CHARGE. M In his charge to tfo> Grand 1 Honour said that the calendar was & ioaZ " : $3 what lengthy one, but on the whole could not be said that any of the were of a very serious character, and &bi£M mderafaon of the cases -would not rire tha fr %M jury mtidh troobk. His Honour then-x£*W femd briefly to «wh cose on the list f'iifl THEFT OF A HORSE. , ■■* 1 j| William Muuphy, who hod, in the Court, pleaded "Guilty" toe char» tf*sji stealing a fcorea, appealed for eeoteno*. ?^ The report of the Probation Officer was favourable. H£m Hie Honour, said that he wrraH grant accused probation for six montthe, on ofa.£SsJ ditiion tihat £7 were paid as rerttetJw.sM He trusted that the accused would for, tlie future abstain from liquor, which appeewd*" ; %$ to have been the cause of tie trouble. ■ ■ r■■ vfjvfj| ■ (Mr RusseH appeared for the accused. H[ss BREAKING, ENTERING, AND THEpIS William Oolnnan pleaded "Guilty? , - to- ! three charges of stealing bicycke, to a further <&argo of breaking into -an4 ; -'KIS entering the dwellmg-hbuee of Gilbert Hm-f%§ dereon, nit Halkett, and eteeting »rWe« T to''-ftsi the value of JD7 10s. T "^ His Honour etated he had previously mo! tenced the accused to six moathe* ment at Tiinaru. The accused apparently %#| m»<fe up bie mini to adopt * crkaiSi career. He vrwM sentence aocueed 'toj-v?i| eighteen months'. iojiprieonment lor oflfenoe, vue terms to be ooncurreoU ■-:• ■■. ']$M ASSAUW A2H) ROBBERY. '.•" ;, ; fpp James Kerr and'Artliur Torr pleaded fill j "Guilty" 4o oußaufiting Francis Wall vacant section -off Manchester etwrt/ February 6th, and rdbbing him of 14fc/-v|^| Several previous convictions had --tftji {|§f r recorded againet Kerr. . ". ', : i Kerr traa eentenced to twelve tnontiht£'fls| imprißomnwnrt-, and Torr to tiiKe-niootiii'.^Ml THEFT OF A BICYCajE.,/IjitS Duncan Graham Campbell wai indiotid?®! for having on August 15th, 1901, at church, etol»n a bicycle, valued at the property of William Hodgson. " H»a*3| pleaded "Guilty" to the indictment. 'J.f'M^ Mr Donnelly, who appeared for the" : ii^i m(m ■ ciised, etated that the young man was eighteen years of age, and was an of the Buniham School. He lmd alreadWv ■ I been nearly three months in gaol , ; trial. He was in the Lunatic Asylum - * S'fl Sunnyeide for some time in 1908. . fflM Hie Honour sentenced the accused tl '|;'^| three months' imprisonment. '..'. : ' '•VS "^^ ALLEGED' HOUSEBREAKINai '?$ ||S Michael Burns pleaded *'Noi a charge of having, on Novembei 1 last,-broken into and entered the houee of Frank William night, with intent to commit a'crime t£e^f|'||| Mr Byrne appeal for>thea«iu#ed. From the evidence- led for ■ th*' cution, it .appeared that abOTt" two on the morning of r NoTember;23rd, Mr and ftirs ; James Anderson, * wl«j lodging in, a boarding-nouee"kept-by*'«u?l^m ' Brightling, heard a shuffling in and on invMtig»ting ; doßcwei^; lyins dowri on the, floxir with nor boote on. . Upon 4>eing:"queJrtioiied ? the.man eaid that he'had ma4e in the room. Hβ then went - and got; away through the Both Mr 1 and Mrs Anderson idlegedytl^Ms ' the. accused' was 'the j|J« .Mr Stringer, the Crown Prosecutor, plained to the jury-that practically, question they had to consider-waa they were satisfied as to \ the : the' 'accused with the :man,f6untf : ii^W{i-;^ Fof the , Lancelot' in the company of the in question/up t<> one «'clock»t^.,M^|^B . morning,-".' Wten lie left; the "accused --'w(u: v dresa^d;' : iu : :'black : '. l with a black swurf I -he : i ■;' The jury , tfplired I fiVe:V' : At ; Wenty'^ve'^uief^;ig^»ly^^ . returned.;with;;a%rdlct'of :?Mssjfa&sfem 1 " ■ ' John • Hackett- was indktM : Jcr^Uij^<«^^ '/December "26th,.Kat, .ChrWcha^&Kf^Hiraffl ' break and enter the chop" of intent-to commit;a^o^^: ; • Tlie 'accused,; who •'"*«•■< undeftnded.^^ffi^H ' Nol' : GoUty^:W^ ; It • appeawd-. that one k& ■•:tha.' T emptejji#Sß of Laagdown and wa* vpassing the: shop "with: :tw&' about ■ 9 o'cFpckf on tfie her 26th, when he that 1 the" .wat, partly ■';op : en;'''-;>&rcha«t^V««|ej*||^^^ ' *hop =.. to ; «ee ■ 'WiuiJ met the accused coniini out from thtfdirws^^W tion of the- 'W'"* o^ wae .'all^ : righV , poet into, : the .•street.,";'' Tfae.; ; .eter,' were rtnt' : fo^{»^4h* ; in.- charge. ;^An v was made, and it thur Monnd • ; -hole''.in , -a; piece'-'-'of formed part of the dooi£ }k»& Marged, .■ w- ■ ihab 1 «n ; through. The rilp ttMf *&& ioot emit,-, v'tof •^': i «he«;*rr: > »N^^B •■ '"'lTie ac«mdr-w1»». : . , and give evidence, eUted that fae W to the chop to buy come saveloye;': ;: about to entet the-door, which when he :ceived a blojrinvthe eye.>■;■;. i'? ;i;^%^^M The jury retired iijb five and twenty minuia/later-\return«l| a verdict of ' *'Gnifty. , ';:' : '■'^■''■ : fMjs§M His Honour, taking ■tote l "■ ißolu "f* r tS the fact that the ilaa.vliad■- a « ee two months in gaol awaiting triaL a nentence of four inon«w',impr^onin«pt.^^ The Court then adjourned tfIIJU) o this morning. •''•.--• •'.''■'■> ';"'/ •'.-'•'■.• ~,■■.'■■■ : '^^Ha ■ • ■ ■ (nutee - - ■• '. -KAHp*' v -Fe!>^K^g^H ' aW Supreme fore" Mr Justice. oompriised. iwne charge? again* son», Che ntoet 'F; Jloore and Maiy. charged -with jnunfcr at MagUl, arraigned on two charge* wae%und -'Ufot guaty" on the' sanHy.-xund erifered to fee*^ t t il the pleaeure of the OoJonMMihalca Poones for the -t&efit ;rf received &wo yeara' iaaprisonmen*. ■ ' ■ ' ' • AUCKLAND, The Criminal eessione of Court commenoed this morning. „ Tn» said the cases set down for numerous, eepecittUy • when it : tr**^ sidered that a number of oeeai had b**2|i§|j| posed of through'pleas of guilty entered in'the lower Court. -■V < *^ < *jHs|rara cases were eimple, but • even *. grave character, though happily volving loss of iuman life. A fefttore of the calendar wae <li»,gi»w>|ffl ber «f charges of en indeoent Hw Honour concluded tie <VW'£*smm characterising the latter part dar an "a chapter of horror*." th» afternoon declared, '"with : ' eo^e "?™».§« akin to despair, that young : 'SWU day instead of working '*■,-*?£ 2^3 had done, preferred to e*** l -; ■ "^X^ ~^':pf| prisoners before him to-day we»;y«»tn«. •; :; f ;i^^