SUPREME COURT.- CRIMINAL SITTINGS.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 169, 5 October 1877, Page 6

SUPREME COURT.- CRIMINAL SITTIN GS.

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James M'Gregor Weir, for havingforgecl aiid uttered a cer tiiiii cheque at Port Chalmers," was 1 sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. •'*'■'

•'Cornelius Donoghue was ' indicted foi having-, on .the Bth. August, of -. the* present year,, feloniously, stolen from John Aitkeh, at the Kensington ,' Hotel, a purse and.- Ll3.Verdict, guilty./ Sentence,* twelve mont Ha.'.' imprisonment, with hard labour. /; ■Thomas Langstoh* -was 'charged with •having j at Port Chalmers; attempted to kill 'and murder himself. The prisoner pleaded guilty,- and. the*, sentence*, of.* the Court was, that the prisoner should be. liberated on entering intd his own recognisance to keep'the peace towards all Her 'Majesty's- subjects' for the ; period' ' of six months.* - *•■'■ - * •-.- ' . •-.**. ' '

•Stewart Newton, a young lad, was indicted, 'for haying, on September 13, at Dunedin, .unlawfully a-ncl* maliciously wounded one Valentine Morton. There was a . second count, charging the prisoner with having inflicted gre vious bodily harm.. Verdict, guilty, with strong recommendation to mercy. Sentence— -Boy dischai-ged, upOn his mother entering into her recognizance on his behalf that he would* come up for sentence when called upon if he did. not behave himself: amount of bond, ,L 50.-- . . .

John ■ Medlin was indicted for having, at Cromwell, on September 11, of the present year, feloniously broken into the shop of John Perriam, situated near Cromwell, and with having stolen' various articles of clothing and other goods. Prisoner was acquitted.' ■