CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
.: r ■ r —*r~ —: —- • (I3y Assboiitlon.) — , ■. . Auckland, Fobruary. 7. i The . criminal 'sessioil of 'thoi -, Supremo I'Court 'opened',-this rnor'uing before Mr. Justice; Cooper.. In ' his charge to ' the Grand' Jury, his.','Hbnour .remarked on' the copiparatively small number .'of cases, but expressed regret that there were no fewer/than ;soveii charges of sexual, offen'six persons,-and said that,the' l-pu/ilshment'.inflicted in' the past-did not seem to deter tho committal of such oi[•fenCeS. -,; '. : ;, 7 .
Christchurch, February 7. .criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court bpSnbd this, morning." EigUc prisoners: appifared for trial and seven - lor sentence. 1 -■- Thomas Brosnahan,;.aged 17, and C. H. -Jeffries, 18, on Six cliprgeS of theft- from chilrches, Were admitted to probation' i'dV thrab'years,: John Spaan. on two charges" .of fofgery, was deplired to be an habjtual criniinal, awl;, sentenced, to .a year's : imprisonment on each charge. li.-J.'.Sheardi: found guilty of attempting to levy black•mail, was fined -"E.' PHeit -was . convicted of theft of letters, ;and admitted to probation for eighteen iiioiitks: and H! Kingan,'for theft, was also allowed probation- for two years.- 'E. 'J. -Heale,: charged' with ' appropriation, of lodge mofley,'was • sentenced-to a yiar's imprisonment.''
.."At • tho Supreins Court to-day Joseph WiJliajps, convicted' of nssbult wjth- inteitt to.'ftb, apd Thomas Yeitch, convicted .of> otealing"44 from the person, were remanded'till to-day fov'eeWeitfw.' :
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 736, 8 February 1910, Page 7
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211CRIMINAL SESSIONS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 736, 8 February 1910, Page 7
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