SUPREME COURT SESSIONS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 754, 1 March 1910, Page 7

SUPREME COURT SESSIONS.

FIEST MASTEETON'SITTINGS,

!By Telecraph-Soecial Correspondent.) : Tim fi i : . u . Maste! " ton . Febrnary 28.; ■ A il Slttln s of 'the Supreme Court W'fS^before ipili raently, ho congratulated them upon 4; absence from the district of crime marl parhcularly as the Masterton dXct was an unusually large one. The district hi? a i S ° and it had often been found that, in a growing district where new works were being carried out, a certain class of people were, attracted from outside, and,, as a result, the district showed a bigger proportion of crime than ought rightly to belong to it. This n-as not the case in ■ Masterton, and it ■was very pleasing: that the number of cases before them was so small. The first case taken was that in which Uen Gen and-Wops Gee were charged β-ith that thsy did wilfully set Sre to a shop in Queen Street. Evidence was taken as to the circumstance's, in. connection with tho outlmak of the fire, and the Court adjourned till to-morrow niornin".

HAMILTON CASES.' ■ ■ (By TcJe E raph.-l?rcs9 Association.) ; Hamilton, February 28. At the Supremo Court sittings to-day Earry Sinclair pleaded guilty to clu-gS of theft and breaking, and entering was sentenced to six months' hard a bour on each charge, this to be cumulative on a _ sentence of eighteen ■ months. Which he is now serving. Rudolph Ernest Jvobertstein, convicted of theft nf cattle, was sentenced to two years' hard labour kenred Ernest JDavey, for theft received a sentence of Uclve months' imprisonment. Ina Margaret Kuuciman « acquitted on a charge of concealment of mrth. In this case Hi? original ch'ir",. was murder, but this was reduced by' the Grand Jury. True bills were returned in the cases of John 11 intern Pnull 1 attempted murder, George MalliAson ,a W arson theft,. N amO mi Adele l>ay Peacock alleged arson, -llore Itoro MJ Barlow (Natives), alleged theft of