LAW REPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1369, 21 February 1912, Page 3

LAW REPORTS.

SUPI'IiMI: COURT,

CUFiriENT REFORMATIVE CURE,

TlilEU ON TWO FOItGEKS.

licslie Kyiin, convicted uf having forged Mini uttered cheoucH on the Jlauk of New Zealimid nl Diiiiuevirke, nnd Albert Yules, alius T. Ynlci:, convicted nf a. similar oll'ence n! Napier, were Ix-loiii Ml. Justice Sim lor sentence, in the Supreme (Vinrf \c.-lcnl:iy, liyan, who iat present .serving u term of l.ivii years' imprisonment, wns Mvitcncod U> a term of three yeai-s' detention for reformative treatment; Yates was sentenced to <i (erin of detention fur rel'iirinulivn treatment not exceeding three years. Mr. T. Nenvc ap|icarcd for the Crown.

NO TRANSFER. His Honour Mr. Justice Chapman yesterday delivered reserved judgment in tho O'Kourke v. Iknroii Maori Land Board case, in which the plaintiff prayed for a mandamus requiring tho board to consent lo tho transfer of im aero and a qmirlir of land at Otaki, upon which O'Hourke hud paid a deposit of Ml) cash in part puvmont of the purchase monev of .£100(1. The board had-declined to allow the transfer on lite ground that the Nativo owner might spend tho monev imprudeut-

His Honour dismissed the application, holding that O'Jtourkc had not adduced sullicierit reasons or evidence in support of his contention that tho action of the board in refusing confirmation of the transfer had been unwarranted.

Counsel for tho plaintiff was Mr. C. H. Murison, while tbe Jkaroa kind Jloard was represented by Mr. J. W. Salinond. Ihc question of costs was reserved.