SUPREME COURT SESSIONS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1523, 20 August 1912, Page 6

SUPREME COURT SESSIONS.

* « ■ (By Tolejraph.'-Press Association.) ' Auckland, August 19. '• At tho Supremo Court a bursars 1 ' charge was preferred against Paul liUgene ? Scrim. According , to Ins counsel Serin! ' has held positions of trust successfully and was led into tho crimes ho committed by other men. Sea-im was charged with having broken into nnd entered tho warehouse of Claud E. He'inus, in Newmarket and having stolen n key and £i 15s. 9d. in money. Ho was further charged with hnvmg received stolen property, and with having committed wilful damngo to tho oxtent of £5 to tho strongroom of the warehouse. Accused pleaded ■not guilty. In summing up, his Honour ' said that it would not make a great deal i of difference if Serim was guilt} - or not , guilty, ns ho had already pleaded guilty 1 to a series of other torious crimes. The jury returned this evening with a verdict of guilty, sentence being deferred. ! Robert Long was charged with having I stolen £5 10s., and a number of coma from , tho dwelling of .T. J. Pagni and a , quantity of jewellery and .£3 10s. in cash from tho house of Thos. Loiighnam. Ho I was further chnrged that he received a number of stolen articles. Accused pleaded' guilty to the theft charges in regard ' to the house, of Thomas -Loughnam, but not guilty to other charge?. The jury found Ixmg guilty and his Honour reserved sentence until to-morrow. Robin Crago, a youth of seventeen, for 0 sending letters containing demands to J. a J. Craig, a locnl .merchant, was bound f over to keep the peace for twelve months, ) in two sureties of =E25 each. ' Duncdln, August 19. 3 Two divorce cases were down for trial 1 this mnrning. In Fraser v. VYasor, lius--5 band's petition, on the ground of ivifcon-. ' duct, petitioner's eounwl asked that tho ' ciiso should sliind down (t> give the r*li--1 tioni'r Hmo to consider whether a claim should be made for damages ogainst the ' 1 co-respondent. Tho Judge allowed till ,' Wednesday. In the other care, Simmons v. Simmons, husband's petition, on tho j ground of desertion, tho Judge discovered, on perusing the papere, that tho respon- ' dent, who is now in Invcrcargill, had 1 been served with tho citation on July 31, and as twenty-eight days woro allowed in. s which to answer, tho trial was brought on o prematurely. He ordered tho easo to >• stand over till a Judgo returns from In. vercargilU . ■