TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
—o— Arrow, April 13. The assiu’t cases of Price v. Brettel and Brettel v. Price on criminal information were heard before his Honor, Judge Harvey on Tuesday last. Price pleaded guilty, and was sentenced on Wednesday to 34 hours imprisonment, dating from the previous day, tantamount to an acquittal. Brettel was discharged, the jury returning a verdict of not guilty. The finding was opposed to evidence, and the Judge admonished the jury for such a finding. Brettel is an old Queenstown resident, and much respected, and the same may be said of Price. Macassey v. M’Morran, Crown Lands' Ban l er, damages I Kit), illegally impounding Cattle i ff Commonage runs—verdict for plain! iff. damages L"0 and L2O costs -no Act or Ordinance existing empowering any person to impound ca’tle off Commonages.
Dunedin, April 13. The Superintendent in a long letter to Sir Julius Vogel fieefines to give any assistance to Commissioners appointed by General Government to eo’loct information. Arthur Robert Moule charged as an accessory to forgery of a Deed relating to land in Victoria, remanded—hail refused. The steamer Iron Age, in launching, got fixed on tho railway line, Port Chalmers trail delayed whilst detour of line was laid to allow trains to pass—-sho was got into the water last night. The Waste Lands Board refused Banks and Hanson’s application to lease Roy’s Island, Wanaka 1 ake ; also, D. 11. Mervyn’s 200 acres, Teviot, land set apart for agricultural purposes. The Colima will be docked at Port Chalmers after discharging her coals. Clntha Races—Darkie won the Maiden Plato- Clutha Handicap, KingPhillip, 1 ; Glengarry, 2 ; Sir William, 3. Hack Selling Pace—Color Sargeant, 1. Flying Handicap—Sir William. 1; Steamer, 2 The weather was fine In tho Supreme Court, in tho case Jenkmson v Jeukinson and Mitcheson, a verdict was given for the defendants, with lea> e reserved to plaintiff to have verdict, if hereafter sufficient evidence of fraud was fo’-'hc- mins. Th-e s ■ .f Rir Iv. National Bank, one
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Dunstan Times, Issue 730, 14 April 1876, Page 2
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