The Evening Post. MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1865. SUPREME COURT. THIS DAY. (Before Judge Johnson.)

Evening Post, Issue 100, 5 June 1865, Page 2

The Evening Post. MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1865. SUPREME COURT. THIS D AY. (Before Judge Johnson.)

The Criminal Sittings commenced to-day. His Honor Judge Johnson took his seat on the bench at ten o'clock this morning, when the Grand Jury panel was immediately called over, and the jurors oworn His Honor proceeded to charpe, observing there was no crime out of the ordinary Character on the calendar, and nothing- of an alarming nature, the few cases set down for trial being for the greater part iarceny. Robert Daniel was indicted for stealing a parse containg money. Catherine O'lieiliy deposed that she lived at Turakina, and that prisoner lodged with her on the 23rd May, when ehe lost a purse containing four £1 notes, and three half sovereign*. David Atkinson, sergeant of police, deposed

to having arrested prisoner in a hotel nt W.iu. j ga-mi, when lie found on him a pnr<e containing (hree £\ no'r-P, one sovereign, three half-crowns and miiiio coppers. The purse was identified as her property by Ms (,'R-illy. Prisoner said he founl the purse in Mr-O'R'-iliy's verandah. Judge Jo'.in3r>n did not .approve of prisoner's finding a purse on the premises of the owner and retaining possession of it, as he must have known whose proparty it was The jury found piisoner K"ilty. and his II >nour sentenced him to nine months im • prisonmtnt.

To-morrow ni:?ht is sot apart for thQ benofit of Mr. John Dunn, and we trust that the public will give that tribute of praise to him which he so well deserves. As manager and actor he has been before the public for thirtj ynars. In England, most of our readers will perhaps recollect, lie created a furore by his impersonation of JiniCrow that has since never been exceeded ; and afterwards bco.nnc lessee of the Uity of London Theatre. During hi> travels he has visited and played at nenrly every city in America and Australia, and by his talents and urbanity lias made himself a general favourite, and surrounded himself with friends. Sii.ce his arrival here ive have had ample proofs thai, although s.j lons on the stage, his taknts have not in any way diminished. To-morrow he appparsas Hector Cole, in the drama of " Honesty the Best Policy j " and the Baron Balderdash, in " Cinderella." Two such pices must draw, but we are sure that the people of Wellington will assemble in such numbers to the benefit of their favourite that no comment from us is needed. That lit' may remain wih us a long time fa our fervent wi.-h. Wakamauina. — Intelligence has reached us that the lntc heavy rains bavo onco more flooded out. the whole of the river claims. This has driven the miners to trj' new ground on the terraces, but we hear with no gnat success. As is us>ual on most of the New Zealand diggings a few only are doing well, and the rest merely making scart wages. — Marlborough Press. Land Sale. — At, the Government; land sale held in the Council Chamber on Monday last, no offer was made for a lar/re proportion of the sections put up The total of the amounts realised was about three thousand three hundred pounds, — Ibid, The special session of the Canterbury Provincal Council was opened on Tuesday last, at Christohureh. The hon. H. J. Tancred ' propospd Mr. Ollivier as Speaker of the Council, in room of Mr. Bowcn, who had left the province, and there being no opposition Mr. Ollivier wns conducted to the chair.