SUPREME COURT SITTINGS AT TIMARU
m<" ■ (It TELEGRAI'tt— MIESS AgSdCUTION.) TIMARU, 4th February. At tho Supreme Court to-day, the criminal list comprised only three cases against four 'meti. H. Porter, a previous offender, got six monthß for leading a drunken man to a quiet place, assaulting and robbing him; T. Higgins and J. Russell, found guilty of robbing an old age pensioner in his house of £7 10s in cash and some goods, got twelve months each; the parties in - this case were all drinking beer together, and the old man be came very drunk. In a charge of criminal assault on a boy, the jury failed to agree, arid a re-trial was or« j dered for to-morrow, the Judge intimating that he wotild arrange for ! the accused to be represented by j counsel. . „ . ,'
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 30, 5 February 1913, Page 2
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