Supreme Court Sittings.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 333, 7 June 1894, Page 3

Supreme Court Sittings.

_ ♦- (TEH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington. June 6. George Anderson, late of Maaterton storekeeper, was charged with leavinj the colony with certain property is his possession belonging to his credi tors The Chief Justice said there «-ai not sufficient evidence to couviut th< accused, and without retiring the jurj found a verdict of not guilty. Then are other charges against Anderson. An old man named Chnstophei Eockyer was found guilty of keeping a brothel in Mulgrave street next tc St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, and remanded for sentence. DtfNfPiN, June 6. At the Supreme Court to-day, Wm. Marr, charged wilh burglary and an indecqpt assault on two girls, was acquitted: William Kennedy, Michael Kelly and James Blue were then arraigned for breaking and entering the Universal Hotel and stealing £3 6s 7d and an iron safe. etc. The jury, after ten minutes retirPtnent, returned a verdict of not guilty. Au unusual circumstance then occurred. On the Judge telling the prisoner they were discharged they stepped down from the dock and mixed with the crowd, which was leaving the Court. The gaol officials then realised that Blue had not completed the sentence he was serving and a hasty search was made, but he had disappeared. The police cap tured Blue shortly afterwards. He stated that he bad bad a couple of drinks and was satisfield.