SUPREME COURT.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, last night. At the Supreme Court to-day true bills were found in all cases except in the charge of attempted murder against Katherine Alexander and Thomas Murcott, in which the count was altered to one of concealment of birth. Charles Harbott and Charles Smith pleaded guilty to arson at Carterton, As there was absence of criminal intent, the offence appearing to have been a freak of larrikinism, accused were ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. John Smith pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of his wife at Feilding by striking her on the head with an axe. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of common assault, with a strong recommendation to mercy.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 402, 29 April 1902, Page 2
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