AUCKLAND NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1537, 19 August 1905, Page 4

AUCKLAND NEWS.

(Per Press Association.). Auokland, last night. At the Supreme Court James Mills Green was sentenced to three years imprisonment for receiving £l9 1 osknowing it to have been stolen, lhe evidence showed that prisoner had been keeping company with a niece oi complainant, and had instigated her to steal the money and give it to him. At the annual meeting of the North Island Main Trunk Railway League, Mr Yaile was requested to move that this League has seen with pleasure the unanimity of Auckland members in asking for justice to Auckland in the matter of railway votes, and while tendering them the League’s thanke desires them to use every constitutional means to have the North oi Auckland Trunk line placed on the same footing as the Midland ami Otago Central branch lines. M:, Yaile said he agreed with the who) motion, except tho last few word He would like to see the railway line north of Auckland placed on a betwfooting.than the'Otago lines, hi, motion was carried unanimously. Further evidence for the defen ; was taken to-day in the charge , against William Reid, of the a . temped murder of Mary Kate Doit ovon on the fishing boat Chnstu on Sunday last by seizing her by throat and holding her under tl water. The evidence was very co; tradictory. The Magistrate in com mitting accused to trial at the Suprenu Court, said he had doubts whether th< attempted murder charge had beei sustained sufficiently for a committal but he was quite satisfied the evidence was sufficient for commitment on £ charge of aggravated assault. I would he competent for the Crowi Prosecutor to indict accused on eitliei charge, or both. . Bail was asked The chief detective, alleged that sev eral witnesses would go in fear it the man was liberated. Bail was grantee in two substantial sureties of £75 anc himself in £IOO. _ In the Supreme Court Robert Carr, found in another man’s bed at Rich, mond; in which was a little girl, was charged with indecently assaulting the child. It appeared that the offence was due to drunkenness. Accusec was sentenced to one year’s hard labor