COURT CASES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1668, 7 February 1906, Page 2

COURT CASES.

(Per Press Association.); Auckland, last nighi

In the Supreme Court Robert Fulton pleaded guilty to forging a cheque for £7O, and was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Frank Edwards, alias Hicks, for wrongfully detaining a postal packet, stealing a horse, and forgery, was sentenced to two years on the first charge and three years on each of the second and third charges, sentemss to be concurrent. Norman Henry AlisoD, for theft at Waihi, received an 18 months’ sentence. The Grand Jury returned no bill against natives charged with forcible retention of land at Rotorua,

Timaru, last night. The Supremo Court opened here this morning beforo Judge Denniston, The calendar is a light one, there being five oases, inoluding assault with bodily harm, child murder, concealment of birth, and perjury. Mary Tiney, 15 years of age, for concea’pent of birth, was convicted and discharged. Two Burnham esoapees, oharged with theft from dwollings, pleaded guilty, and were sent back to Burnham. True bills wore found in all cases.

Wellington, last nighi

Judgment was given by the Chief Justice and Judge Cooper this morning in the case of several local land companies’ appeal Bgainst the decision of the Commissioner of Taxes to tax profits as income. The Court held that in the case of the Miramar Land Company, which bought a block of land and sold again in one pieoe, it could not be held that the company bad carried on the businese of dealing in land. In the case of Miramar, Limited, and the Upland Farm Land Company, however, these companies had sold a !a-ge number of sections at different times, and though each had made only one purohase, each had had a number of sales, and to that extent made the business of dealing in land, and must pay taxation on profite.

Timaru, last night. At the Supreme Court, Walter Taverner, charged with assault and causing bodily harm, was found guilty, and J. Connor, oharged with assault, was fined Is. Judge Denniston strongly condemned the bringing of such a trivial case to the Supreme Court. Thomas Patterson, charged with perjury at Ashburton, in giving evidence for the defence in a Bly grog ease, wa3 acquitted. The defence was mainly that ho was too muddled with drink at tho time to rtmsmbor some weeks later what he had done at a particular time and placs. One case remains, a charge of infanticide at Makihiki.