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want you good f you should buy teas . . prepared . by an ... . k expert firm M MOATE & CO.’S LIMITED i f?*F ight You JUBt well A as juffl take your ‘■ r y watch to a "j foundry as f buy tea , . from .... k “so-called” M teafirma. Ml i M Established 1879.

Soveia' notivo wituosais would speak as to the identification of tho horses, and am the? native would stato that tho ae.< ouscd had asked him to say nothing about tho matter, Evilonoo was given by tho eempla'.nant aud ooveral other nuthos. Oonatallo Mel s >p deposed to arresting tho accused, who in außwor to tho obargo said “ What bor es ? ’ Witness told him, r ecieing tho reply, 11 1 did not soli any ho sea to Wcre-ti. I did not got anj money i.oui him.” After hrarirg tho ovidanoo of tho proseouiion, the aooused, act’mg on tho advioo of h s solio tor, elect jJ to pload guilty, and wis eontenoed to twelve mouths’ imprisonment in tho Auckland gaol, AtToitMONE) OABE

A young ann named Jaruoi O’Rourko wag charged wiih broakmg and onteiiog a dwelling at Ormond with intent to commit a crime. Mr Strok appeared for the aooused, who pl< a led not gudty. The fo'lowing j-rv was sworn : G. G. Shirr’aw (foreman), E Rodiriok, Charles Bailor, H. FI. Dodd Thomas Eado, A. Morgan, J. Oh-aubrv- - , E. A. Haines, A. Siwyer, Chailcs P>acb, A. Parnoll, T. Shaw. Ma:lha Matilda Parsons, wife of Freder'ck J. Parsons, givo ovidencs that about m dniglt on Monday evening, 14th May, abo was arousod by hearing a man tap* pinga.^p^Ch^nop,.

Mine, i The i know: Alick wault PRICES. GREAT nighccinaaiity the Highest. and il J ° oomo io an: Ho !c front atmi k tebo 3bo tc be re Accus 1 ftlo; 0 elep t io cat tablc, g £ it r Prices the Lowest <1 AMBB I 0 G E to bit aitu with it. He steppad back into the door of tbo oil disused ki'ohen. VVi'noss put a chair against the door to secure it. Toe accused must have remain;d at the houso for about threequsrters of an hour. She was quite certain that he was the man, Witnoss told him that unless be went away from tbo bouse that she would call for somebody ; alto that sho would see what the law could do. Sho told her mother-in-law the following morning what had occurred.

Orosst x uniotd by Me Stock : Hat mothor-in'!aw lived acro-s thi road about a cbaiu away. She did not call for help. UOe OOUiU liu. < ,-.-1.2 l„ thinlt !>f U.'» tbeso Ihings at the time. It was not until. r oeused had gono out of the house and orme to the back window that aho threatened to oill for help. She had known O’llouike for about three months, nr d spoke to him three or four times. Witness spoke to accused on the previous Friday for a few mioutee. The first timo she nut the oecurod wat at a piouio about three months ago. His Honor po'ntcd out that the essence of the o so was that accused was charged

with in'.eut fo commit a crime. What crimp, ho asked, was it suggested he cummined ? Mr No'nn : I can Duly suggest the orime of rape or indecent assault. Hir Honor ; Do you think the jury will tbii k it strong enough f Mr Nolan : I do not propose to call ether ewdenca but that o{ one witness whom tbo oomplaiman! spoke to on the following morning. Bis Honor ta the Jtry : You can consider among yourself vhetber the evidence of iotentn n to have connection with this women by fo ca or to lay hands upon her for an indecent offices is sufficiently strong. As uming ihu woman’s statement to be t-ne it was ro doubt a oowardly treej aea upon the husband’s proporty. But a trespa s in it-olf would not be enough. If you thhk there was an in» trntien to oemmit aserious crime then we will ge on. lam mt giving you instruction, I think the i vidi nee is weak, but the matter is or-tire lr for .von to deoide.

After a short deliberation the jury renamed a unanimous T crdict that there was not sufficient evidence and a verdict of not guilty was retimed. In discharging aemsod His Honor said that if he wore fiuilv of what was stated and from what (lie soman said there was strong reason to biicvo lie was there ho was guilty of a mst impudent trespass upon this woman’s roperty, and actually deserved to bo llogcd Ho was there, however, to adminiter the law and not morals, and that bong so the accused was discharged, FALSE BETENCES In the case of Peter Wilkie charged with obtaining gods and money from several local tradsincn, Mr Stock appeared for accusd and pleaded guilty. Counsel pointed ot (hat accused had been twice remanded ad was at present undergoing a term of iiprisonment on another charge. lie thoght the procedure was an extraordinary ne and should be made the subject of enuiry. His Honor said ho could not see wat harm had been done. Ho had no contrc over the police. The Crown Prosocutf explained that the prosecution was i the iirst instance a private one

His Honor scmiccd accused to jwolvo months’ hardlabc to be cumulative upon the sentence he vs at present serving. DIVORCEPROOEEDINGS. An application wes made by Mr Finn under the Divori and Matrimonial Causes Act, cn behalf Ethel May Lodge, for restoration of cor jugal rights, John Leonard Stanuiro Lodge being the re-> sporder.t. His Honor Iknght Iho application was a farce, eeeim that respondent was in America, and k was asked to order his return by the yfe, who bad served notice on respondent’ mother in Christchurch within t«enty-ight days of the hearing cf the application.

Mr Firm catendcd that under the English Act ihee v, eve no loundsin regard to proo: edinga cf the kind. He quoted fr m BiOWt ondivoroee. His Holer said tbst iho authorities quoted by VJr Finn were really against him in rsga'l to tbe present application. Tho nppicalion was odpnrnp.'iuiivip this aftemoca Vi allow Mr F'~ aulborilice. „v, tn Mr Finn His Hemt said that \.he wa ,i could show ohn bo could do bo, \ piepared to grant a d ecrtC n ‘ \ - ==== e , HeW with Why' Euffer the torment g^eldon Eheuroatism or LumDago vifen -»•, Msgnttic Lu'iißeDn %vl

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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1854, 7 September 1906, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1854, 7 September 1906, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1854, 7 September 1906, Page 4

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