THE COURTS
Press Association. NELSON, Dec. 12 At the. Sunrmno Court yesterday Francis Sparks was found not, gu> t> of an unnatural offence, vviuiam fßrott, convicted of indecent assault on a girl of nine at' .Westport, was sentenced to three years. I o-day Norah Flanagan and Nelson Lampbell Hodges are being tried on a charge of defrauding the ißank or New Zealand ati Westport by selling salted gold. It is alleged Hie .process was to put in the centre of pellets of retorted gold cooper and brass to add .to the weight. The cases are Dec. 12. The Supreme Court was occupied all day yesterday hearing a divorce suit, Smith v. Smith and Ivnniairtl, husband’s petition, on the grounds or adultery. At the close of_ petitioner s evidence the case was withdrawn as against Ivinniard. The jury found adultery, and a decree nisi was granted to be made absolute ill three mo nibs. ... jKSJPffr'breacli of promise ease, Jane ig Hewitson, O'! Level’s Flat, v. G. J . (Martin, of Gore, claim £2OOO, has been settled out of Court hv the payment of £475 damages.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2062, 13 December 1907, Page 3
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