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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1073, 5 January 1872, Page 2

Elias Rosen wax was, oh the 21st nit., ; brought up for sentence at the Melbourne 'Criminal Sessions, He seemed to be very

much affected, ;Md uriable to'restraih his tears. The' Revs. M. Rintel and A.;;JJV Ornstein, andjMessrs.: S. Salzberg, 3ohn Matthew " Smi"fcH, ; Moss Mark, and H,. Schelmm, all of whom Had known' prisoner for several years, deposed as to his previous good character. The prisoner did not address the Court himself. J\lr. Justice Moles worth, ' in passing sentence, said; the prisoner appeared to have used his good character 1 to obtain credit, with the view of cheating those who .trusted ; Him." For fraudulently obtaining goo^ds from Mr Alfred" 'Watson, and Messrs M'Arthur, Sherrardj and Cppeland, he was sentenced* on the two charges to 18 months' hard labour; for, absconding prior to his insolvency with L2O worth of property belonging to his creditors, he received a sentence of two years' Hard labor. The sentences, which are cumulative, amount to three years and a-half in all. In connection with the latter caso, in which some law points Have been reserved, Mr Justice Molesworth .„ remarked that the prisoner Had evidently defrauded his creditors of much more money than was; found on him. An attorney has been admitted to practice at Victoria, rejoicing in the following name :— Polling Hugh GougH Pigott-Stainsby-Conant. : A serious charge against detective Christie was made by George Holden, at the Melbourne Criminal Sessions,- on the 21st nit., previous to his bsing sentenced on the charge to which he had pleaded guilty of fraudulently receiving some jewelery stolen burglariously from Mr Spanns, jeweler, Elizabeth street. After denying all knowledge of the burglary and theft himself, he alleged that the property traced to; him . had been Handed to him by detective Christy, for the purpose of sacrificing too innocent persons known as Barney Lane and mother Waddle. The arrangement made' between him and the detective was, he. said, that He should take the jewelry to Barney Lane and Mother Waddle, sell it to them for L 35, and give. Christie, LlO, and, immediately the sale was concluded, the detectives would rush the house and .catch Mr Lane and Mrs Waddle with the stolen property in their hands. As soon, Hpwever, as he (Holden) got tHe property He bolted with it to Adelaide, where he was arrested,: and where he told his present story to detective Mackay, the arresting .Victorian officer. Had the property been found with Lane or Waddle, Christie would, he remarked, have received a reward from its lawful owner. "When He was in the Melbourne lockup,. detective Christiehad, he said, called on him, and asked him not , te tell anyone besides Mackay, and had promised to get him out of the mess. Mr Justice Molesworth said prisoners were very much. addicted to making; up s plausible stories, but on the^ statements of such persons very little, reliance could be placed, from the prisoner's' own showing he had committed a serious crime. The prisoner, who had been previously convicted four times, was sentenced to hard labor for two years and a. half, for which he thanked his Honor. We understand that the charge made by Holden is being inquired into by the sheriff and Mr Sfeurt, P.M."' ' : ' I/" . ' ; - : ■,■■■;■ - The wife stabbing and attempted .suicide case, in which Charles East, a miner, of White-hills, and his wife, were the principals, was«heard in the Maryborough Police Court, on the 18th ult. The specific charge against East was that; of stabbing his wife "with intent to kill, and on this he was committed to take His trial at the next Circuit Court in Mary T borough. The case revealed gross infidelity on the part of the wife, who in cross-examination iuferentially admitted, on the plea of going to service, cohn biting with another man. Witnesses swore to the prisoner's averment that he Had committed the crime through jealousy, and that a man named Gunther had, according to the accused's statement to them, been living with his wife in His ignorance of the fact. When brought into the Court the woman was in a debilitated condition from the wound in her side ; and the prisoner in the box,' who had His throat bandaged, had during the progress of the case to be accommodated with a chair, to enable him to get -'through the trial. The prisoner, wishing to : m ke a. statement, was allowed; after the usual caution to do so, and stated— "l was mad.: , I did not know what I was doing. ; I would not hurt a worm if I had been in my right senses.'' • ..' •.. ■ : ■ /;■,.