TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 March 1916, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

Ai'PKAL CXR 111 XL NA.PIJi.It "Wellington, This bay. I .10 Court' of Appeal heard argument 10-imiv in the rcsei\ ed Cl own ea.se 01 ; lu? Iviug v. li.ii/.abeiii Kussell. i ri-i;ii:'r ivaj indicted at Napier, tor UiiJ.iwiully abandoning a child under i .il; years <>i a-g". It was common iviiow«. dg.' i:ial riie child was lelt. in a j.law ol' pern ci. safety in tile Napier iiio.iiia!, where it would Lie in every way' well eared for. The Judge re-tus-'d to Lite o.ise Ikiui tile jury, and directed tiie jury, that 11 iiiey toiHid that prisoner leit the mild 111 iiie rii.stoiiy of the aiiihorities and showed • that sha intended to cast tno Lin leu (,'i maintenance permanently iipon the (Juarita.ljo Aid Board, tliey should find the prisoner guilty. I lie j.ny returned ;i verdict ol guilty anil the quest-ion for the determination ol iiie Cjji.ii't is whether, 111 tho circumsiancvs,. tl;e direction c: t!ie Judge was

oareet, and v< hether the prisoner was properly convicted. -\lr l)ol;:n, ui .n apier. . appeared lor the prisoner and the .Solicitor-General for the Xri.-wn. Mr Dolau submitted that there Having been no damage to Lite, no oft'onco had been committed. , The Solicitor-General contended that an offence was cwnmittt'd if the cm Id was abandoned, no matter whether the cinJu'.s liie was endangered or not. The Couit reserved its decision. I'LIG I'i.ii'L V CO,\i->i AN DEERKI.) A SOLDIER. Eltlsam, Tliis Day. 'I he police arrested at N'gaere till is morning soldier who gave his name as Gerard, but whose real name is believed to be Michael McCatin. xie was charged with stealing at Hawera: jL bicycle, an uvercoa-i-, hoot* a suit ot clothes He was taken to iiawea'a.