SUPREME COURT.
[ B Y TFLKGUAUH —fl'-tt I’I'KSS ASSOCIATION.] CUILTV OF FORGERY. HAMILTON- -lone 22. At the Supreme Court. George King, a former Public Works overseer, at Aria, was found guilty of forging 1 ilbhe Works vouchers and was sentenced to 18-months’ hard labour. He was aso ordered to pay £l5O towards the cost of ilie prosecution. The Judge said that this kind ot thing was becoming a scandal m the Public Service. damages for seduction. HAMILTON, dtine 2-.
Samuel Richard Johnson, a farmer at Owl,ango. wa. awarded £SOO damages against Maurice Flynn tor the seduction of his daughter Evidence wn> itiveil that the defendant, and the g kept company and intimacy occurred oil several occasions. The defendant promised to marry the girl hut Inter refused and expressed a doubt as to whether fie was the fattier of the gn I s unborn child.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1923, Page 3
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143SUPREME COURT. Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1923, Page 3
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