SUPREME COURT.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1924, Page 4

SUPREME COURT.

IS V Tt-a.ECHAIMI —fUES) ASSN., COI'V3ICI!T. DUNEDIN SENTENCES. DUNEDIN. Sept. 1. Alexander Hubert- Kennedy, Begistrar of Birth- mid Deaths, appeared before Mr Justice Sim to he sentenced Oil a dial-;-.- ol theft as a Government official, ol 272. It was stated, in mitigation. that the to eased was in a state in menial depre-sion and nervous prostration through private worries and illne-s. Tlie evidence of the girl clerk showed that the accused bail been behaving strangely, breaking cash boxes and window panes in ins rages. This was far from his normal state. Mr Justice Sim. in admitting accused to probation lor one year, staled t he circumstances were unusual and (•xtraoidiioii'v. Canid-ex Edward Ferguson. Henry l-'rcdt'i'ii-k Hi-ruby, two youths, on ,. haigo- of lev.iking and entering received I) veer- raforiuative ti -at meiit. They had previously been prohat lotted for serious oll'ences. Joint MeCookir. who appeared at the c -i-eiit criminal -ntiiig- on (barges nl

i-iii n in: l: mg end atle-npting an unnatural oii'ence and indecent- assault, was found not guilty on all charges, save the last . oa which the jury disagreed. At. Hie r.--trial the jury again disagreed. the matter then living relcried i| H , \ i toi-m-y (Irii.-raL This nun ni„„ J.|dg. lad'll th'l the Allot-nev-t •eia ral had in-lrueie-! Mia! a null • proM-ipli he einereil. and the prisma r was distil urged. TWO MEN SENTENCED. DLNEDIN. -.s'e, I--nil.v-i 1. At the Sunn-me Court, Keorgc Edmond i-'ergiis-'ti and ll'-iiry I- lederiek llonihv v.-ere onlelvd II he detained for leferntntive purposes for three years I, i- b . ,sking. cult ring and tlg.-ft.