SUPREME COURT.
[by TELEGRAPH I*Ell PRESS ASSOCIATION.] HAMILTON, Aug. 31. ' The Supremo Court opened , to-day. There was a light criminal calendar, including three sexual eases, two depending on uncorroborated evidence of little girls, which Justice Stringer advised should be accepted with some hesitancy. “Pert feminine curiosity.” was how Justice Stringer described the acts of a young married woman, in opening and reading the letters of other people, which she had to sort at the Post Office. Opatu. where her father was postmaster. Counsel explained that while the girl, who had been lately married, admitted opening letters, some of which contained valuables. there was no suggestion of fraud or theft. lit discharging the prisoner his Honour said she had done an extremely foolish thing and might have got herself into serious trouble. However ho- was convinced it was a piece of idle feminine curiosity which had done nobody any harm.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 August 1926, Page 3
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149SUPREME COURT. Hokitika Guardian, 31 August 1926, Page 3
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