SUPREME COURT

Hokitika Guardian, 9 November 1929, Page 6

SUPREME COURT

(By Telegraph—Press Association), • ■ AUCKLAND, Nov. 8,

Many prisoners were sentenced iff the -Supreme Court' ’ to-day, ‘Judge' Heydman- who had beeii engaged in the., criminal trials, not ’finishing the task until to-night; '! ■ Jessie .Morris, -aged 40, a'dressmaker, for illegally : using an instrument, was. sentenced to four years’ hard labour. The Judge said he had to take, a grave view of the case, des-pite-the .fact that the Probation Officer reported the prisoner was a kindly; disposed woman.

William.-Rfibgett,'aged 36, a ••labourer; for atteintmg to prevent the course of justice by persuading a woman witness ,to give false evidence in the case against Jessie Morris, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. The Judge said lie had nifide the sentence lighter than, li-e- other wise would have done had the prisoner not borne a good character previously.

William Philip Payne, for theft of £l6B as a servant of the New Zealand Railways, was admitted to probation for two- years. The Judge said the most extraordinary thing about the case was- that the prisoner had money tb his • credit. The police apparently accepted his statement that he borrowed the money on Saturday, and intended to repay it on Monday. He had ; ample means to do this. Martin Charles McCarthy, aged 60, for Indecent assault on a’little girl, wffs sentenced to eighteen months’ reformative detention. James MacDonald and James W. Lash, for receiving stolen furs valued at . ninety pounds, were sentenced to eighteen' months’ hard labour.For three breaches of the Bankruptcy Act. John Gilbert Hellour, aged 25. was admitted to probation for two years.

Arthur Douglas Wylie, aged 31, on one charge of theft and four of breaches of the Bankruptcy Act, was sentenced to a total of eleven months’ imprisonment.

CASE WITHDRAWN. WELLINGTON, Nov. 8 J In the Supreme Court,.Mis Honour announced a, .stay of proceedings had been ontoml by the Crown in the second trial of Dnlla Riva, a charge of so negligently driving n motor cycle as to cause death, which had been set down for Monday, and discharged the prisoner. The civil action of Parlane and another against Dali Riva -did- not proceed, Air Onglcy announcing a settlement had been arranged.