Supreme Court.

Manawatu Herald, 7 December 1895, Page 2

Supreme Court.

CRIMINAL SELSIONS.

Wednesday, Dec. 4.

(Before His Honor the Chief Justice.) His Honor took his /eat upd| the Bench at 10 o'clock.

George Curzon., who had _.pleadejl guilty on Monday to a k cfcftSg^of forging and uttering, was placed in the dock to receive the sentenoe of the Court. : . v ■-.

The prisoner's father was called, and His Honor,, addressing him, said he would have to become surety for his son's good conduct Spring next six months. His Honor thought it necessary that both father and son should be made to feel that thje latter had put the public to considerable inconvenience, besides having committed an offence of ■ a serious kind. He would, therefore, make it a condition of the prisoner's admission to probation that the sum of £5 should be paid towards the expenses of the prosecution.. The payment to be at the irate of £1 a month. The term. of probation would be six months, and tha prisoner's place of residence would have to be fixed by theCPmi^Sifi 5 Officer here.

John Henry Brown and! hw^< Brown were charged with hav«og^a£ Wellington on the 10th August Jast, with intent to procure miscarriage to Jessie Ann Elliott, unlawfully used upon her a certain unknown instrument ; there was a second count charging them With' Hintatr* fully using certain unknown means for the same purpose.

This case was reported at the Police Court hearing.

Thursday, Deo. 5.

Otene Kuku Karaitiana, who wag convicted on Tuesday last of having passed valueless oheques at Palmer

Bton North, was brought up for sentence. . "Mr P. S. Garvey (Probation Officer) said he was unable to make a favourable report in this case. His Honor said that ordinarily he would say persons who asked for admission to probation should show fitness for it by their contrition, and not by contesting the case at all . pointi and imputing perjury to Hrwitnesses who did not appear tohe open to such an imputation. fffS " It was manifest from the prisoner's age and the circumstances ojLthe case that he was not a fit subj<sFJor probation. The prisoner was then sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. The trial of Annie Brown on the , charge of procuring a miscarriage was then continued.

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