SUPREME COURT.
W'lihbiNOToN, May 6
The Supreme Court criminal sessions opeued before Judge Chapman, who, iu his charge to the Grand Jury, remarked that the calendar was the shortest iu his experience in Wellington. He called special attention to the case ol Richard Bagge, committed from Masterton by Justices on a charge ol stealing a horse aud cart. “No case,” said the Judge, “has been made out for his committal. The prosecutor said he sold the accused a horse and cart, his grievance apparently being that he did not receive his money. At the worst that was a case of a man running away without paying his debt. The sale took place iu 1903. It tbe evidence was as indicated the jury would see that no case ot stealing had been made out.” The uraud Jury threw out the bill.
James Purcell O’Brien, an old man, was tound guilty of common assault on a boy. Sentence was deterred.
A case against James Henry Hope, a middle-aged man, charged with having illegally sold liquor to a police probationer, was not hmshed when the Court rose.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1040, 7 May 1912, Page 2
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184SUPREME COURT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1040, 7 May 1912, Page 2
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