DISTRICT COURT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 166, 16 July 1877, Page 2

DISTRICT COURT.

I . — , ' [Before his Honor J,nnnß Broad.}.. On theiCourt opening this morr.ihg l __&*£.. Adams, the Crown Prosecutor, stated that he proposed to proceed first with the case against Charles King Turner.. ,:•-,' . % vMr Fell asked that if jfc could be jarr anged l he should like one of the other pri_bfcer_ v tp be ' arraigned first, a. he wished _o call Towner as'a witness which heshould baofiable to "do iu the event oij his being convjpfced. :, ; • .-. , j „ flit* Adams stated that owing-^o fche = veryshort time' that had' elapsed' since ihe committal he was riot quite prepared with ail the indictments, the Jonly one fchafc^ was iready'being that against Turner. . The others would occupy an hour of mojre in completion. „ . Mr Fell again urge-Tthai "Turner's case ; might be postponed. His Honor stated fchafc there tWo matter. he had-to consider;* On." was" that; fche prisoners should get a perfectly fair trial, and that every facility for bringing . forward- J . evidence should be .afforded, to '; fto.m.Y The other was fchafc there- were thirty-six 1 jurors who would Se detained by: th_ dejay 1 proposed. Under fche circumstances, however; he thought -fchafc the latter coiild scarcely object to a short adjournment. The Court tlen adjourned until half-past eleven, when the first case called was that of The Qceen. against Isaac Harvey. Mr H. Adams, with 'him Mr Bunny, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Fell for the prisoner. " •' The following parcel was sworn :— R J Malcolm (foreman), W. Higgs, J. Walker! George Fleming, David Norgate, W. Fairhall, ,G. Castle, W. Wilkes, Joseph White; J. Barrett, Walter Newport, Edwin Thomas. "\ The following were challenged :— J. J Robertson, W. Tovey, T. Menary, Arthur; Dodson, W. Northam, and R. Eden. The evidence given to-day was similar to that adduced in the Resident, Magistrate's. Court. The witnesses for ihepros-ecution^ had been examined when we went to press 1 ' 1 They were as follow.:— H. G. Baddeley, W* Meads, Henry Flowees, Alice Meads, Helen Flowers, John Bungate, Harriet Bungate, A J. Meads, Robert Lyford, Thomas Dodson and Benjamin Hollis. ' Mr Fell then opened the case for the defence, after which the Court ' adjourned untii ten a.m. to-morrow. As there arcseveral witnesses for the defence, fche .rial is 1 likely to last the whole day! - j