SUPREME COURT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 234, 3 October 1877, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

[Before His Honor the Chief Justice.] YESTERDAY. Regina t. Smith. This case was proceeded with yesterday after we went to press, and the examination of witnesses lasted uutil nine o'clock. Shortly after eleven His Honor concluded the summing up, and the .jury, after a few miuutes consultation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Rb&ina v. Wan. Mr Bunny applied on behalf of the prisoner, that she should be placed upon her trial at once on the Corouer's Inquisition and be formally acquitted, as at present further proceedings might be taken by the prosecution and the prisoner would thereby suffer nn injustice. . His Honor said he was not aware yesterday when he discharged the prisoner that there was a Coroner's Inquisition, If ho had he should not have discharged her.' Mr H. Adams said he felt he was bound to again apply for the poatponiuent of the trial until the next sitting as he did not feel justified in agreeing to tho prisoner's discharge without communicating with the G( • vennnent in the matter. Mr Bunny said that if the grounds set forth in Dr. Thorpe's affidavit yesterday were not sufficient to te postpone the trial on the Magistrate's warrant of committal, he failed to see why they should be sufficient in the present instance. His Honor said the result would be different because if she was ■ discharged from the Coroner's Inquisition no further proceedings could be taken. Though he had uo sympathy with the prosecution in the matter, yet he felt he would not be justified in discharging her. He thought the ends of justice would be met by the prisouer entering inta her own recognizance iv the sum of £100, to appeav at the next sittings of the Court. The Court adjourned at 11-30 p.m.