GLOVES FOR HIS HONOUR

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 30 July 1929, Page 4

GLOVES FOR HIS HONOUR

NO CRIMINAL CASES AT PALMERSTON (By Telegraph—Press Association) PALMERSTON N., This Day. The quarterly session of the Supreme Court opened this morning before Mr Justice Smith. There were no criminal cases and his Honour was presented with a pair of white gloves. His Honour congratulated the town and district on tho absence of crime. The last occasion when there were no criminal cases at the quarterly session was in February, 1926, and prior to that in the August and November sessions in 1918. DUNEDIN SESSIONS DUNEDIN, This Day. Thei criminal' sittings of the Supreme Court opened this morning before Mr Justice Kennedy with four cases for trial—two sexual and two of dishonesty. When Francis Joseph Gantly was charged with carnally knowing a girl over the age of 12, but under 16, the Crown stated that the 'principal witness in the case had this morning given birth to a child and it was impossible to call her as a witness. The case was thereupon adjourned till the next session. Frederick Arthur Lloyd pjeaded not guilty to stealing, between' October, 1924, and March. 1929. the sum of £419 while clerk of the Maniototo County Council. AUCKLAND SITTINGS AUCKLAND, This Day. In the course of his charge to tho grand jury to-day, Justice Herdman stated: "I regret to say that of 22 cases set down for trial there are ten of indecent behaviour towards girls, and in every instance the girl is of tender years. Whether it is that your girls and young men arei more precocious than those in other parts of the Dominion is difficult for me to say, and I am not going to try to solve the problem."