SUPREME COURT SITTINGS, Friday, December 1, 1848. Before Mr. Justice Chapman.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 348, 2 December 1848, Page 3

SUPREME COURT SITTINGS, Friday, December 1, 1848. Before Mr. Justice Chapman.

The following gentlemen were sworn in of the Grand Jury: — Captain Daniell, J.P., Foreman, Major Baker, J.P., Messrs. W. M. Bannatyne, K. Bethune, W. Fox, J.P., H. S. Harrison, W. Hickson, J.P., A. Hort, J.P., G. Hunter, J. Johnston, J. Kelham, J.P., A. Ludlam, J.P.; A. M'Donald, J.P., G. Moore, R. Park, R. Stokes, R. Waitt, and J. Wallace. His Honox*, after directing the attention of the Grand Jury to the peculiar circumstances connected with the cases to be brought before them, congratulated them on the moderate state of crime in the settlement. He had intended to prepare a statement showing the comparative state of crime during the previous years, but had thought it better to postpone it until next session which would complete the f*ve years during which he had sat on the bench. During the disasters occasioned by the late earthquakes there had been a total absence of anything like depredation, although there had necessarily been a great exposure of property, and he thought the whole population might be congratulated on the absence of offences when so many opportunities had existed for their commission. The Grand Jury found true bills against all the prisoners. The Grand Jury then delivered the following presentment : — The Grand Jury of Wellington present the house situate on Lambton-quay, now in the occupation of William Light, Pork Butcher, as an encroachment on the public street and footpath, an interruption to the convenience of the inhabitants of Wellington, and a public nuisance, and hope that the Court may be pleased to take such measures as may cause the encroachment to be removed. The Grand Jury also present the steps in front of the house of Stephen Hartley, gunsmith, on Lambton-quay, as an encroaphment on the public street and footpath, an interruption to the convenience of the inhabitants of Wellington, and a public nuisance, and hope the Court may be pleased to cause the same to be removed,

The Grand Jury also present the manufactory of John Howe, used for the business of a Fellmcnger, in or near a certain street called Lutton Row and Maori Row, on Te Aro Flat, as a public nuisance, by reason of noisome and unwholesome fumes and smells proceeding from the same, and as prejudicial to the health of the persons residing in that neighbourhood, and hope that the Court may he pleased to cause the same to be re* moved. His Honor directed the Crown Solicitor to write to the parties affected by the presentment, and in the event of their refusing to remove the nuisance complained of to proceed against them. The report of the trials will appear in our next number.