Accidents, Offences, &c.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 232, 10 September 1884, Page 2

Accidents, Offences, &c.

SUPREME COURT SITTINGS. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SALVATION ARMY FOR NUISANCE. BURGLARY.—FLOODS. MAN KILLED ON RAILWAY. [Per Press Association] . Oamaru, September 10. The half-yearly criminal session of the Supreme Court was opened yesterday. The only case disposed of was that of Joseph Connor, who for larceny got five years penal servitude in Dunedin gaol. Six cases are yet to be heard against four persons. Richard Gibbin and James Johnston (the latter with a number of aliases) were charged with forgery. The former was sentenced to two years, and the latter to eight years. The Judge remarked that Johnston appeared to be a professional forger. Thomas Keating, John Atkinson, and Mary Ann Sullivan, charged with robbery in a brothel of some £7O from a carter were acquitted. The Judge dissented from the finding of the jury. Christchurch, September 10. Last night the City Council empowered the Mayor to take proceedings against the Salvation Army if the street nuisance now in vogue is not abated. Auckland, September 10. Gittos and Sons’ leather warehouse was entered by burglars last night, and £7 stolen from the safe. Rosina Smith has been committed for trial on a charge of child murder. Patrick Moran, who attempted suicide on Monday, died last night. Greymouth, September 10. The flood at midnight was the highest seen since 1872, when so much damage was done. Were it not for the protective works great damage to property would have resulted from this flood also. The weather is still unsettled. Dunedin, September 10. At the inquest on the man Fraser, found drowned, no evidence was adduced as to his movements after leaving the house where he was staying. He had £4BO to his credit at the Bank of New Zealand. Information has been received at the Dunedin railway station, by telegraph from Otepopo, that shortly after the express passed through the tunnel the body of a man was found. He had been run over by the train, but it is not known whether he was a passenger or trespasser. The driver and the guard know nothing of the occurrence. It has been discovered that the man killed at Otepopo tunnel was William Randall, aged 25. He was a passenger by the express from Oamaru to Port Chalmers. It is not known how he got out of the train. Invercargill, September 10. T. Birchall, of Wrey’s Bush, had a stack of oats and wheat destroyed by fire on Monday night. He had just purchased the stacks at a clearing sale of a neighbor, and removed them to his own place. No insurance. Incendiarism is suspected.