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Wellington, May 20. A Maori named Hum (alias Wirenu Ropata), charged with the theft of jewellery at Masterton, was found not guilty. Frederick James Jauaeu (a Scandinavian) and James Daggs (a half-caste Maori) for assault and robbery, were each sentenced to two years’ hard labour. Auckland, May 20. At the Supreme Court, to-day, William Blaas (alias Johnston ) was found guilty of stealing clothes, a cheque and a watch and chain, from a Maori named Akarana, and was sentenced to two years’ hnprisonmeiit. James and Alfred Chappell (two brothers) were charged with assaulting Thomas Rashford and robbing him of a watch aud chain. They were sentenced to two years. A youth named William Scarboro, charged with stealing scarp iron, valued at £2 10s, at Fakuranga, was found guilty, and remanded for sentence. Daniel Kennedy pleaded guilty to a charge of intimidating and annoying his wife by discharging firearms. Counsel for prisoner stated that proceedings were being taken for a separation order, aud Kennedy had agreed to leave New Zealand, Prisoner was admitted to probation for two years, aud, on entering into sureties, was liberated. Christchurch, May 20. At the Supreme Court, to-day, Phillip Ryan was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for attempting to commit an • unnatural offence. Frederick Hall was sentenced to life for attempting to murder Alex. J. Muir at Lyttelton on March 7th. Wiliam Evans, five years, on two charges of breaking and entering and theft. John McGlusky, convicted of rape, sentence deliitred Spending reference to a law point to the Court of Appeal. A fireman on the s.s. Papanui, indicted for cargo broaching at Lyttelton, was acquitted.