SUPREME COURT.
TIMARU—SATURDAY. (Before His Honor Judge Johnston.) The following cases (partially reported in our last issue) were disposed of on Saturday too late for publication of results. THE COONOOB STACK-BURNING CASE. Patrick Egan, who pleaded guilty to firing a stack belonging to Mr Gosling, of the Coonoor farm, was sentenced to six months imprisonment, His Honor taking (ho fact of his having been incarcerated for five months while awaiting his trial, and also other circumstances into consideration. THE WAIHO ARSON CASE. The case against John Johnston and John Scott, charged with settiug fire to four stacks with intent to defraud, resulted iu a verdict of not guilty against Scott, and guilty against Johnston. The latter was then sentenced to four years’ penal servitude. This brought tho criminal business of the session to a conclusion. The Court then adjourned until to-morrow, at 11 a.m., when the civil
case of Irain Rawstron v. Wm. Evans, damages £250 for encroachment on land, and for which a special jury has been summoned, will be heard.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2567, 13 June 1881, Page 2
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172SUPREME COURT. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2567, 13 June 1881, Page 2
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