IN THE COURTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 39, 10 February 1912, Page 6

IN THE COURTS.

A MAORI SENTENCED. tPef Press Association.) Wellington, February 9. A young Maorir named Lauri, alias Hori Wirihana, was lirouglit before Mr Justice Chapman to-day for sentence on three charges of breaking and entering and theft at Parakino, on the Wanganui River. His Honoi remarked that prisoner had a long series of convictions. Attempts had been made to reform him by short terms of imprisonment, but they 'had failed. Lauri must be sentenced to two years’ reformative treatment on each charge, the sentences to be cumulative. UNUSUAL WILL CASES. Timaru, February 9. The Supreme Court concluded today. Two will cases were heard. In one a widow asked for an increased maintenance allowance out of an estate. A comparatively young woman, she married a man over 70. Her husband died eight'years after the marriage. There were no children. In his will he left her a small farm valued at £750. The larger balance of the estate was left to grown-up children by the first marriage. The widow claimed that the return from the farm (£1 a week) was insufficient. Judge Denniston refused to make an order for a lump sum. Ho would consider to make one for annual payment, deducting the value of the far in. In the second case a retired fa, mer was treated in the Timaru Hospital, and mode a will while there providing for payment of £lO “to each of the nurses who have attended me in my last illness.” Up to the time of making his will only two nurses had attended him, but afterwards twelve more attended him. The question for the Court was whether two or fourteen nurses were entitled to £lO each. The Judge will give his considered judgment.