SOUTHERN CRIMINAL SESSIONS. THE SENSATIONAL CATTLESTEALING CASE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 293, 25 August 1888, Page 5

SOUTHERN CRIMINAL SESSIONS. THE SENSATIONAL CATTLESTEALING CASE.

Inykkcatuull, August 21. Ai tlr being twice tried, Sophia Kidd was found guilty ]n tae Supreme Court on <i ehaigc of having received a number of cattle Iviiowins 1 them to have been stolen. The jury added a rider recommending the accused to clemency, tlis Ilotior said it was not a case for the application of the Probation Act, and sentenced her to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. As accused lef o che dock, and moved to the door, she fell down in a fainting condition. G. F. Dcjoux Avas sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment for embezzlement of the moneys, of the ISiorbh Invercargill Corpoiabion, the amount ot which was said to be £1,300.

Blenheim, August 22. Tho Supreme Court Criminal Sessions were opened to-day by Mr Justice Richmond. In his charge to the Grand Jury His Honor said the only case of special interest was one of arson— a grave crime that too often went unpunished. He commented on the frequency of the offence. Middleton, for laiceny, pleaded guilty and sentence was defened. A. Edelstone, alias Huddlestone, alia" Edwaids, alias Edmunds, chained with" the laiceny as a bailee of a gun, pleaded guilty. Two previous convictions were shown on the record. He got two years' hard labour in Terrace Gaol.