Supreme Court.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 213, 13 September 1904, Page 2

Supreme Court.

UTILITY OF (JHANI! JIIUY SYSTEM. (I'i>r Press Association). WANGANUI, September 12. Tiho Supremo Court sessions opened this moiling, Judge Cooper presiding- His Honour Congratulated tht district 011 tho /act of an almost entire absenco of crime. Two cases only were presented—alleigiid . stealing from the person and fongiAg and uttering. Tho Grand Jury presented the following, reso-lutiion to His Honour : "That tho Grand Jury, while recognising tho duty of all citizens to serve their country, U&w strong abjection to taking part in proceedings that art lof no utility, and which tihcy feel to be a waste of time, ar-ii a re therefore of opinion that tihe Grand Jury system ought to be abolished." James McAlloy was sentenced to two years for attempted theft, and for breaking tho terms of probation. Win. Hlackmore was acquitted on a ''harge of uttering and foiigery. A SKILFUL FOKGERY. GISBORNE, September 12. In the Supremo Court Daniel To Han, a l>oy who had plo.. H «d guilty to forgery, was sentenced U; one year with hand labour. His Honour said the forgery was a very skilful one, and not tho design of a schoolboy, aii'l added that, having examined tihe signatures m\ tiho depositions and other documents, lie found it very bard to decide that the signature was not concocted by the boy's father. He said he understood that two bank clerks tomc responsible for tho amount of tihe cheque, and this lie thought very unfair' ujjijlor the circumstances, «g it was such a skilful forgery that any official would have accepted tiio cfotque. His Houoiti I hoped thesfe young gentlemen would not lie compelled by the bank to pay the amount.