SUPREME COURT.
Per Press Association., iiunedin, November ig. At the Supreme Court to-aay, tha grand jury returned true biLs m all me cases, but reduced thej charge against j; a. Haynes tiom murder to manslaughter, iieien Fmdlay Braid, who hau pleaded guilty 10 making a raise repusemauou wnli respect to tne birth ot ner child, was admitted, to probation. Albert Pyle was tound gui.ty ot beaking and eatenng, and y\aa seiucnceu 10 ia months. 'the iieanng oi me confidence trick case, 'U wuien Waiter iienry Mitchell, v\m. Mcßherson, and Patrick Upperleucn are charged with delrauding a simple countryman of Al7O, was not concluded.
Auckland, November 19. J Mr justice Edwards, in opening; the criminal sessions to-day, congras lulated the grand jury on the marke ed diminution of crime in the district. He had been able to comment 2 on a similarly satisfactory state o£ > things at the opening ot "last crim- - mal sessions, and it was very pleas--3 ui£ that this gratifying state of afi fairs was being continued. On previous occasions he had often hau to deal with no less than 45 prisoners, Ji here was now only 18 on the list. This was very satisfactory, as indi* earing not only an improved moral tone 111 the community, but also inftjientially tne- prosperity ot this great part of the colony. John R. Williamson, alias Wilson . Williamson, who had pleaded guilty , in the lower Court to three [ of forgory, was sentenced to one yea? [ aul * cnarge, sentences to be concurrent. John Smith Watson, alias j Woodhouse, was sentenced to two years' hard labour far theft from a dwelling, and Joseph Wilson to 18 months for robbery with violence. . Wellington, November ig. 1 he/ final sitting of the Supreme Court in criminal jurisdiction for ! the year commenced this morning be--1 lore the Chief Justice. Twenty-five i persons were scheduled for trial, and 1 tour prisoners had been committed I for sentence. John Connel, who pleaded guilty to forgery, and was tound "Jjuilty of an indecent assault, John Lisher convicted of assault and robbery, and Patrick O'Brien guilty; of an unnatural offence, were remanded till Wednesday for sentence! Juan Gomez, who had committed 4 breach of the Post Office Act bj; untruthfully stating in a letter that he: had enclosed was liberated* or* six months' probation. The jury failed to agree in the case of Maria Noary, cnarged with assault at Pal, merston North.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81891, 20 November 1906, Page 2
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