SUPREME COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 15 May 1907, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

Per Press Association. C.isborne, Jlay R ■loe liiley, on a charge of stealing a cheque for .1:7 was sentenced to 12 months'. Jack Ferris, on a charge of ;-t■■almg a cheque for £7, was sentenced t<> 12 months. Jack Ferris, on a charge ■•■ l lorgery and uttering, received eighteen ™>nths. Peter Cleary pleaded .guilty to i.i.'il of t'4 13s. Probation wan refused, and sentence deferred till to-morrow, Christchui'ch, May 14. -U (ho Supreme Court to-day, Andrew Kdward Ward, convicted the previous day on an indictment for theft, \va* touiid guilty on a second indictment of obtaining .t'2o by false pretences. A sentence, was imposed of nine months' imprisonment on each charge, terms to »-• concurrent.

la the ease of Alexander Hamilton. Hinged with indecent assault nt Kouth-l-iKige, the jury returned a verdict of

I 'as. Ilitehiugs pleaded to "not guilty" i<> assaulting u female. After the ■•'"'},'<' had summed up, Mr. Stringer nnvn Prosecutor, said it might assist I he jury if he stated, on behalf of tbe rown, that it would not be satisfactory to convict on the evidence. A verdict of not. guilty was immediately returned. ~,, . , Wellington, May It. J he jury to-night returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Chas. and i.imly Stiggison, charged with causing the death of their infant child through neglect. e