SUPREME COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 138, 20 September 1910, Page 5

SUPREME COURT.

"" mm GISpORNE SESSIONS. - J|| By Telegraph.—Press Association, f s S Gisborne, Monday. ; i The (supreme Court sessions opened to-day. Mr. Justice Chapman congratn*,?is lated the district on the comparative' -lii absence of crime. He had, on «mrit occasions lately noticed this fact in othtf.-ila parts of New Zealand. V*s|i The Grand Jury returned no bill the case against Henry H»rtiwlL»**ffl charged with false pretences. ,iaj Love, committed for sentence iojp'- i')S forgery and uttering, was ordered to»3 come up for sentence when called upoil* v| Ereatem Rangiwhaitira pleaded guilty . $1 to sheep-stealing, and was sentenced to Ja four months' imprisonment. » ALLEGED MISCHIEF. ' ' M Gisborne, Laat Night. - v At the Supreme Count to-day, before Mr. Justice Chapman, Jas. Railton, re- '■-3s| certtly employed as a machinist by the °Jh uisborne Times Co., Ltd., was charged with committing mischief to a printiod i.M machine. The accused was dismisira \ J from the company's employment, "and""l openly stated' his intention of "flxinrf' .'.ffi the machine to prevent the paper. He pleaded "not guilty" anir was defended by Mr. L. T. Burnard. At*' $ ter the hearing of voluminous and a retirement of forty minutes, tiw'kl jury returned a verdict of iruiltv. A'.'fil second charge is to be beard to-morroW .'i Concerning the alleged theft of a portion !>, of another machine in the office. Sen- H tence on the first charge was deferred. ? ORES. ;j * « *J '(y, dwelling DESTROYED. • ' By Telegraph.—Press Association. 3 Dunedin, Last Night. I A four-roomed unoccupied house («!• : ''"l most new), situated in North-East Vallw and owned by Robt. Miller Findlay, wm < : ll destroyed by fire early this morning. 'll The origin of, the outbreak is unknown., ' M lhe house, which was insured in* the ,fm So ard ° ffloe for £2so> waa valu6d at $