SUPREME COURT.
NAPIER SITTING. By Telegraph—Press Association. Napier, Tuesday. In addressing the grand jury, Sir Robert Stout congratulated the district on the fact of the considerable diminution in the number of cases during the last three years. His Honor dealt at length with the success attending the* prison reform system, and said he believed that the habitual criminal is recognising that he cannot long pursue his criminal career in New Zealand.
There are ten prisoners to come up for trial or sentence.
Napier, Last Night. At the Supreme Court to-day Frederick Alton Potter was found guilty of theft from a dwelling of clothing and £2 in money and Grant Westoby was found guilty of perjury. Both were remanded for sentence.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 212, 6 March 1912, Page 5
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120SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 212, 6 March 1912, Page 5
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