SUPREME COURT.
WANGANUI SESSIONS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wanganui Monday. The Supreme Court opened its sittings today, before Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, who congratulated tho district on the fact that there was practically no crime for the Grand Jury to investigate. It was one of two districts in the Dominion where there was a practical absence of crime. The only criminal caso was one of alleged cattle-steal-ing at Palmerston, against Henry. Wolland, a farmer near Pahiatua. Wanganui, Last Night. At the Supreme Court to-day Henry Wolland was found not guilty on a charge of stealing a heifer at Palmerston North. This was the only criminal case before the Court. The Chief Justice congratulated the district on its freedom from crime. HAMILTON SESSIONS. Hamilton, Last Night. At the Supreme Court, before Justice Cooper, Morgan Pataupatau pleaded guilty to forging a cheque for £7O, and was admitted to probation for a year and ordered to pay £5 Crown expenses. Harry Feltrim Fagan, charged with the theft of a cheque for £l3 seven years ago, was found not guilty.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 91, 3 September 1912, Page 5
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176SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 91, 3 September 1912, Page 5
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