SUPREME COURT.
WELLINGTON SESSIONS. " 3 Per Press Association. Wellington, Monday. The criminal .sessions of the Supreiife Court have opened before Mr.' Justice Chapman. In his charge to the firaad •Jury the .Judge said the list of cases was not large, and n presented: any complications, and. in comparison with a few years hack, showed a diminution in the number of cases, which was partly due to the operation of the law respectin" habitual crimhuils am] reformative treatment, which, had convinced a number of persons that a criminal career was not a profitable business. He did not think that we received so mam- criminals from outside as formerly. Albert Henry Palmer, on a charge of theft, was detained for two years' reformative treatment, and Horace ,J Richards, for forgery, was sentenced to six months' reformative treatment, At the Supreme Court John Rieklard Eilstone, charged with indecent assault was found not guilty.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 219, 4 February 1913, Page 5
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150SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 219, 4 February 1913, Page 5
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