SUPREME COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 302, 14 May 1913, Page 5

SUPREME COURT.

CtJRISTCHURCH SESSIONS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Chriatehurcli, Last Night. At the Supreme Court, Eugene Allen, a tramway conductor, charged with theft, was found not guilty. Sentence was deferred in the ease of Albeit Jennings, found guilty of stealing a Mt'» bicycle. Thos. Sterling pleaded not guilty to a charge of having stolen thirteen fishing nets, valued at £29 ss. Th*V jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy, on the following grounds: (1) Of previousgood character, and (2) that the prisoner J originally took the nets without intending to deprive the owner of them, but J afterwards in assisting, to conceal them" l ' he was actuated by the fear of the con- J sequences. As it isnot known what the * above verdict amounts to, the matter is ' to be discussed before the Court to-mor-"! row moriing, to ascertain what the:! real verdict is, and in the meantime the • prisoner was allowed to go free on his. ' own recognisance. Eugene Allen, tram i conductor, charged with perjury in con- ' nection with his evidence at the inquest ■< on Miss E." E. Combs, was found not guilty. ;