SUPREME COURT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 253, 8 April 1880, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

Auckland, April 6\ At the Supremo Court to-day Frank Foxton, bank clerk, pleaded guilty to embezzlement, and was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Sydney Beetham, for breaking and entering, and Thomas Hawkes, for embezzl«m-nt, were each sentenced to six months. In other cases sentences wero deferred. Wellington - , Ajril G. Frank Hooke, for false pretences, was sentenced to ninomonths ; James Harris larceny, t-<o yenrs ; Alexander McGregor forgery, eighteen months. After hearing the charge against Jno. Thorn; son, a colored man, fn* stealing a cash .I ox and L3O, the jury after an hours deliberation, found the prisoner guilty of receiving the hox. He was remanded for sentence. CnnisTOHUßCii, April F>. The criminal sessions wero finished today. Barringer, whoso case seemed to cause ihe authorities a good dei-.i of perplexity, was remanded for trial till the next sessions, as the Judge considered the wards " next session " in he warrnt of commital could not ref r to the present sitting, 1 hough the Magistrate inten<led them to do so. The Judge notified that he could apply for bail to the Magistrate. A prisoner charged with indecent assult had a narrow escape. ' The woman gave her evidence clearly and firmly, and did not vary when crossexamined. Considerable animation was seen among the jury when they weic called upon for a verdict, and one of their number, when put in the box, proved that the women had perjured on one point. This led to further enquiries, when a constable was found who proved to other of her statements to be equally untrue. The Crown Prosecutor then refused to proceeded. No int imation was given of a prosecution for perjury. Dunedin, April G. Butler, this morning, applied for a change of venue, on the ground that tho. public mind Was p.edjuced against him. The Judge refused to grant the application, but granted a posponement of the trial till Thuesday week, to enable the prisoner to prepare his defence.