SUPREME COURT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 9418, 15 June 1882, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

The half yearly sitting of the Supreme Court opened in Timaru last Tuesday before Mr Justice Williams. Charles Heatley, a lad of 16, charged with stealing a gelding, the property of Michael "Riordan, on the 18th February, last, and on a second indictment with stealing a saddle and bridle at the same time, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labor. Ed ward Ford charged with stealing a purse and £3 10s in money from the person of James Mulloy on March 14th, was sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment with hard labor. Thomas Christie, alias Thomas Cruickshank, alias Frederick Gilbert, alias James Sims, was charged with forging a cheque and uttering, for £ls on the 4th February, 1881, and was sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment with hard labor. John Sullivan, a boy aged 13, charged with placing eight stones on the Arn-berley-Bluff railway line, in January last, with the intent thereby to obstruct, upset, throw off, and injure a certain engine and carriages used on the said railway, was sentenced to be kept in prison for seven days, and at the expiration of that time arrangements would be made for his being sent to the Reformatory unt:l he was old enough to take care of himself. The whole of the above pleaded guilty. John Thomas Healey was charged with forging and uttering a cheque for £4O. It appeared that on the 12th of January last accused came to Mr M. Spillane and got £lO on the cheque, and next day be received the balance. The cheque was made payable to accused, and signed James Prouse and Co. When Mr Spillane afterwards told accußed the cheque had been dishonored, the accused paid him the money. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Another charge of forging the name of John Priest to a promissory of £l2 10s was preferred egainst the same prisoner. On hearing the evidence the jury returned a verdict of guilty of uttering, but not of forgery. The same prisoner subsequently pleaded guilty to forging the name of John Priest to a promissory note for £lO, and was sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment with hard labor on each of the two indictments, the sentences to be concurrent. A nolle prosequi was entered in the remaining three cases. Mark Bishop,charged with having committed an assault with intent on Beatrice Skinner on the 17th of April last, at Waimate, was found guilty of common assault, and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labor. Frederick Cullamore was indicted for having taken from the house of one C. J. Lockwood, sundry articles, the goods and chattels of the said Lockwood on March, 21, 1882. His Honor sentenced him to six months' imprisonment.