ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1249, 7 October 1884, Page 3

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC.

Mr H. J. Orborne, auctioneer, one of the oldest residents of Invercargill, died on Sunday after a brief illness. Dann Mann, wanted on several charges of forgery between Christchurch and Dunedin, was arrested by the police on Saturday night. Henry Mitchels, of Hikurangi, Wangarei County, who had twice before attempted suicide, accomplished his purpose at Kamo (Auckland) on Thursday by cutting his throat. A man named McKindley, who was severely burned at Waikari soma months ago through the whare in which be was sleeping taking fire one night, has died in the Christchurch hospital. The three ringleaders in the late effigy burning of Mr John Bryce, at Wanganui, were on Saturday fined 40a each for burning rubbish without giving notice to the Town Clerk. The Resident Magistrate designated the practice a useless one, which he hoped would not occur again. In opening the Supreme Court, Dunedin, yesterday, Judge Williams merely referred to the cases on the calendar. John Saunders Robins pleaded guilty of forgery, and was sentened to two years. William McFarlane, for forgery, was sentenced to nine months. A young man named Francis Campbell, a carpenter, living with his mother and brother at East Invercargill, committed suicide on Sunday by shooting himself with a revolver. He had been suffering from ill-health for some time, and this, coupled with the sudden illness of his mother, appears to have unhinged his miud. A fire at Tahiti on August 22nd destroyed almost the entire business centre of the town, including the stores and dwellings of A. Crawford and Co., John Boyd, D. Grant, Steward, Drollen, jnn,, Cape and Young, Ah Yong, Yet Lee, Hope Lo, Rentix, Tapmot, and Feigne Darcie and the upper storey of Copperrath’s. The total loss was betwen five gnd ten thousand pounds. The Supreme Court criminal sessions opened at Wellington yesterday morning. Judge Richmond, in his charge, referred to the light calendar. There were no difficult cases. He was sorry to see three cases on the sheet of offences against the

person, but these cases frequently occuned from intemperance, and when a large number of navvies were congregated on public works. True bills were found against Henry ITios. Eldeston, for larceny ; Wm. Smith alias Barry, for larceny ; Hugh Russell, for attempting to wound ; Edward Elton for housebreaking; Daniel Mahoney, for assault ; John Manin, for assault with intent to wound ; Wm. Watson, alias Sutton, and Edith Wadsworth, for larceny ; and Charles Gundry, for false pretences.