SUPREME COURT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1250, 9 October 1884, Page 1

SUPREME COURT.

Auckland, Oct. 6. On Tuesday in the child murder cage the defence was that the prisoner, Rosina E. Smith, accidentally smothered the child. His Honor summed up rather adversely to the prisoner. The -jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, aod the Judge sentenced her to six months' hard labor. Prisoner swooned on hearing the sentence. Wellington, Oct. 6. Hugh Russell, charged witn assault, was acquitted. Edward Elton, for housebreaking, was sentenced to three months. Oct. 7. At the Supreme Court to-day Wm. Smith, for larceny, was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. Ann Anderson was found not guilty on a charge of infanticide, but was sentenced to one years' imprisonment on a charge of concealment of birth. Mahoney, for biting a man's nose off got three months. UHRISTCHUKCH, Oct. 6. Charles William Dunstone, for horsestealing, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Alexander Bold Sharp, for a violent assault, was sentenced to six months' hard labor. Rowland Thorn is Dossett, for breaking into and stealing from an uuoccnpied house, two years. Thomas Robertson pleaded guilty to three charges of embezzling money from Max on, Struthers and Co., and was sentenced to twelve calendar months' hard labor. Charles Haynes, a boy of 15, pleaded guilty to three charges of breaking into and stealing ; senteuce was deferred. George tlimill, indicted for forgery, and George Brook, for larceny, were acquitted. In cases where no reasonable care had been taken before forged cheques were cashed, His Honor refused to allow the prosecutor's expenses. Oct. 7. At the Supreme Court to-day, William Smith for larceny from the person got two years' hard labor. Michael Higgins for breaking into and stealing, six years' penul servitude, ana Christina Smith, indicted with Higgins, was acquitted. This concluded the criminal session. Dtjnedin, Oct. 6. At the Supreme Court to-day J. J. O'Connor, who only arrived from Melbourne by the Wairarapa ou the 30th ult., aud who passed a forged cheque whilst passing through here on his way to Wellington, got nine months. James B. O'Flaherty, an habitual drunkard aud vagrant, was sent to gaol for three years for stealing a Masonic jewel, and a sentence of seven days besides for attempted suicide in the lock-up. Robert Manuel, a negro, for stealing a £o note got three months. This prisoner when arrested by the police, tried -to swallow the note, which stuck in his throat for five houis, but was then disgorged. Adam Scott was found not guilty of a serious assault on Wm. Hayes during a drunken spree at Naseby. Oct. 7. At the Supreme dourt to-day Charles Fowler, an old offender, was found guilty of stealing £24 from the dwelling of Henr/ Palmer, tombstone dealer, and sentence was deferred. Findlay Livingstone got three months for stealing £lO which had been given to him by David Donald, of Balclutha, to bring to the la'ter's wifa in Dnnedin. George Raiser, James Fl;< nt and Therese Poppletun, who were accu e i of robbing Win. Dick, a rabbiter, in a brothel of £4, were found Dot guilty.