SUPREME COURTS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1506, 30 October 1886, Page 4

SUPREME COURTS.

■' . ; . K evt Plymouth?,! Oct. ,'2B. < i Alj the cHp.)ii)nl aessionsuu (idiaiSupremA Court to-dfty J v li t‘'ai;moßti tripos idi'ange' wa? ; one:i of! conspiracy against three 1 Justices iof the -Place. ■ tit: iyas alleged .they eonspWedHogethen to' irnpiiabh’ Joshai Jones unlaWfollji.Aftpr dlopg investigation the : jury '.ijirewr 11 - biit tbp bin. s °; . . () x n ■, BiEsnofEiir, ,oct. ; 28.;.. , copied hearing the ; clharga^gaihsi/i’raok 1 , Mayfyew^, Wmeijly, ( captain f o£ the yolqpteer, cbi;psj o,fr w.liiph,,.bp. was clidrgeji ; ,'wi | t;h embezzling,. .The (defence ;property alleged i.to halve beep ,stolon -.w.aH; jested tin alijmselii as captain. by i-tbe Act,; and that he could not .tlfefefore be'charged aHth 1 - stealing his A dinrn' property:' '< ‘Judge Itichmondi admitted' that the Act did'hof appear to ptovide-for'such a; case, and the point, which is- one of iinpdrtance to voliphteettf g|ficrally, .has for , lhV''de^sion / 'ot 't'ie judge's aV next sUungof the._A.ppjß.al. _(Jo.uu Another poiiit of defence, ;faa. th&fr .there. was no evidence, of fraudulent i::appc6priatiotj'. This, went to thejjury,.and by HisiHonor’sof guilty; was returned;) Prisoner; * was \: eentfenced?; ito-, i eighteen i moptlm’ haEd.,labor. t ; -<i; > : , :r ;; CHEISTCHTTKCtf,' Oct. 28.At the Supreme lUburtiCivil sittings -/to- ’> day, a boy.named -Enlond• csued the• Canterbury for, £SOO damages. I* waß.iUlleged that in Deceuibor'lastthe'

plaintiff and his mother were passengers from Papauui to Christchurch by one of the defendants’ tram cars, and when nearing Christchurch a hot spark from the funnel of the engine flew into the plaintiff’s eye* owing to the negligence of the defendpAt’flrpomKatjy in not providing occurrences; the plaintiff in consequence of his i< juries has been a long time under medical treatment ; has suffered great bodily pain ; his sight is permanently injured, and he has been unable to attend school. Medical attendance and comforts were claimed for in addition to special damages for the injury. The ueku 'aut company denied everything alleged by plaintiff.