SUPREME COURT,

Temuka Leader, Issue 1622, 18 August 1887, Page 2

SUPREME COURT,

CRIMINAL SESSIONS. Timarxj —Tuesday, Aug. 16. (Before His Honor Mr Justice Johnston.) LARCENY, Richard Makepeace Eversleigh was charged with the larceny on July 6fch of a pocket book containing £7, the property of 0. Y. Clarke. Mr White appeared to prosecute, and prisoner, who was undefended, pleaded “Not Guilty." From the evidence given it appeared that the prisoner was working for Mr Clarke, at Waimate, and on July 6th the latter hung up his coat in the siockyard. In one of the pockets of the coat was a pocket-book containing two £5 notes and two £1 notes. The prisoner, prosecutor’s son, and a Mr Tregoning were also in the yard. The prosecutor’s son pointed out the money to prisoner by taking (ho pocket-book out of the coat pocket and remarking to him, “Governor says lie’s hard up, but this don’t look like it.” The pocket-book was then rep aced, but on the prosecutor putting on his coat ho found the pocket book was gone. The prisoner was proved to have changed a £5 note shortly after that date, which he could not explain how he became possessed of.—Prisoner was found guilty, and Gaoler Swann identified the as having been been in gaol in Wellington in,1882, under the name of Kearney. T'ho prisoner denied this. His Honor passed a sentence ! of two years’ imprisonment with hard ■ labor. 1 ALLEGED SHEEP STEALING. *

Thomas Terry \y;s chillgid with sheep stealing (1) For stealing one sheep, the proper:y of J. M. Ritchie, of Cun'.iiiigton station, on June 27th; (2) for stealing five sheep from the same on June 28th; and (3) for stealing five sheep from the same on July J 4th, Prisoner pleaded not guilty, Mr White prosecuted and Mr Hay defended. The principal witness for the prosecution was a bushman named James Patrick Mulloy, at one time in the employ of Terry, who has a section of bush and arable land near the Cave. The evidence of Mulloy was to the effect that he had seen Terry bring the sheep out of the bush, kill ihern and dress them and hang them up, »ud put his own brand over tiie Canoington brand on the skns. He said he hid volunteered the information he hud given, hs was not ‘asked for it. He had asked Mrs Terry io go away with him to Southland, but he bad been fami'iar with-her—For the defence, Mrs Besttie (who had been living with the prisoner for the past eight years) said in ferry’s absence she had seen Mulloy bring sheep out of the bosh and kill them, and she had been unable to prevent it. S ! .e and Terry wnt to Timaru on the 2nd and on- their return she saw some »

skins hanging outside. Other evidence was taken for the defence, after which Mr Huy addressed the jury for the prisoner, and Mr White for the prosecution. His Honor then summed up, and the jury retired, bringing i n a verdict of not guilty at 11 o clock. His Honor in discharging the prisoner said he hoped this would prove a warning to him. The Court then rose.

At the Supreme Court, Invercargill, on Tuesday J. K. Lea, late Town Clerk of Win ton, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for forgery and embezzle* nient. The defalcations, so far as are known, amount to £9BB. J. H. Wilson, now undergoing a sentence two - years’ imprisonment for forgery, pleaded guilty to further charges of forgery. was sentenced to two years’ Imprisonment with hard labor, the sentence to be concurrent with the term he is already serving.