SUPREME COURT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2432, 1 December 1892, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

At Wellington on Monday, Henry Smith, alias Clark, was sentenced to eighteen months’ hard labor for obtaining money under false pretences. Henry C. Cochrane pleaded guilty to stealing a horse, saddle, and bridle, and was remanded for sentence. Frederick Thompson, alias Tatton, vas sentenced to two years for forgery at Palmerston North.

On Tuesday the Chief Justice granted the application of accused’s counsel for a special jury in the case of Syms, charged with attempt to procure abortion in Woodville, and the trial has been fixed for December 12th, to enable Dr DeLisle to be present, In the murder case tho prisoners are being tried separately, the case of Henry Finley being taken first. The evidence is the same as in the lower court.

On Wednesday in the murder trial Lynch was examined, hut nothing new was elicited. Peterson and Stohr both said Finlay was on the ground when ho fired first, in this respect contradicting Campbell, who said ho was not knocked down. Lynch did not know whether Finlay was knocked down or not. An interesting case to flax-millers occupied the Court at Blenheim, the action being for £OOO for alleged negligence on the part of defendant re his scutching machine, whereby one of the hands lost his life. Plaintiffs name is Lease, the deceased’s father, and the defendant is T'j-Qnpis Carter, the wellknown npifioldpr. At Christcfiurch on Monday a verdict was given for the plaintiff for £IOQ damages in the case of C. A. Stutherige v, J. Hill. The lady claimed £ LOGO damages. At the Supremo Court, Christchurch, on Tuesday, the case of Algie and wife v. McDonald was dealt with. The plaintiffs were David Algie, of Timaru, and Margaret Algie, his wife, and the defendant John McDonald, of Ellesmere. Thu statement of claim alleged that about September 15th, 1890, the plaintiff, Margaret Algie, whilst unmarried, |pnt the defendant £IOO iq purchase arji entire,. This sum, it was alleges was repayable on demand with interest at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum. It was also alleged that defendant had not paid any part of the sum oii : £IOO, and judgment was therefore prayed for that amount, with interest thereon from October 15tb, 1890. The statement o|

defence denied that at any time ho borrowed the sum of £IOO from the plaintiff Margaret Algie, or that there was any money due by him to her. After hearing evidence His Honor said he believed the plaintiff’s statement, and gave judgment for £IOO and interest, as claimed, with costs as per scale.