SUPREME COURT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2621, 15 February 1894, Page 4

SUPREME COURT.

At the Supreme Court, Napier, on Tuesday, Richard Joseph Jar man, for stealing about £3O worth of atamps from his employer, J. W. Craig, bookseller, was sentenced to two year*' imprisoment. The judge declined the request of prisoner's counsel to allow him probation. Thomas C Johnston, a probationer, who left the district without first obtaining leave, was sentenced to 12 months. Maurice O'Connor got a similar sen tgnge for larceny and breaking out of a hotel at Taj?ad#}e, Alexander McCutchan, who had already pleaded guilty to the forgery of thrts? promissory notes, was convicted of attempting to extort money from Dr Moore. Prisoner's wife was put under chloroform by the doctor for a slight operation, no one else being in the room. Prisoner subsequently wrote, accusing Dr Moore of criminally asaaultiug her whoa under the drug, and claiming £250, in default threatening prosecution. Sentence was deferred, John O'Brien, who pleaded guilty to stealing gj 10a at Parangahu, was sentenced to three j months' hard labour. Patrick Campbell was found guilty of rape on Mrg Florence Nelson, and sentenced to five years' hard labour and twenty-five lashes. At Invercargill on Tuesday, Alex, Copland pleaded guilty of the forgery of two 1.0.U.'8 for £G9 and £9, respectively, and was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. Dibb Ido, an Assyrian hawker, and Charles Sutton pleaded guilty to forgery, and were sentenced to six and twelve months' respectively. Duncan Stewart pleaded guiHy to wounding William Collie, hotel proprietor, with a pocket knife. Sentence was deferred for inquiry into his mental condition. Joseph Forsyth, of Lake Wakatipu, charged with committing rape on his own daughter, aged 151 years, pleaded not guilty. At the conclusion of the case, Mr justice Williams taid it w;\s of so grave a character that ho would defer summing up till next. Forsyth, in his evidence, said that the family hud got into the habit, at first in fun, of blaming him for all the mischief they did. He detailed the doings of himself and his family on the day on which the oflence was to have been committed.

The Statist says that the fall in silver is due to the imports to India prior to resuming the import duty. A wheat cargo from the Cape of Good Hope has been Bold at about 25s 9d per quarter. Feb. 32. Wheat has been 6d lower during the week.

Mr Justice Williams has ordered Sir H. Isaacs, Messrs Lethbridge, Regan, and Paul, directors, to repay £15,000 to the liquidators of the Anglo-Australian Printing Company. Feb. I§. The deputation which waited on Mr Reid, one of the Victorian Government, explained that their desire was for sufficient h-utter producers to combine in the colonies to control the London market, and confine shipments to a committee, consisting of their selected London ageuta and colonial nominees. Mr Reid, in reply, admitted that wide consignments, especially to financially weak houses, were detrimental to producers, and he expressed sympathy with the scheme. He suggested that butter should be deposited in cool stores in return for negotiable certificates in order to prevent, forced sales. He said that it was impossible for the Government to recommend certain firms in London which would transact business with the producers. Sir W. B. Perceval afterwards assured the deputation that he agreed in the main with Mr Reid's views. The Aorangi's factory butter is realising 106 s per cwt. Paris, Feb. 12. The Banque d'Escompte has suspended payment, liabilities fifty-four million francs (£2,160,000). Besides Lombeyran, who is a director of this company, Clere, manager of the Societe Immuuble has also been arrested. Feb. 13. The Rheims Chamber of Commerce have informed M. Meline that the woollen industry is greatly injured by protection, and that many of the the factories are ruined, and will have to be sold. Melbourne, Feb. 12. A case of eggs placed in the Government refrigerating chamber on January Ist has been found to be in excellent condition. In some instances the shells were cracked, which is believed to be due to the temperature being somewhat lower than necessary. The average tem-

perature was 26.72. Feb. 12. It is estimated that 1,000,000 bushels of wheat will be available for export. A sugggestion is being made that owing to the low prices ruling for wheat, the Government should reduce the freight on the railways by 25 per cent. When interviewed on the question, the Government declared themselves unable to accede to the suggestion.