NAPIER.
Wednesday. In the Supreme Court yesterday, John Carlwright and James Petors were acquitted of a charge of false pretences. Charles Henry Ingle pleaded guilty to a charge of the forgery of two small cheques, amounting together to £6 ss. Hans Petersen was acquitted of a charge of arson. The principal witness against him was a Maori woman, married to a white man, and,she admitted having been imprisoned six months for stealing a watch. Prisoner received an excellent character from witnesses of undoubted credibility. There was an indictment against the same man for assaulting the same Maori woman with intent, but no evidence was offered upon it, and the Judge directed his acquittal this morning. Ingle, for forgery, was sentenced to two years' hard labour. The whole day was occupied in the trial of James Neagle and three others for forcible entry of premises that had belonged to Neagle, but which at the time were in the possession of Macffarlane on a bill of sale from Neagle to Me Arthur and Co., of Auckland. Mr Rees prosecuted. The jury found Neagle guilty, and acquitted the others. Neagle was sentenced to pay a fine of £100, or in default to receive three months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2631, 14 June 1877, Page 2
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206NAPIER. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2631, 14 June 1877, Page 2
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