SUPREME COURT.
TUESDAY. .NOBILI, • The Grand Jury found No Bill in the ease-of -John-M'flartncy,' • charged- withlarceny from tho person. SENTENCES. William Honry Crossley, found guilty of larceny, was brought up for sentence. Prisoner had nothing to say why sentence should not bo passed, Sentenced to five years'penal servitude' on each count of the indictment, the sentences to run concurrently. Thomas Lawsou was presented for sentence, having been convicted for larceny. Hi3'Hoii6r sentenced the, prisoner to threo years' penal servitude; Reubin Hind waspresoiitedforsontonco having been convicted of .iarconyi. Tho prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. .■'.'.■' AR3ON.' Henry White was arraigned on an indiotmentcharginghim(l) with having wilfully arid maliciously set fire to the Prince of Wales Hotol, Mastorton, tho property of Thomas Wag?; (2) with having wilfully and'maliciously set fire to the Prince of Wales stables' Masterton, the 'Property •'•'of 'Phoebe -.Wagg ; (3) with having wilfully and maliciously set fire-to the Prince of Wales Hotel, Masterton, the property of Thomas Wagg, in which Kate Scott and Thomas Wagg were then dwelling; and' (4) with having wilfully and maliciously sot firo to the Prince of Wales Hotel, Masterton, tho property of Phoebe Wagg, in which Kate Scott and Thomas Wagg were then dwelling. Mr Bell prosecuted on behalf of'the Crown, and Mr Shaw defended the prisoner, who pleaded NotGuiltv.:
The Crown Prosecutor, in opening tho case, explained that the indictment had been framed somewhat peculiarly, owing to a doubt as to the ownership of tho hotel.
■ The evidence was the same as given in the Masterton R.M. Oourtaud published by us at. the time. The Crown Prosecutor addressed tho ■ jury at some length. Ho contended- that the theory of the fire being accidental, was upset by the prisoner's own assertions.
Mr Shaw addressed the jury on behalf of tho prisoner. He submitted that no motive for suttim/ firo to the hotel had been proved. Bis Honor having suinmed up, the jury retired at 5.35 p.m., and returned at (i o'clock with a verdict of not guilty. Tho prisoner at the bar was then discharged, and the court, adjournod till next morning,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2566, 6 April 1887, Page 2
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349SUPREME COURT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2566, 6 April 1887, Page 2
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