SUPREME COURT.
Wellington, Monday,
The quarterly sessions of the Court opened this morning before His Honor Chisf Justice Prendergaat.'ln his charge to the grand jury his Honor said that whilst tho list was longer than usual, tho majority of the oases weio. fif_.the simplest character, generally of a kind in which "foolish tradesmen took valueless cheques. There was, however, one case of iiDuaiiul character, in which a person was charged with marrying the widow of his deceased brother, the ceremony being performed by registrar after a declaration by accused that ho believed there was no lawful impediment to the marriage, ,In England and in this colony the fact that one of the contracting parties was a widow of a brother of the other contracting party was a lawful impediment, but the point to be discovered by the jury was whether the accused believed there was such impediment.
A truo bill was found against John Jenkins, James Parker, and William Higgins, charged with stealing cattle from Henry Holder, of Mungamalioe, The trial is now proceeding,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3017, 1 October 1888, Page 2
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174SUPREME COURT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3017, 1 October 1888, Page 2
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