SUPREME COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4056, 7 March 1892, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

The Oriffllfiai Sessions. [By Telegraph,—Press Association,] Wellington, The Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Courtopenedthw rooming before Mr Justice Jtiiclimond, who referred to the very heavy calendar, -which contained a large number of eases, some of the charges being of the utmost gravity. His Honour only made a passing reference to the Eketahuna murder caso, remarking that it was inexpedient to analyse the evidence at this stage. With regard to tlie charge of mailslaughter against, Bains, lio pointed out that the principal medioal witness in tbe lower Court had testified that the deceased man's life hung upon & thread, and there was no witness who saw the blow struck by the prisoner except tbe woman, who was then in an intoxicated state. He directed tho Grand Jury, if they came to the conn elusion that a common jury would not convict on the evidßQce adduced; to throw out the bill. Later (2 p.m.). The Grand Jury threw out the foil .against William, Martin for latceS?' Herbert Ayers, at present undergoing six months for larceny, pleaded guilty to forging and uttering two each of £2; The prisoner had a bad record, and judge Bichmond gave liim four years penal servitude. Charles Ninkey, oonvicted of stealing a set of billiard balls, bud a number of previous convictions recorded against him within the last flvo years. Tho Judge said like the other ptisonor Ninkey evidently must be put cut of the way of preying on society for a long timo, and gave him four years too. A second charge was withdrawn, F.Myers pleaded guilty to the lurceny ofawatchaud chain and was remanded for a probation report,