SUPREME COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4126, 1 June 1892, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

Criminal Sessions,

[by teleqbaph.—press association.

. WEUiNGiOJf, Monday,' • The quarterly sessions of the Supreme Court.commenced at 10 a.m, Tbe grand jury returned true bills in the following cases :-Joseph Rhodes, forgery; JohnDriscoll, alias Jeremiah Driscoll, alias Charles Travers, larceny ; Philip Herbert Letchford, forgery; James Channing Bagnall and William Hogg, false. pretences; John Frederick Reece, forgery ; Robert B. 8. Marsh, oattle stealing j Peter Rammage, larceny ; John F. Reece, forgery, etc.; James Craig, arson; Walter Lane, burglary; Con* stance M. Spargo, bigamy; Alexander Ross, breaking and entering; fl. William Kempton, sheep stealing; Tasman Cook and John Brown, larceny ; Leonard A. Langley, horsestealing (three oharges), NO BILLS, The grand jury threw out the bills in the following cases';— Frederick Windsor, alias Boyd, alias Smith stabbing and wounding ; Charles Nicholson, alias Beaton, larceny; Daniel figan, forgery. FORGERY.' Joseph Rhodes, who is.at present serving a sentence of six months for forgery at Blenheim, was arraigned on an indictment charging him with having forced the name of N. Valentine, of Palmerston North, to a cheque on the Bank of New Zealand for £lO. : The prisoner pleaded guilty. His Honor thought it would be improper to deal with the oase under the Probation Act, and ho sentenced the prisoner to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour, the sentence to run concurrently with his present sentence, -.•■■■"' • ■ ALLEGED ARSON, James Craig pleaded not guilty to a charge of having wilfully set fire to a cottage at Silverstream, owned by James Farrington, Mr Gully prosecuted, and Mr A'. S. Peterson, defended the accused. The jury, after about 20 minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty. FORGERY,

.: John Frederick Beeco admitted having forged the name of W... A, Coates, solicitor, to three chequea for £3 each. Mr Poynton appeared for the accused, and stated that this was the first time-Ree'oe bad been charged with aoeriniis offence, and he asked t|)afc liquidbe.dealt with leniently, The prisoner, was only ;f)8 'years of age, and had been 17.years, in the Colony, Mr Gully staled' that there was a warrant.put againßt' the' prison rj'ir for an offence pominuterl in phrisfphurfll). flis Hpiior \orldered the prisoner to he brought U p forßentence next morning,

HOUSEBREAKING. -Alexander Boss pleaded guilty to a charge of having broken into the house of Herbert Jioyea at Feildiog.on the 22nd April last, andjatolen there-, from a suit of clothes, a sleeve link, and a silk handkerchief, The prisoner admitted that he had been sentenced twice before for larceny. He had been in the Colony over 80 years, It was the drink that had got him, into trouble. His Honor sentenced the prisoner to 18 months'imprisonment,

PJiilip Le'tchf6rd;adrj]j||d that lie had forged the iiam'e'pf«a,'fesident 'of' Tawa .Jlafc to an order.fo'r a ! book, entitled "The Wotid of. Adventure," tor which be wp panvaesing for subscribers, : His Honor iptepcijd bim to a year's imprisonment, . 'Petef'ftamniage was charged with having stolen £lO irom. Edward Hoar, Tho accused pleaded not guilty, and conducted his own ; 'case. The evidence was the same, as that given in tho Ueaidenb < Magistrate's Court, and the .jury, after about an hour's deliberation)' brought in a verdict of guilty. The prisoner was re.

manded till Thursday, in order that tha probation, officer might present a report, • ''■?( ft} .!.,/ TrffiPAtfAMA'koiEI.AFFAIB. 'Walter"Lahe / was charged with breaking into, the Panama Hotel, and stealing a bunch of keys on the morning of the 25th April last, Mr William Oleland was foreman of the jury. .

The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and bis Honor, in passing sen-< tence of 18 months', imprisonment, informed the prisoner that if this had been his second offence he should have sentenced him to a term of penal servitude. .WEDNESDAY. : - : (By Telegraph—Press Association,) . Wellington, Wednesday, , '* John Frederiok'Beece was sentenced to eighteen months on.three chargesoi forgory, the 'sentence's to be oonourrent. . ■