SUPREME COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5095, 5 August 1895, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY. By Telegraph.—Frew Aisoeialhii. WkuKiiTOx, Monday. Addressing the Grand Jury, the Chief Justice referred to the fact that the cases on the calendar were not so numerous as usual. Alluding to tbe Masterton murder case, he said the question ot the sanity of tbe accused, Andrew J. Sommerville, might be raised, but that was matter for consideration of the Judge, and not for the jury. As to the case in which Andrew Kennedy and Joseph Jowitt) were charged with causing the death of tho woman in a Chinaman's house in Haining-strect, by throwing a lamp at her t His Honor said the evidence minted rather to one than to both Bd accused, but as it was of a cutious character, tho better course for tiie jury was to find a bill against both the men, if they were satisfied there was a case to answer. Tho case against Davy charged with falsely applying a trade mark to a machine covering was a remarkable one in that tho legislature had placed the onus on the defendant to prove that he had authority for the trade mark. All the prosecution had to prove was that the trade mark had been applied. He thought it was remarkable for the legislature to assume that it had been falsely applied, and to placo onus on the accused.