SUPREME COURT SITTINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2222, 5 October 1886, Page 2

SUPREME COURT SITTINGS.

[IJV TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, Last Night. At the opening of the Criminal Seasions today, Judge Ward was warmly welcomed)by Mr Forwood on behalf of the bar. In hi 1 * chaige to the Grand Jury His Honor regretted that the calendar should be theheaviest known in Auckland for many ioiii,. The commercial depression invariably piodi.ced a harvest of crime, but he trusted that the long hot «f criminal cases was nut to be taken as a fair indication of the state of the mercantile barometer in the north. There weie 4G bills to be presented. The grand jiny found true bills, m the following case.*) :— John Herdrickson, horse stealing ; John Milne, larcency ; Poihipi, breaking and stealing ; Michael Lunny, (two charges) attempted murder; Thos. Chambers, uttering and obtaining money under pretenses ; Jame3 McAnaily, larceny as a, bailee and illegal poisoning ; S. Spalding, for arson. John Herdtickaon, horse bte.iling, was sentenced to 18 months; John Milne stealing watch, 12 months. Chkistchup.ch, Monday. The criminal sittings opened to-day before Mr Justice Johnson. It is arranged that the grand jury shall consider bills in Hall and Houston's cases on Friday. In his charge, the judge said that the ju & tices at Timaru h.id acted very properly in committing Hall and Houston for trial to Chustchurch, so that certain objections arising: from local prejudices and feeling might be removed. There was not throughout the district generally any increase of crime. J. Hughes, for forgery was sentenced to five year's penal servitude ; Thos. Hopper, horse .stealing, two years ; Wm. and Edward Buckingham, breaking into and stealing, two years ; Edward Moatne (maori), and Matthew Wells,. cattle stealing, 12 months each ; Alex. Johnson charged with indecent assault was acquitted. Wellington, Monday. The Supreme Court opened this morning. There are 17 cases, including those against Te Whiti, Titokowaru, and others. The judge, in his charge, said the cases were of more importance, but presented no greater difficulty than usual. Referring to native cases, he said that although Te Whiti was not present when the offences were committed, evidence would be brought to prove that lie was tha instigator of such offences, and if such was the case he must be tried with the others. His Honour made a lengthy charge in the case against llo&king, brought by Sir Julius Vogel. He said there were two things for the jury to consider, viz., an article which appeared in tho Advertiser, and a cartoon published in the same paper. The article in question was leaded "Parliamentary Scandal," and had reference to the Waimate Railway, His Honour instructed the jury that if the article was merely a naration of condemnatory opinion expressed by]the Parliamentary Committee, and if the article only reiterated these opinions m peihap? somewhat different language was privileged. At the Supreme Court, Benjamin Hobbin*., larceny from the person, was acquitted. The libel action, Sir J. Vogel vermin A. J. Hoskins, proprietor of a small society paper named The Wellington Advertiser has been withdrawn, accused hay ing oigned an apology.

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