SUPREME COURT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1362, 5 October 1886, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

WELLINGTON.

The information laid by Sir J. Vogel against Hoskins, uublisher of the sheet known as the Commercial Advertiser has been withdrawn. True bilk have been found against Te Whiti, Titokowam, and other Maoris ■ n two counts of malicious injury und forcible entry, and a'so against Hodysnn, on two charges of embezzlement, and William empletm, alias Woods, for burglary, The latter was convicted of stealing samples from a commercial traveller at the Empire H .tel, and sentenced to two years’ hard labor.

CHRISTOH(JROH.

Thom is Hooper pteided guilty to horse stealing, and was sentenced to two years’ hard labor. Cecil Williams and Edward Buckingham, two lads, were sentenced to two years’ hard labor, for stealing from a dwelling. Richard Memo and Matthew Weils f. r stealing an ox, the property of John Eolman, were sei tenced to twelve month’s hard labor a h xander Johnston, charged with indicent assiult, was acquitted. George Manning Rees, found guilty of the manslaughter c£ his wife Kate Rees by ill-treatment and neglect to supply her with pr per nourishment, was sentenced to iwelve ra nths’ hard labor.

HUN EDI S’,

The Grand Jury threw out the bills against John Campbell, for sheep stealing, »nd Patrick Oavanagh, for passing base coin. The charge to the Grand Jury was merely formal. Henry Percy Fisher, \yho was convicted st he Su reme Court tc-dey on one of two charges, mtusged to escape a conviction in the other by a voiy clever trick. When waiting in the cell below the Court he managed .o change coats with anoiher pris mer, and on a wbnosa against him swearing positively th.it he recognised Fisher hy his clothing, prisoner fold the Court what he had done, and getting his own coat sh wed it was of an enti ely different cut Prisoner agaa show- d great volubility, and wanted to contend that ho articles bund on him were picked up. having probably been taken by another par-on, as probably there were as many ihieves amorgst the upper as amongst the lower oiasor. October 5 It the case of How Chew Jmg, who pleaded guilty of robbery of a dwelling Mr ailoway, who appeared for the defence asked that the p-isionor should be dealt with under the First Offenders Probaßoa Act, The Judge raid he was doubtful whether he could entertain the applicati a as the Act wag intended to apply prima facie to British subjects and who were •< uropeans, and ha saw some difficulty in the way of its application to foreigners. He did not want to exclude them from the beneßt of the Act, but prima facie, he should say the Legislature had not their case in view. The case was ordered to stand over.