CHRISTCHURCH.
March B.—Simeon Cedeus has been found guilty of wilful murder, and sentenced to death. The judge holds out no hope of commutation.—John James Pmith, for larceny was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment.— Walter Johnson, a hardened criminal, for larceny from a, warehouse, has been sentenced to 3 years' penal servitude.—James "Williams and George Cooper, for burglary, have been acquitted.—John James Kecfe, for horsestealing, was sentenced to 3 years' penal servitude.—Richard Roy, for larceny, has been sentenced to 12 months'imprisonment.—John Dillon, for indecent assault, has got a sentence of 4 years' penal servitude.—Croekatt, for false pretences, was acquitted.—Cracroft Wilson has been elected as a member of the Provincial Council for Heathcote.
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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 367, 14 March 1871, Page 2
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