THIS DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 77, 9 April 1885, Page 2

THIS DAY.

His Honor took his seat at 10 o'clock!

Tm.MAOKiBuiioLAE.-TakaT.liiitiiij! fit was charged with breaking^d^tate H the dwelling-house of Hatni Ppni, _W: I native settlement near Mongoirai, on Ike H 24th January, and stealing thereto. R pair of trousers, shirt, necktie,: aid». ■ taires. —The prisoner, through Mr Brim, H native interpreter, pleaded not gitjK- B Mr Williamson, Crown Solicitor,openedtbe I case, andgaveafewpartlcHlarß,i&i{ii M almost a repetition of the forma c_B|t- ■ The prisoner addressed the jury _».lollm: X Gentlemen, you are the jury; itiaftarywt. U consider my case, and j"udjj_ stcwd U ingly. This is my question, ,'Vttko pot H me in gaol"? Prisoner then rektedi H dream which troubled in the gaol I_4 I night. Ho was suddenly surrounded If ■ throe lions and five tigers, who pairedtt B him, and would havrf swallowed Lis H up but for their master, lie told _ B, master that he wasabelierayhtdldiitl M behove much. He concluded by ujii«, H "Excuse me, I wish the jury to etnMtr E my dream."—His Honor 6ummed -ft_d H tho jury found the prkioe'r giiiH. T_ IB soner: "1 have miecondadea myself- R His Honor taid that praoner Win.X found guilty on two chirps of tred^Jl and entering, and stealing Irom diriDty :j|| Tho sentence of tho Qetxt would be trn^U months' imprisonment tor-each offence,t ffj run concurrently, prfiefet*fcOit__ta.to ootf WB mence on the expirationrf'tW."*?_. H which prisonor is new dndergoing. Bills.—The Grand Jury fotind no tot bill against John Connolly, charged * arson, and a true bill in thf> case,,Kf» Michie, false pretenses. - Hobsi.-steai.ing.—Harry. Jone«j JUtf arraigned upon an indictmwt, ! cjii«, him with stealing a horse on IM IB February, the property of Oeerce W beck.—Prisoner acknowledgeniakM horse away, but not with the .n__ta« .teallng.-The Crown SoKdto.opsa the case for the P^Ki" George Colbeck, employed in a.Mf»« Ohaupo, deposed that he kne. tjiepw. who was one of the mill hand* ;«»•• talking with prisoner on Sunday m«™ 16th, nt the public houKv Among* matters his horse, a three-yew oI.«l?« up. Prisoner admired the howe, " w in Mr Miller's paddock. -Missed %F on the following morning and fW» of prisoner until he was in a««J«j" police at HamUton.--Thom_sß.«f deposed that he met prisonor Sew W* ville. He was riding a geHme(desnW Prisoner offered to -change;:b«gj», witness. He said be m ««; in riding the boundary »■ they came to terms,- <jgJ°Zm gave hie new bridle into theJ^Siß prisonor gave an address **•*}{■?■ and said that if witness tepengM gain be might have his horse h*g Saw prisoner no more. Hanj«W to Constable Herbert, «tato»d «"J Thames.-Constable HerberMep&«£ arresting prisoner on the' clusft - nied the charge, and said bWMJR named Smith riding the "onMßy. , Smith bad offered the te&jKbridle for £2. Witness fcWft Hamilton, and found ■*»**£ ment to be utterly Wee. » then confessed, and con«qu«W » J was found in tho possession of »n MoiTinsville.-This was H&X&) prosecution.-The ?**/&£» former statement that h. j^ffianimal without any d_hon« _.g^ His Honor summed up^Sl that prisoner had d_^:*_Jjs) Thompson, ;and both to Thompson and W«» would be for the jury to judge m sisteney of prisoner's com!**^ considered the facts, «*J*^( guilty—Sentence, twelve «*«Lj „ to commence at the expiration <U? ■ tenee which he is undergoing., - LAKCKNY AS A BAIKB. -W^ |H "_-_«S?a«,_a Duval was charged with "™g|,i»|| cheque, and obtaining "TO-*™ intent to defraund on oner pleaded notguilty.-Gg £H wick, grocer, Shortland-«r»* fl R that helnew prisoner, wMg&B Met him at K^J&gvM Prisoner said: "I oweyon • »«, y,m He, Mr Bardwick, repU« J #«_■ asked for a blank choqu »*s>■ would write out a cheque » oL»*l**M let him have Ds and got » • Prisoner said he e>of &.___. Now Zealand Bank «:^i_£B Tuesday the chDnuocouW^gM Honor considered that tfl » y^K by prosecutor did not «p<B mont of obtaining money WS|W which would bo in *mWtM He did not cay thai|ta» JUjgH had no doubt but this %&JMO charge of obtaining *«g, to»W was not involved.-^ J^tfittM jury to voturn a verdKtol ? fyM in discharging the p***l^ iMS escaped punishment tfcw^, mistake, and he hoped hi j^B act as a warning W him J— lets cheques again. OBia .Rob^K_l pleaded guilty to steatog *„ W« property of Honry Opotiki, and was sentence" « imprisonment. X Tho circulating "SwUj^B Farnell, will be « mfelMß the premises, by ,^iJ«r*gJß«B lease of the prqiniMg « » uaß »p«« Talbot.. This la a "f^StX* t^fM i^^ott»'^m Henry George's loud to the P"* 1*B",^ p*^B tho utilitarianiflm ol -^'fjm which tho Industrial «^M» Society (Queon-atreet.^j"^^ , H dally sooutos I»na W* "" H 7|