SUPREME COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 285, 1 December 1893, Page 4

SUPREME COURT.

Yesterday,

CRIMINAL SITTINGS.

(Before-M rJustico ConnoIly) BTf ThENTEEING—J^es Maloney a"iSL°£ pßon wer* c*<-*- barged with havi-fton the 31st of October, broken J? 60, aathS w? d the Bh°p °- Thorn's Sealey, Atoe^atreeb, and stolen therelroia seven silver Watches value £10.-Thomp-son ploadf. guilty, and Malonev noc guilty.-Mt J. A. Tole conducted tho pro-hecubion.-Uefendant wag nofe eß _ ntt ,_ by Council. The evidence for the prosecution was similar to that previously reported in *. '_. he _u [°IV „COnrt- Ifc was to tha effect thab Mr Sealy's shop window was broken ana seven wabches abstracted. -The prisoner, J ameß Thompson, being called by defendant, deposed that he gave a watch to Maloney. He did nob tell accused that •. was Bto i ßni Accused waa uot with witness when the watches wero taken. Accused as ked if the watch ha gave him bad been got in Auckland. Witness replied that ib had not. Wibness did nob tell JYialoTiey aboub bhe robbery.—Prisoner, being sworn, deposed bhat he was on board his boat on the night in question, and did not come ashore until 7.30 o'clock oa tho morning virhen the watchea wero taken. Witness denied all knowledge of or connection with the robbery.—The jury, after some consideration, found tho prisoner nob guilty upon Uie charge of breaking and entering, but found him guilty upon the second counb.of having received property, well knowingjib to have been stolon.—Hia Honor sentenced each prisoner to twelve months' imprisonment-with hard labour. Trpk Bills wero returned in the case of George Morfett, breaking and entering, and James Troy robbery; Thomas Augustus HieghiS, rape j Henry Charles Hill, falae pretences ; Anthony Josephs, forgery. These being all the indictment, His Honor thanked the Grand Jury and relieved them from further attend-ance. _No Bill.—The Grand Jury found no I bill in the case of Charlea David Wright, who was charged 0 n two counts of larceny.