SUPREME COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 127, 2 June 1897, Page 5

SUPREME COURT.

, cr jMINAL_SESSION3. YESTERDAY. ni a Hon^M7jÜBticeConolly') 'BefOr a -Charles Henderson, a W^iK years of age, was indicted '*• rA 'on March 6th, at To Awamutu ll9 ( l 8^ Annie Ethel Elizabeth "IdBC6 sir! ander the age of 16 years— &»*• * * ff bo pleaded nob guilty, was IK minted by counsel-MrTolecon-itreprf 8 oy th 9 proße cutioo.— Led the «*■ 'or th f rl and her mother, »C 9 £ ,« y Con!table Joes. -The r»'^l o l,irireovide n ce.-Afteraßhort > rd! eiiry retumod with a verdict jßtirenaeot, "i foreman stated they were H ty'Aow other accused should be •oMK^S to m ß rey. After another 08"" *Bd lary re turned with a verdict ,atire«e B» »uo a commo ndatioo to mercy, - H"Sf!lid tbo prisoner was guilty of ) ary'ic .nt conduct, but to what extent V", ijlitlo evidence. He had no ere 1.1 the eirl gave her consent, bub <ioabtt- ti, Dosod for the protection of the |l.lft P and made the offence an Sifl I. »anlb whether thero was consent io dßCen T JouW take into account the «rlioli' ttL iurv and sentence prisoner to Whs' imjrimant with hard labour. months Tetaloff, a young :Al2Sietid that he did, on February '.!? Ardiaoro, near Papakura, with 11 \*n carnally know a certain unmarried iDt b to ownaiiy Hayter, under the age of t S ik?S« ««W Agnes Hay her from l6yif«l control other guardian. When 111? 18! la first brought up be pleaded »Blty a«*»»» ordered to stand down, f^ffial prisoner withdrew hi. plea rj %S and pleaded ll« who appeared for the prisoner, said KlirK who had put the lav, in ' ii!» was now sorry for his action, and O[ "SiISJ that accused and the girl filL married.-The father and the '•lire' "Jed by His Honor and the named' uid he was agreeable to the ! riaee.-The girl aad the prisoner sn.d Zt were willing to marry. -His Honor a that under these circumstances he laid order nrisoner to enter into his own gDisance'of £25 to appear on Monday Bl for sentence. If he brought ci marSTte certificate he would bo then dis■charged' , THIS DAY. AUEBEB Forgery and Uttering. —Max pleaded guilty to having on April M committed forgery of a certain docuvaol purporting to be a cheque or the gnnentef £6. A second count charged ba prisoner with having used the •aid document well knowing it to be forged. Prisoner was further Indicted that ha did, on April 26th, commit forgery of'a certain document purporting to be a cheque for the payment of £6 10s. lber« was alao a second count, a« in the prerioai case.—To each of the four wants the prisoner pleaded guilty.— Hii Honor eaid the priaouer had placed i most extraordinary document in his Ma in mitigation of the oflenca. The ' prisoner admitted thab ho had been conTieted of a large number of similar offence iOSydney until he had made that colony too hot for him. Then he came over here tndc9mmenced committing anumber of precisely similar offences.—Hia Honor noticed from a return before him (which prisoner admitted to be correcb that ib was only lone time in March he was released after three years' imprison men in Sydney.— His Honor thought) ib would havo been as wjll if prisoner hod remained in Sydney.— Iliaesntonoo of the Court wasthab he be kept to bard labour for a term of three jean on each charge, sentences to be contorrent. Alleged Theft.—Wm. Andrew Rabtray, l young man about 23 years ef ago, was indicted that) he did, on March 25th, at Whaogamnta, steal one pair of earrings, fonr fire shilling* pieces, one half sovereign, one button of gold, and four quartz ipeoimene, the property of John Sainabury. A second count) charged prisoner with living received iv hand a portion of the nid property on March 26th, knowing it to hate been dishonestly obtained.—Prisoner pleaded not guilty, and was represented by Mr Beale, —Mr Tole said the informant, Mr Sainsbury, was a hotelkeeper and storekeeper, residing at W'haDgamibn, On the 18 th March the priioner and another young man, Oscar Cuchrane, arrived at Whangamata, and went to stay at Mr Sainabury's hotel. The articles were miesed from the store on or about 2 o'clock on the afternoon of March 25th, and tho evidence would show that prisoner had asked Cochrane thab same day to go into the store and steal these articles, butUochrane bad refused. Mr Sainabury had had them in his possession for many years, and members of hia family would givs evidence of identification. One of the five shilling pieces had a holo in ib, and the kilf-HOTereign was somewhab bent, before tie property was stolen. Afterwards the prisoner straightened the half-sovereign "id changed it ab Mr Sainsbury's hotel. The lire-shilling pieces were changed ab various placos at Tairus, and the ear-rings fete buried in a matchbox by the prisoner o^tha road between Whangamaba and Tairaa.—John Sainsbury, Elizabeth SainsWry. Annie Hull, Ellen Morrison, Bncl Oscar Cochrane gave evidence.— Cochrane deposed that> he firab raeb »M«ed ab Karangahake. He accomNed him from iKero to Waihi, and hence to Whangamata. Some days after ™«T arrived ab Whanßamaba prisoner "'"ted witness to go into Mr Sainsburv'a |we. Ha said there was a bag of notes in "ere. Witness said, " 1 am nob having **I>\ This wag on the 25th March, about woo clock. Witness then wenb in to his 'oner, and when he came out again P»spner showed him a pair of earrings, four "'«shilling pieces, a half-sovereign and •Piece of stone. Prisoner said, "That's yourihare of it." Witness afterwards saw ■"".■go into a blacksmith's shop and '"wghten. the half sovereign with a tti'Ti"' Subsequently Kattray changed Ci f 80Terei«n ab Sainsbury's hotel. On ««i March they left for Tuirua, and on the yprisoner put the earrings in a match Z\ nßahole in the ground, and buried "'"ox and its contents, putting a stick in , n 8 eround co thab the spot mighb be ch own pother time. Ab Tairua prisoner Di«? • the five shilling Pieces at various ton 41'" township.—Constable StapleCitin ? avo evidence'.—Tho priaonor, in tl,. R 6"denoe, said he knew nothing of u»»h -try until h8 was arrested on toT" charge. He changed two half aloha" 8 ab Sainsbury's hotel—one he gob at oar,?* 9 "r, 6 a Btore« and the other he won won* 8" i °of fcho five »l»illinB pieces he iob« n 8- from Cocnrane, to whom he All th. • y Rave chan e8 for two mere. <ho»i T l eof a3 to prisoner IL,? particles to him and planting (Left Sitting.)