SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, this day.
Mr Justice Williams, in Chambers, today, delivered judgment in the divorce case Steans v. Steans and McCubbin, heard at the last Tnvereargill sitting. His Honor dismissed tho petition. - At the criminal sittings in tlie charge against S. J. Mercer, of wounding with intent, the jury found a verdict of not guilty, and Mercer was discharged. Mr Justice Demiis.on said he had received a letter-signed "Christian," asking him to deal severely with Mercer. He handed the letter to the Crown Prosecutor in the hope of finding the writer, who, if brought before him, would be dealt severely with. WELLINGTON, this day Dr. Jones, arrested at Foxton on a charge of obtaining money by false pretences from a Wellington chemist, by means of a valueless cheque, was lined £5 and costs, or two months' imprisonment.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 54, 5 March 1898, Page 3
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