SUPREME COURT TRIALS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8962, 28 November 1894, Page 6

SUPREME COURT TRIALS.

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WELLINGTON, November 27. In the Supreme Court a youth named Jas. Wright, charged with rape, was acquitted, and on his Honour's suggestion the charges against B. Mangin and F. Miners were not proceeded with. AUCKLAND, November 27. *The Grand Jury returned "no bill" against Robert R. Forsyth, for embezzlement. The Judge sentenced Archibald Douglas to twelve months' imprisonment, John Douglas to six months, and Stewart Aitken to eighteen months for killing cattle. George Schmidt, for horse-stealing, was sentenced to twelve mouths' imprisonment. The other sentences were for break ing and entering, Herman Kohn eighteen months and Altred Beehre three months, the latter being under nineteen years of age and in Kohn's employ. Te Kohere, a Maori, for breaking and entering at Wakatane, was sentenced to twelve months ; Wm. Wilson, for horse stealing, to nine months. In the cases of perjury, for which Samuel Moc<dy, Edward Ogiivie Ross, and Thomas Ma_e Humphreys had been committed for tri/_l at Opotiki, it will be recollected that tbe Crown Prosecutor refused to take the cs_es up, treating them as private prosecutions, and Bills were not presented to the Grand Jury. The Registrar, before the discharge of the Grand Jury, put the formal question, "Is there anyone here to show cause' why Samuel Moody should not be discharged for want of prosecution, otherwise tbe Court will discharge him ? " There being no answer, the Registrar added, "and the Court doth discharge him by this .proclamation." The same formula was repeated in respect of Edward Ogiivie Ross and Thomas Ma.e Humphreys. A true bil) was returned in the case of Abraham Bc/wden. The Grand Jury returned true bills in all the indictments presented to them except one, that in which Robert Rose Forsyth was charged with the theft of »14. After the midday adjournment of the Court, Mr Charles Purchase asked leave to mention the Rotorua perjury cases, in which true bills had been returned by the Grand Jury. He asked that the date of tne bearing of those cases might be fixed. fie had been unable to confer with the solicitor for the prosecution, as he understood that that gentleman had left for ffaaranga. The defence was quite prepared to go on. Hissfionour said the solicitor in question was a witness in the case Mr Purchase then applied to have the cases fixed for Thursday, and Mr Tole, the Crown Prosecutor, offering no objection, bis Honour fixed the hearing for Thursday.