GREYMOUTH CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
(press association- telegram.) GREWMOUTH. March 16. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court opened this morning before Mr Justice Oenniston, who .said that there were no serious charges to answer, flip jury returned no bill hi the ease of Francis Mikoz, charged with having committed an unnatural offence. Vida Upton pleaded guilty to two charges of forgery of Post Office Savings Bank slios for" £10 and £15. Counsel for the defence applied for probation, and his Honour reserved his decision in order that further enquiries mi "jit bo made. William Cowan McXeill, charged with stealing a quantity of liquor from an hotel at Otira, was found not guilty. Edward Basil Wilson, charged with robbery witai violence, was convicted and sentenced to two years" imprisonment. The Court adjourned until Wednesday.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14918, 17 March 1914, Page 3
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