SUPREME COURT.
, CRIMINAL SITTING. ALLEGED BREACH OF TERMS OF PROBATION. Before Mr. Justice Cooper on .Saturday, ■William Henry Oakcnfull, who some timo Ago to probation for having fcceivfid' £8 knowing it to have been dishonestly' obtained, was brought forward on a chftrgc of, having committed a breach of the conditions upon which lie was released. report submitted by the constablo at Mrtrtinboroujh was. read by his Honour. It wai'.' stated in the document that prisoner hiM'#been drunk both at Wellington and Jlartinborough during tho period of probation. \ Also though he had earned £9 on a thr.efehing mill he had only paid one.instalment "of tho £8 .due by .him, and. that when it ems' fqur months overdue. Prisoner admitted that he had had a few drjMts, but denied that he had earned £9 as Btated. . I 'His • Honour said that lie would, remand prisoner in custody Until March 23, in order tl&t; evidence corroborative of tho constable's stjitfelnent might be obtained. On prisoner's owiij admission, he had broken the terms under,'which he had .been released. Tho'Court would, however, give him an opportunity to prove' that lie had not been guilty of the alleged breaches.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 450, 8 March 1909, Page 9
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193SUPREME COURT. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 450, 8 March 1909, Page 9
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