SUPREME COURT SESSIONS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 601, 1 September 1909, Page 5

SUPREME COURT SESSIONS

A CRIMELESS CITY

,' '/'':. '(By.Telegraph—Pmbs'.'AMocidtloiiii:'. ;«■ ; .//;' ■ i ; ,';> : >-"v'; InvercargUl, 'AiJgust, ; 3l,/;;' : -Addressing the Grand; Jury at; the; Supreme' Court !tp-3ay,;his'flonbur, Mr. Justice !Williams,;ibxpressed.igreat;'satisfaction fact":that:there were noncriminal.;cases .'for hearing./. The' district-.had always/been remarkably: free, from crime, 'but tb.is..was.the .first ; tima, in', his ; -experience /whero'-'absolu-. telyV no" criminal,'case; was set'down; VthotigK in'.' 1901/ and 1906; Jwhen'Mr.',; Justice"Dennistori 'presided; .the- ,same/thing had.. happened. ■■Tho'.' Crown.'Prosecutor, congratulated { .the. and the Clerk'of.the,.Oourt' presented His ; Hqnour-with a'pair of..white-gloves.^;( ■; v In'rbturniiigithanks,.his Honour,remarked that.this'-.part of,the,•country.was.notblessed . with; such - a i.soft and,; iuxuripus. climate-as north;';,lt was;a;fact'fhat,vthe;.'further •north";-one: went'-'the''greater, tho-amount j'of criirfe.'./Howev'pr ■ that. Sputhlaii'd had • an; honest; 'haf drwof king 'comihiiiiity^::in i -'.criminals. could'laid no/place.-■;■■"'.;. ! ,f>--; :';r ;,-;- ; ; ..' . ' ;, ; .';,*.-■ 5 J. dhrlstohiirch, August M.. , -'■ At ; a;sittiiig-.in.divorop'aieid this.afternoon; "decrees''nisi i-weto. granted .as. under, :--Maf .homed '-Din• v.,": Gertie;■■'Esthorf;DinJ,'; Emma Mattel'Johnston ..v:-:Alfred/ , Erriest •! Johns ton, :drunkenness"and';desertionji Lottie v :Anni9_ Grpc'hwoo'd•'.v'.;'..;Cocili;D'anfo.rth ; ./Greenwood," misconduct'.;.;;,; ;.';^/;■ ':'■•■'•;';'■;;'!• ; ; ..v';\ "';;,;■:;;;•';.;.; .Ihvoroarglll, August'3l. . :'v: i Ai'lh , e.'Supreme''.Cdu^;- : to7<lay l Hugh Cuthbertson claimed from F.;B.;MacdonaTd £1400 for.; 1 alleged '.breach : of contract touching i the purchase of a: farm at Wairio..; .Plaintiff's csis'o- : was'.' that , defendant. entered' Unto an "agreement ;,;tb,:,leas'e..,a fariii.-froni' defendant," with; a,.compulsory purchasing,clause, 'the price ..being ,£5000: ..Defendant,.'after .some months,'.deserted the land and ■ disappeared; : having! 'months' rent. • /Plaintiff eventually resold the' land for £3600, and .claimed /'.the/ZdificrenceVbd'tween v that"ahd : £5000 as' damages from defendant, who had since "returned , to; the: district.„ /The ,de-. fence was. that defendant's: father ;'(how dead) and plaintiff:agreed to cancel,,the lease im-. mediately.: after ;defendant's,,.disappearance. This was supported by evidence, and a letter'! from defendant's ...father..,/'The jury, after, half an'hour|s retirement,, found for- defendI ant.'./ r ;■;•.-''. '■'■ ■■ ■■.'."■"-■ ■'.'' \. ■. -'-'/:' r..;.'A claim by William Gregory./,v. '..Mary Gregory;(his: mother), for;.wages, alleged.to be', due for. managing, a farm ."of which : his mother was administratrix, has- not been concluded. ; '.'■'f:'.'v '■"..'■ //'".' X"'?>- ■■■ : '" ''•■■':.■•.'