FINLAND.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 743, 16 February 1910, Page 7

FINLAND.

: DIET.MAJOEITT.-PiraEN.cWqMEN.: . By Teiesraph— Press Association—Oopyrliht. '■■ ;:-.'..': ■ ; ; St. ; Petersburg,rFebruary : ,ii.V,. t .'■■ The' elections to the" Finnish' Diet have , resulted iri : ' the -return•' of: fifteen-.'women. .: : The 'Agrarian. Socialists''secured'% 103 seats, outnumbering all'the.other parties.; [Atthe first''eieotion'in.l9o7 twenty-two .women-were returned as members of the Finnish -Diet.] 1 :-.'",;■ ; -", ;.-:,■,:'-'/,:";.';'-/ i SUPREME COURT SESSIOIVS^ V'■,■■■ ':,.:■'-■'-;':" V v ' : '.';.:y ; :'' M '..";.' > : :-; ' v.i"-;, .:;.'■:} ! ';?almeest6n sittings. l '}y:^.. (By Telegraph;— Specia- Correspondent.) : 'Palmeriston North, February 'IS. 1 '■ At the Supreme Court to-day, Charles Cannon, alias Watson, alias Cripps, and ; Walter, Riley,-.who "were, yesterday. found , "guilty," the latter' of breaking and entering the, dwelling'of-George. Hansford; ,of Boundary Road,, and theft therefrom, ; and .the 'former "of. receiving stolen- pro-' ' fCTty,■ were, brought before his'; Honour,, Mr.., Justice-.Chapman, , for sentence., Riley, v had previous ,: conviction's,/ com-, S rising, .sentences .of, nearly,eight -years" urine. the . past ten years. . ■'-. He;■'stated that he. was 21 years old. .Cannon also' had' a long career, of : orime. V.', Both were sentenced to four -years' imprisonment ■with hard labour.' -.. -.-■ ■:;•■■■■!'.::■:;:•■■ >' A man named; Leo: Boranoff, .'charged with oriminal assault at Feilding, was found,:. guilty'.-, at ;. Palmerston ;.- .terday. ".The' '/jury was.- absent - for : four ; hours. It-was then "shown that accused had five previous convictions in England : and Scotland, mainly Jor theft ;and' fraud, ; besides > other, convictions in New Zealand; .In England he passed under the name of Albert Burnesteah, and his' identity was, established by means; of the finger-print system.- He was sen-. ;tehced- to three-years" imprisonment. "- J--.'; ::■■[■ AUCKLAND.'-"' : 'Y; ■-'./-' ! <ByTeleirrabh.-Prees Association.) ' ■■■. ':.'■' Auckland, February 15. ; At the Supreme Court this • morning, George' White, charged with firing arevolver_ at Frederick Stanton, a workman, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm, was found not guilty and jvas discharged.. , '■',-.', •''.'"' DtJNEDIN CASES.. '~-'' • i (By TeleirraDb.—Press Association.) .' .'-;-' Dunedin, February IS." .At the Supreme: Court to-day, John Harry Turner, charged with a serious offence, pleaded* guilty, but raised certain pleas in extenuation. This was taken as a plea of not guilty, and after ovidonce had been given tho jury was unable to agree. Accused was remanded until next criminal sittings, and was released on his own recognisance of ,£25. Francis Paton Philp, found guilty yesterday.of the theft of a mare, saddle, and":bridle, was. sentenced- -to. six-months! imprisonment. ■ Alexander JfLennan .was found not guilty on a oharge of vagrancy. George 1. Buckley, found. guilty ■ yesterday on a serioris charge," camo up for sentence. : Jndge Williams said thai this was an exceptional case, and acensod was admitted to probation for. twelve months, and ordered to pay 2s. 6d. per week towards the : costs of,the.prosecution.'.'., : '