SUPREME COURT SESSIONS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 751, 25 February 1910, Page 2

SUPREME COURT SESSIONS.

.;■ j (By Telectaph;—Pi'pss l ; Asspciation.! . ' -.v ■■':'' h' v J ; !'v:; oAuckland; Sebruaiy:^;'^'''' ■At the 'Supreme: Court -Sidney;!,, 1 •.■ 1 Tjioburn,Julias.Sidney^,Stevenson, ;was'-V-. presented pn'al.charge :of;\having\nctim4'V .'ised' certain' sharebrpkers, of , considerably;;, slims' of money.'.;■"'": V" ■. : ';.':V-,j';.'-,;' \\i'.\- , llr._Hackett; who-appeared; for:the{ao*."' ; j.■cjised,,6aid that Thol)uris"'was.a.\>ntpEer^i": . liying r . at, the , ' Tiiames. : .; •' On' 'onei'pecasibn'.' J-.l be heard L Eomo persons during. tiie;cburse ! :;. ! : . 6t :' conversation-, remark' that; it -yeas: wry, •' ■;;.'-. • easy/ for/anyone<to.victimise•■ -a : shirei:v broker. ■ This', hint, sank '■ deeply,' into.' hiff-' '.' 1 mind. ''■/■.-..'■ ■' : v. , ,,'; ','■''.';' : J. '■.■■..^γi'.,'-■ v-^ : ''.' ;, His Ilpnour said theicharces Tveie''of aj.-' very 6erious.character•:indeed,,and r 'it T waj.; : . ; - -impossible: to:Vregard; them 'lightly.' ■ :Pri.:.-■:; : eoner would be sentenced:-tor 18 •montbsji; •> - hard labour..;) -. vj .v;;':.-,:;, '■ ■■;•> ■•i V; -^ ; •■■'/•■ 'vsr~' ..■■Anvorder. was-made for.:the repayment i-', v 7d. found on-him.r.- ;.','*'■

■^'■V:'-V-v v naj^;;^es,^.;:w^; : -'-..'."■ ;-'V;:v' -';.:.' : . Napier,;'February.:2iW: ;■; At'ithe,.Supreme.' Court 'to'^ay ,';the'"-iniy■ 'found'".Cecil.. if'Beatf [■'Brown; guilty, of breaking aid entering'a house: at, : PetaneV -,'and; assaulting a*..woman;"and;girl' (half', pastes)■ \yith intent, to.commit a".seri'qugi: offence.' , '.Roderick .Alexander., Greenaway,. ;charged with 'aiding.'and,abettinE- Brown, was. found not guilty/.; Sentence on.; Browa; was; deferred. :.There';;is : another. charge against:both accused.7 ;' .■"..

■■ : M;;'"'^iy^N^NCE^ : 'Xf;; : :^/:v' : "' 1 '."■.. r, r -;,i l . ;:,:'. J. Auckland, February .24." ■'•;';>» In, the ..Supremo Court,-Charles Braith-" ■' waite ;was ; : sentenced ■ to - two years' , -haid"':" labour.-for .breaking, enetrinft , and^theftj- ; ;- John Graham; Oxley. to one^year's: , hard,-■; labour for breaking: and George,-j ■ Wheeler, aged 16, for theft -'of-.two" postal.,-■ packets, was admitted, : ,to. probation for." '- two -^.'r..,-|y. r;.;'..i,-v."vy:i.»'■' ; /;:i:■.;.;:,;?

:.■ : STOEET»BBTTmG.: APPEALS.-::■:■':; ; •:•: ;|';v?^V/; , Ch>ißtchurch,- , '":' The. Supremo Court to-day heard '• .-aprr.w peals'by Peter'.Grant'/and Edgar Ncate;..:; against their ■convictioai,'in.l the. Magisr , ,.: trato's"CoHtt on .ch'argosVof istreet -.bet-;■,,-■ ting. Tho ground,of the appeals was.that m the . wns; insufficieufito warrant;• :; a : conviction;. Judgmdnt^vasireserved.:. ; : ;-;