NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2219, 4 August 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

SOLICITORS IN TROUBLE HEAVY BAIL FIXED. ißx Telegraph,—Press A«Booi»tton,l .Christchurch, August 3. Thomas Maude, solicitor, was before ] the Court to-day, charged that during ; July, 1910, ho received from Thomas s D. "Harmon the stun of £1030 on terms J requiring him to pay the same to Eliza- ' beth Barnett, and fraudulently convert-, ' ed it to his own use. He was remand- . ed till August 12, bail being allowed in j two sureties of £1000 each. _ _ . i Frank Bowring Turner, solicitor, also charged that on Mnrch 30 he received : the sum of £77 18s. Id. and-fraudu-lently converted the same to. his own ' use, was remanded till Friday, bail being fixed at £600. . A CLAIM THAT FAILED. ' Dunodin, August 3. On July 17, Sarah Jane' Amnion,. ; claiming to be tho widow of Samuel Alfred Amnion, applied to the Supreme '. Court for an order absolute, giving her administration of the deceased's estate. Catherine Amnion, of Taihape, at that stage, also 'Claimed to be Amnion's widow. The matter was then adjourned till to-day. When the ease was called, it .suddenly collapsed. Counsel for Catherine Amnion put in. an affidavit giving circumstantial witness as to hpr marriage with Amnion, whereupon counsel for Sarah Jane Animon intimated he had received word from Auckland which satisfied him that Catherine Animon was Samuel Amnion's wife. Consequently Sarah Jane Ammon had no claim on the estate, and he withdrew: Mr., Justice Sim made an order discharging a rule nisi against Sarah Jane Ammon. THE "JOY-RIDE" CASE. Christchurch, August 3. The criminal sessions opened to-day. There is a .short calendar. Mr. Justice, Dcnniston, referring to the "joy-ride" taxi-cab case' in his charge to the Grand Jury, said whisky was not a noxious thing itself, and it was clear it was not administered to cause bodily harm or annoy. It might be- suggested that ■w'hisky was administered to reduce tho girl to a condition in which she could be sexually interfered with, but the evidence was not sufficient to justify the jury finding-.that the offenc© _ charged was committed. Ho thought it might form the basis of a charge under another section of the criminal code.'.' MILK VENDOR FINED £10. Hawera, August 3. W. D. G. Clemoes, milk vendor, was tc-day fined £10 for having sold milk to Inspector Gray which did not comply with {lie regulations under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act. • j CHILDREN'S OPEN AIR FUND. Christchurch, August 3. As a result of the commercial travellers' collection on Saturday, the sum of £750 will go to the children's open air fund.