SUPREME COURT. CRIMINAL SITTINGS. (Before His Honour the Chief Justice) This Day.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 44, 20 August 1895, Page 3

SUPREME COURT. CRIMINAL SITTINGS. (Before His Honour the Chief Justice) This Day.

APPLICATION FOB PROBATION. The jnry (of whioh Mr. J. D. Moriaon was foreman) having fonnd the lads Charles Conroy and John Brown Gniltj of reoeiving property stolen from B. Hannah & Co.'s premises, they were brought up this morning for sentence. Mr. Wilford asked that the Probation Officer might furnish a report on the oaae. The boys had not been previously convicted, and he was prepared to call evidenoo of their previous good oharaoter. His Honour said he would remand the lads until Monday next, and the Probation Officer could make enquiries in the meantime. If he did arrive at the oonolusion that it was a oaae for probation, he should certainly require some substantial seourity for the lads' future behaviour and for the protection of the public In his opinion it was indisputable that these lads were guilty of the offences charged against them, and he had no doubt they broke into the premises and stole the property. )n most cases he should have considered they had forfeited their right to probation by the character of their defence, and he could not conceive why the .Legislature shonld have allowed people the advantage of probation after they hia gone into the witness-box and told a parcel of lies/and tried to throw the blamu of their offence on other persons. Ho should have expeoted to Bee Borne signs of contrition, but there was nothing of the sort in this case. The aooused were then remanded until Monday. THK HtINTNQ STBIHT CASK. Messrs. O. Winnia (foreman), W. Hyde, v J. Flaws, J. Embury, H. N. Morrison, H. B. Henderson, J. Knight, A. B. Edwards, H. Bell, T. Warwick, K. Gardner, and W. Brown were sworn in as a jury to hear the charge of manslaughter brought against Joseph Jewett and Andrew Kennedy, in oonneotion with the death of Louie Smitl from injuries received through a lamp being thrown down in a Chinaman's house ii Haining-street, on the 6th of Jane. Mr. Gully appeared for the Crown. On the application of Sir Bobert Stout, who appeared for Jewett, the trials were separated, and Kennedy, for whom Mr. ' Wilford appeared, was tried first. The detail* of this unfortunate affair were published very fully at the time of the investigations before the Coroner, and Magistrate, consequently it is only necessary to give an outline of the evidence. Robert Wilson described the origin of the row whioh occurred in Ghee Chung's house. The girl Smith, Ghee Chun?, and witness were in the house when Kennedy, his brother, Jewett, and Bobert Gawn came in. Aooused began the row by striking witness with a cane for being in suoh a place. A souffle followed, in which Kennedy got witness down on the floor, and while he was being Sommelled he heard a orash and. saw i Use. On rising to his feet he saw that the lamp had been thrown down, and that the wall and the girl Smith were on fire. He could not see who threw the lamp, but was positive that it was not Andrew Kennedy, who at the time it was thrown was on the floor on top of witness. Bobert Gawn won that when the senffie occurred between Wilson and Andrew Kennedy, the girl Smith oaught up the lamp from the table as if to save it from, being overturned. 'Jewett grabbed it out of her hand, and while Kennedy was endeavouring , to drag Wilson outside, he hurled it against the vail, where it smashed to pieoes, Betting fire to the wall and the girl. Jewett, who was drunk, threw the lamp with his left hand. Ghee Chung was not in the room at the time, having gone out when the row commenced. The medical evidence given by Era. '" Parkes, Ewart, and Tripe showed that the girl died from the effeots of the shook to hei system as a result of the burns which she , had received. Other organs whioh were tc some extent diseased had nothing to do witl her death, neither had a fall from her bed ii r the Hospital whioh happened about half-an hour before she died, while the nurse wai out of the room. Constable Oassells said that when arresteo Kennedy blamed Jewett for throwing the lamp, adding that " if it had not been foi his (Kennedy's) exertions the girl would hare been burnt alive " Sergt. Shirley and Jam lee gave evidence of an unimportant oharaoter. ] left sitting.] BiroßX atook-taking, whioh takes plaoi in a few days, I shall offer the following ex traordinary bargains :— ladies' last season' i three-quarter jackets, worth 19s 6d, for 2i lid, 25s for 5s lid ; a few lined oloaks, 37i 6d for 10s 6d ; ladies' skirts, 8s 6d for la 6d a few real bear boas, 60s for 355; a far dressing gowns, 12s 93 for 7s lid ; an odd lo of oonets, worth 4a 6d to 6s 6d, for 2s lid b&lanoe of French pattern bonnets, worti 17s 6d to 255, for 3s lid, 5a lid ; nntrimme< felt hats, good shapes, Id each, at 0. Smith's the Cash Draper, Cuba-street.— Advt.