SUPREME COURT CRIMINAL SITTINGS. YESTERDAY.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue L, 3 December 1895, Page 3

SUPREME COURT CRIMINAL SITTINGS. YESTERDAY.

(Before His Honour the Chief Justice ) THE TRADE MARK CASE. In regard to the oaso against B. F. Davy, charged with a breach of the Patent Designs and Trade Marks Aot. Mr. Jellicoe appeared for Davy, and stated that he had not heard until that morning of the agreement said to havebeen'come to between the prosecutor aid the defendant that the case should be withdrawn. He asked the Court to allow him time to make enquiries regarding it, as, if information whioh he had received was truo, a gross abuse of the prooess of the Comt had been committed. His Honour said ho had nothing to do with that at present. The case would be called on in th> ordinary oonne. Mr. Haaelden said he understood that Davy was pot in Wellington at present. His Honour said if he did not appear when the oase was called, his reoognizances would be estreated. VALUELESS CHEQUES. Otene Kuku Karaitiana pleaded Not Guilty to oharges of having, on the 30th October, at Palmorston North, obtained sums .of £1 3s 6d and £1 7s 6d from W. E. Andrews, hotelkeeper, and on the same day a Bum of £5 15s 6d from J. L. Kimbell, another hotelkeeper of the same plaoe, by' means of valueless oheques. There was another indictment obarging aoouscd with having, on the 2nd November, attempted to cash another valueless cheque for £5 15a 6d with Mr. KimbelL Mr. Hadfield defended tho acoused. Mr. 6. W. Banks was foreman of the jury. The oheques were taken for drink, the Moused stating that he was in the district with the object of bnjirg native land, and had plenty of money. For the defence it was sought to show that Kuku, who had been commissioned by Mr. F. London to aot as a go-between with ■ome natives in the purchase of native land, expeoted to find money to his credit for advance to natives on account. But Mr London denied that snob, a thing was even mentioned, and said he bad written to tho aoomed and told him that he must not run up accounts or draw orders on him. The jury found the aooused Guilty, and he was remanded until Thursday for a report from tho Probation Officer. TRUE BILLS. The Grand J ury bronght in True Bills in the following oases :— H. Bigg, grievous bodily harm; Chu Queen, broaohot the L'aakiuptoy Aot; Alfred Tates, grievous bodily harm; William Doyle and L'dward Kyan, assault and robbery ; Carrie Hope, theft ; Edward M'Caghy, indecent assault; Bernard Watts and Alexander Fabian, larceny. NO BILLS. The indictments against James Reid for breaking and entering, and William Simmonds and H. Woodward for a:Bault and robbery, were thrown out. This Dat. BINTINC*. t John Idle, oonvioted yesterday of receiving stolen property, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. HOBSS STEALING. Thomas Nordisoh, alias Brlggß, pleaded Not Guilty to a obarge of the theft, at Masterton, on the 2nd Ootober, of a horse, ■addle, and bridle, the property of Alexander Burnett. Mr. Wilford defended the acoused, and Mr. G. W. Banks was foreman of the jury. The prosecutor, a farmer residing at t'ernridge, said he rode into Masterton between 8 and 9 o'olook on the 2nd Ootober, and hitched up his homo in the yard at the baok of the Queen's Hotel. When he went to get it after tea it waß gone. The following Snnday he went out to Te Ore Ore Maori pah and saw the aooused, who said at first that he had got the horse from a sailor friend, and afterwards that he had found it wandering in a baok street in Masterton and had taken charge of it, intending to make enquiries for the owner. Witness considered the axplanation satißfaotory, and did not want to prosecute. The jury retired at 12.45. THE GBAND JURY. The Grand Jnry, whioh oonoluded its sitting this morning, threw out the indiottnent against Thos. Nestor for perjury (two oharges), and found True Bills against F. Arnold and G. Bansor for assault and robbery, Thomas Williams stabbing, .1. H. and A. Brown proonring abortion (three oharges). Referring to the rejeotion of the indictment against Nestor, formerly in charge of the Eketahun* Police Station, his Honour said that without oritioiaing the aotion of the Grand Jury in throwing out any other bills, he should say that in this case they were perfeotly right. THX RECENT BTABBIN3 CASK. This afternoon the trial of Thomas Williams, a seaman belonging to the barque Alioe, on the charge of having st-.bbrd Thomas David Hughe3, a sailor on the ship Pleione, on Jervois-quay eirly last Sunday morning, is goinv on. The foots of the case were reported yesterday, when the <me was before the Stipendiary AJa?istrat3. Mr. Wilford is defending the prisoner, who pleaded Not Gnilty, and Mr. J. C. Edwards is foreman of the jury. Left sitting. j