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Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 86, 13 April 1901, Page 4

A doubt having existed as to whether ' persons who have pleaded guilty under the provisions of the Indictable Offences Summary Jurisdiction Act of last session should or should not be kept for sentence until, the next ensuing criminal sittings' of tile Supreme Court, the opinion of the Supreme Court Judges was sought on the point. Their Honours have replied that in their opinion in the four chief centres' — Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Auckland — persons who have taken advantage of the Act should be brought up before a Judge for sentence at the first sitting in open Court at those places, whether the Court is sitting foi v trial of • prisoners, for trial of civil cases, or in Banco. With respect to prisoners who in the ordinary course would be tried at other placer, it will be necessary that they remain in prison or on bail until the next*. sitting of the Court at those places. Where bail is allowed, it should be for the prisoner to appear in accordance with this arrangement. It does not, in their Honours' opinion, appear necessary to fix special days for dealing with such cases. Accordingly, James Hart, Henry Jeffries, Robt. Walker, and John Hough ton, who have all pleaded guilty before the Magistrate at Wellington to forgery, will be brought up for sentence after the sitting of the Bankruptcy Court on Monday. Two men with similar names appeared before the Magistrate's Court yesterday, and in our report of the proceedings the names have been read as belonging tcJ one man. The charge-sheet shows that Henry Jeffries, for having no visible lawiul means of support, was sentenced to three monks' imprisonment, and that a second xxenry Jeffries (alias Frank Jeff ery) was committed to the Srfpreme Court for sentence for forgery afld uttering a cheque, in the name of E. Seager, for £4 10s. A six-roomed house situated between Belmont and Haywards, and belonging to William Henry Miller, platelayer on the Government jf/SS^ys, was destroyed by fire, with its 'contents, on Wednesday. At about 9.30' p.m.- on that day Mrs. Miller was airing some sheets before the fire, and went out to 1 chop more Wood. When she retuvneil the sheets were burned, and tne wall Tvas on lire and she failed to extinguish the flames with buckets ot* water. Mr. Miller was absent at Pahautanui. The. loss is estimated at £150 above the insurance, which consists of a policy for £100 in the Commercial Union Office. The build ing was distant two miles from the nearest neighbour's house. The Hani. William Rolleston was interviewed by the Christchurch Press this week in reference to the report that he had been asked to stand for the not-yet vacant Patea seat. Mr. Rolleston stated that he had made it plain that he had no desire to re-enter public life, and thought he was entitled to a rest. He had, however, said that he felt that circumstances might arise which wo^ld call for reconsideration of that position. He had been asked, it Was true, to stand for Mr. Hutchison's seat, but he had no intention, in view of the treatment he had met with from those who first put him into public life, and from those among whom he had lived longest in the colony, to wander away from what Jie looked upon as peculiarly his own country. Nothing but a firm conviction that .those who had trusted him in the past wished him again to go befoi'e the public, would induce him to change the rest of his later year 3 for a period^ of unrest and political strife. Ho felt, too, that he would not be, able, within any reasonable time, to look for a realisation of his hopes in respect to the ma^in questions of public interest. Just now the people's eyes were blinded with glamour, and the period of unparalleled prosperity led them to be careless upon subjects which less easy times would force upon their consideration. In our leading article yesterday the name of ifc>bert Patterson was given as the apbellmit in the bookmaker v. Racing Club's case. It should have been his brother, Sldwar^ Patterson. John Clancy, who escaped in an Artilleryman's uniform from the .prison gang at Point Halswell shortly before 10 o'clock yesterday morning, was captured between ll and 12 forenoon by Constable Griffiths •' at Newtown. Clancy was undergoing twelve months' imprisonment for knocking a man down with a bottle. In sentencing him to six months' further imprisonment for breaking gaol, Dr. M'Arthtirj S.M., intimated that if the prisoner "behaved himself during the remainder of his current sentence, his cose might be taken into consideration for reduction of the extra term. 1 Mrs. Ada Foye, the eminent American spiritualist, who is paying a short visit to Wellington, was welcomed by the members of the Wellington Association of -Spiritualists at the New Century Hall last night. Mr. W. M'Lean, who presided, presented Mrs. Foye with »n address, and Messrs. Jameson and Poynton expressed 1 gratification at the Visit. In replying Mrs. Foye spoke impressively 'of her mission and its obligations, con-, cerning which more would be heard during her coming course of lectures ; remarked that her- first impressions of the colony had been very pleasing; and thanked the members of the association for their cordial reception. The evening was passed pleasantly, several songs being sung during the intervals between the speeches. Mrs. Foye gives her first lecture tc-morrow, evening. 1 There was a large attendance at Messrs J. H. Bethune and Co. 's, property sale yesterday afternoon. Part of section No. 1010,. Wellington, having a frontage of 66 feet to Adelaide-road, with six-roomed dwellinghouse in the occupation of Mr. A. Wilton, - was purchased for £450 by Mr. J. Salmon, as agent. Part of section 834, Wellington, having a frontage of 38 feet to Rhodes-street by a depth of 132 feet, with dwellinghouse of six rooms occupied by Mr. John Astill, was sold to Mr. F. Penty at £530. On behalf of the executors in the. estate, of the late Mr. Solomon Levy, the firm offered a large family residence standing on half on acre of land fronting Roxburgh-street, also oh behalf of the owners a residential property on Ohiro-road and sectio/i No. 189, Muritai, but as the bidding for these did not reach reserve prices they were passed in and remain in the hands of the auctioneers for private sale. Tho newly- formed Wellington Cornish Society last night adopted rules and elected- the following office-beaa-ers :— President, Mr. E. Tregear; Vice-Presi-dent, Mr. J. P. Luke; Secretary, Mr. James G. Stevens ; Treasurer, Mr. A. J. Tresize ;> Committee, Rev. J. Crewes, • Mesirs. T. Maynard, T. Johns, J. Var- j coo, P. Barnes, J. Tremain> and J. Crewes, jun. The meeting discussed the form of the address which it is intended to present to tho Duke of Cornwall. At the next meeting of the society the President will give an address upon Cornwall. Handkerchief business has been very brisk at Kirkcaldie and Stains (Limited) to-day. A special purchase ot Irkh linen hemstitched handkerchiefs is being offered at one-third under usual prices. Lots of half a dozen, each at 3s lid, 4s lid, 5s 6d, 6s 6d, 8s 6d> 10s 6d, find ready purchasers. The greatest attention is' being paid to tho initial handkerchiefs however. The price of these is 4s lid instead of 7s 6d the half-dozen, and the value is very evident.— -Advt.