SUPREME COURT.

Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 36, 11 August 1902, Page 6

SUPREME COURT.

li, «»~ — '• CRIMINAL SESSIONS. ' (Before Hjb Honour the Chief Justice.) l.l '. ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY i, John M'Auliffe wns arraigned on an -, indictment charging him with* having, on >- 20th Jlny, together with Michael Rcgnn, ;. robbed one Anders Petersen of £1, and f. us?d "iolonno towards him. There were [. alternative counts of thuffc from the perr, eon und assault. „ Mr. Gully appeared for the Crown. lf Prisoner was not represented* by counsel, -. and hud exhausted his right of challenge ■_ by the tima Ihirleeti jurora hud been call- • cd. l' Mr. John Perry was foreman of the >, J u f.yThe mnin allegations in the case for ,' the prosecution were that Petersen, who had arrived in town from tha country on the fveninur in question, was accosted by • ocoused and another man in the vicinitY of Cainhridge-terrdcc about 11 o'clock. He • enquieed of theto *ns to lodginas, and ' tliov, rnde» pretext of taking him to a ,• p'iice, went with him up tlio nvenue, ;• \\ hen one ut them a&ked him for two ohil- • lujgs for a bed. His suspicions were urousrtl, but before ho could do anything, • except state his intention of going to a » constable to get the information he want- " «d, one man nlruclc him a blow iv Uie > ftice, which dated him, wliile the other • hold him and started to rifle his pockets. • It was while doing this that they were • disturbed by a cyclist, Harry Tamm, - who had heard tho noise, and on whose ■ approach the two bolted. Mr. Gully cxi plnined that Regan would be tried separ- . atelv. The lengthy cross-examination by the , accused of all tho witnesses resulted in . the case extending well into the after- . noon. Accused callod evidence and also#gava r evidenco himself, denying all knowledge . of the offence (Loft sitting.)

Tho Governor and Lady Ranfurly, accompanied br Lady Eileen Knox, Cai)tain , Alexander (Private Secrotury), Hon. Mr. Hill-Trevor (A.D.0.), Mi:o Julius, Mr. nnd Mrs. Arthur Rhodes, nnd Mr. Jenh- . son, left for Lyttelton by tbe Tutanekai this afternoon, for the purpose of attending the Christchurch races. The party will .return to Wollington by orie of the Union Companys boats on Wednesday. The Hospital authorities report as to the Britannic's sick this afternoon that Trooper Tonks remains much ,-\bout the same. Corporal M'Annally and Private DUssofc will leave the hospital to-day. ' The others under treatment aro doing very well. Private E. B. Turner, of Auckland, -who iB under medical care in tho city suffering from pneumonia after mcnsles, is reported as being very ill. This afternoon eighteen convalescents from Somes Island were released md brought to town. A conference of representatives of the Toiloresses' Unions of Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington affiliated with the> New Zealand Federated Toiloresses and Other Clothing Trade Einployeos' Industrial Union began at the rooms of the Wellington Tmloresses' Union, Cubastreet, at 9.30 this morning. After arranging an order-paper tlie conference adjourned till 2 p.m. Tho £5 offered by Mr. G. W. Wilton, chemist, to any one who should apply to the right person for it on Coronation Day was not claimod, naid has been handed by Mr. Wilton to tho Veteran*' Home Fund. The charge against John Wright of thefl from a Masterton hotel, which van before the Supreme Court at its last quarterly sittings, will bo taken tomorrow. A heavy sea raged in the harbour yesterday ond interfered with the Bhipping to some extent. The only accident which occurred befel the steamer Southern Cross, which has been anchored off Pi pi tea Point for several months. The vessel dragged her anchor early in the morning, and was driven ashore near Kaiwarra. The tug Duco attempted to tow the vessel off at about midday, but was unsuccessful, the line fouling the tug's propeller. Latest advices <tate that the Duco is still trying to tow her off. To-morrow the poll of ratepayers will be taken on the proposal of the City Council to borrow £14,250 for the purchase of an additional catchment area at Karori, und £42,750 Jo be expended lin the construction of a new storage 1 reservoir at Wainui-o-mata. The polling- , places are St. Paul's Schoolroom, the 1 Exchange Hall, the Druids' Hall, and j the Victoria Hall, and the hour* of voting aro from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ' The. proprietors of the Pollard Opera Company, Messrs. Tom Pollard and W. O'Suliivan, have intimated to the Secretary of the fund for providing a Memorial i Home ior Veterans their willingness to ] give a special performance at tbe Opera House on Monday, 25th inst., in aid of j the fund. The Ogero- House "will be given free of charge, and all assisting will give their services for the occasion. A meeting of tf»e Seatoun Road Board was held at noon to-dny, all the members atlondhig, nnd Mr. F. Townsend presiding. The Chairman reported tho result ol the deputation which had waited upon the Hutt County Council urging the redaction of the proposed rate of |d in the £ over the Mulcarn Road District, which includes Seatoun. The result was that the County Council had agreed to fix the rate at |d in tue £. A letter was received from the Public Health Department regretting that owing to pressure of business Dr Vulintine, District Health Officer, had been unable to visit the Seatoun district. It was resolved that as soon as the work on Beerhaven-road had been completed, the services of the extra roadman should be dispensed with. On Thursday next Mr. Herbert Seaton, in conjunction with Messrs. Levien, Shallora«B and Co., will sell at the letter's rooms, a bountiful collection of oil paintings by Benda, Solten, Nitra, and other Continental artialp, the whole to be offorod without reserve. Messrs. Sidoy, Mooch and Co., in their rooms, Mannura-strcct, to-morrow, will hold a iialo of household furniture and offootij, linoleum, oilcloth, blankets, boots, "i*.oos, etc., eto.