CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 119, 23 May 1910, Page 8

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

PRISONERS SENTENCED. [BT TELEGBAPH—PBESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, This Day. At the Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Williams passed sentences as follows :—: — Daniel Morgan, for receiving a stolen watch, fifteen months' imprisonment; William Henry Harris, found in possession of counterfeit coins, three years' imprisonment. Frank Alervyn Kenisted was convicted of false pretences and forgery, and sentence was deferred. Daniel Sweeney, for false pretences, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. AUCKLAND CASES, AUCKLAND, This Day. The Supreme Court criminal sessions opened this morning. Mr. Justice Chap- j man commented on the lengthy calendar, but remarked that the crime statistics of New Zealand compared more than favourably with those of other countries. It was regrettable that there were so many youthful criminals, and their number showed the need for legislative reform. He expressed gratification that the Government was doing so much in this respect, and also expressed approval of the Probation, First Offenders, and Indeterminate Sentences legislation, and said it was a question whether the latter should not apply to incorrigible women. THE POWELKA CASES. PALMERSTON N., This Day. The Supreme Court sittings opened here to-day. The criminal list is a small one, with the exception of several charges preferred against Powelka. The cases against him will be proceeded with after j the disposal of three minor charges on the* list. Powelka will be brought up from Wellington to-day. j