Napier Supreme Court.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 578, 5 March 1891, Page 2

Napier Supreme Court.

ONCE MORE-IS MARRIAGE A FAILURE ? (SPECIAL TO THE STAN DIHD ) Napier, last night. The criminal business at the Supreme Court terminated yesterday. With regard to the else ugainsi James Rowe, convicted of wife desertion, Mr Justice Ed wards said the evidence as to the wife’s conduct precluded his making an order that the prisoner should maintain her. She was a strong woman, and apparently able to earn her own living, and had been no he'p to her husband. He would allow prisoner to go at large, without imposing conditions. If he failed to maintain the chi dren ic was competent for the police to take the matter up. The prisoner would be released under the Probation Act (or one year ; if he attempted to evade 6is re-ponsi-biities by leaving the colony he would be brought up for sentence under the present charge. With regard to the custody of the children, do doubt the father was entitled to that trust, but the matter was not at present before the Court. The prisoner was then discharged. Robeit Ewart, for horse stealing, got two years’ bard labor, tti iney Morrison, larceny of a borre as bailee two years ago, was placed under probation f ir two years, and ordered to pay £2l, c<mC of prosecuting. Gqptave Barlow, charged with horse steeling, was acquitted.

The civil business was then commenced, with the action Gollan v. Kelly, in which the plaintiff epught to have a contract for the purchase of certain leasehold land aet aside and declared void, and that £soo be paid to him as damans, The case occupied all yesterday afternoon, and concluded late to-day, but upto 8 p.m. the jury had not agreed upon a verdict.