SUPREME COURT.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5560, 11 December 1879, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

Wednesday, December 10. (Before Mr Justice Richmond.) ' - CRIMINAE ASSAXJtT. Meta, who waß on ithe previbus day. . found guilty of attempting to criminally ! know a girl under the age of 12 years, was jbrpnght up for sentence. ' ' " I ! His Honor, addressing prisoner, said that ..he had been, convicted !of an abominable arid 'filthy asdault, causing riot only j bodily injury but also'teriding to corrupt . the r mind of ! the ohild. He. sentenced prisoner to^ ope year's imprisonment in the common gaol at Kapier. LABCENY. Thomas Qallaghan and John Thomson wißre indicted for feloniously stealing at ! Wdipawa on September 15, a portmanteau, I poritaihirig several artioles of clothing, | b'6oks, ; Ac., the property of ''Charles" ■ Alfred Ewen. The property was .^valued J at]b'etTY«en £20 and £30. ■ '■[ . V ;;, J.Pjpaoners.pleaded.no.t guilty. .Caliaghan was .defendedr.by Mr Laacelles. •:.;. : ■_„-,., -O ,i Charles r Alfred Ewen , deposed that he ! was al clerk in the Bank of New Zealahd at Waipawa. On September 12 he sent j on r ßbme '■ articles to"'Waipawa fifbm the I Spit by I railway, addressed : to himself^ , The luggage consisted of three cases and i

two "portmanteaus. He saw one of tiie ;y---portmanteaus at "Baker's Hotel on ther^l 15th September; the day he arrived there.; 7 ; < -5 He 1 did /not fee. the othef pbrtm'anteau^^S until it wOß.iil.-th4 hands of the police iH:^ the bush at^hW back of Waipa-wa. . Vfd iportnianii^it pypduced was the one. -W^jfr W^^ffr® articles that he had packed W wer6\in: the portmanteau when found::' i- • He valife'd the property afc between £2Q •* and £30. . " : -.':>, •■„. Michael Moroney, a carrier, at Waipawa; • deposed- to- .te6eiviti^ith^sn!fiffigi?!gHlie' - railway station ,-ranor tf onv#rtl£ the I "^ ' td BakerLs ißnynj&jElotbl,. deWiting-4h©m-in tWfa^Sgb': i^^%WMnSo.y '■'/" morning and noticed l thatr'bne of the-pdrt^ - raepxember id. He aaid to witness that there was_a man in-tite-hotel' "hard W" i Vh*«iiM to dkfa&ipt Me.of tWcon- ) - leixtA. of/hi^swag.^tfpm'p atAi ilxe&fm&i them, and the t&ed^ihiffl ; 'F<bflt toffetheVr^ to -rOallaghan's iojjife. "^Wxl^t&d!^!^ '•*: ; ■bought.aflinglet;#scal^ts^c?white'Bhir^ ;and:a ofi-socks, giving |Thoms#losi * jfor them. He had the things until the :v : ipoliddmaii'itoofcr fcherav «fra>D XJBnaghant; ;} :had Hothihg to dolwithithardfaking of ttifl i-?j" : \ : bafgaiH'.. ■■'■r.-/Ar:n ■[ IC-UX' ..V "imtriSfiH „■-"•■ -I'Slßi Thomas depose^ltifiife^A Thonipson asked'^him^U buy a , Vggggf^ : ring" tf op. .2a 6d, iwl(ch j h^id;' Th.e^ia?, .f Boatf-rmg prpducfed; pM'Wi one. "■ ™ flJ 3 n;Eyiy S ;:b^rnian;,at > the l EnMrg :^ i HoteJ, gave unimp^rtant'.avid'ehceV' << r "-; John- Adams gaVe eyidenceof :a>aiur&r --, wmilaf to that of Peebles: •': - .. "§ ; i^ Oonst^ble Bro^nahanj.dspogßd biffliisrifi^ ln^Fr^^"i and finding Aft; hisifeofejcet^.' i. '^ necKtie ..whiclt.Mr Ew.en-.Baid wjauiliis-ptiJsr Rerty .;.,.. i Cfalkghan.7 told rt-iWitttesM)^^; v - Tho.mpaon?B $wag .wadcin'oab of)iiMrAßr%ss ■'-:/: hotels .Bh^eds.ii^He Ff ound.t It a#^ire»ke*^ 1 % It. contained! Beveral^atti«leßf'b'6l6ii§;ibgy{# ; Mr; Etferij i- ■%h^paoh'B*istto&m&gfya& ■■'■■ ' '■< hia. ' -i On sea ! rchirig I the''b r tfßh r a;t iSH^-w : : --^ Oallaghak's' house wUn'e'sH 'fodn^ r th^p6^^ v : : ' : manteauß ppbaribeff. 1 I TmM&9M^BS^ - op'^n'a'ndHhe ktrafri 1 cv^ I " The^n^Dro'^ • duce4 werein.it.whenfqund.'t^Wlouu^ Grace, deposed stexffMßfci -.-.n Oa4laghan, and,, f pn .pearchingvhin^ift|jth%| ■ iPol|ce .Statiojv- .found* hWß^ari^gf^ tfci/1, •■ ismglet produced, which belorigedjQfil&Blf,- : Ew.en.t 'I; ■v.^:--=.irfr O(lt -toi :: "5 i 3|'H ; -i After 'soniefuriher, evideno^t hadt befdwi ?¥ taken', Thompson called r ThoYpfi£T*c^i#l«v" • a;witness, pn^his: behalf. ' -This* wi&ys^lW s^; ibrought down from th 6 ! &wM^<3: ;dence. He sai^jhe>;stu4jftl#.@p ; .-'against £& » portman^eau{B9nip yards awayirom'the^ . J •hotel., h The)bauniia3a,h¥d thrown . witiieaa'a.: 4 swag but about the same-time.; -y, '".i.:l : 'K [they retired and. aftera\timeibro?g^t toaHA of guilty. JSentence was deferred 1 a juntil this morningataard'ijloc^.^.^^^: : i John Wood jTervlS I «pplßißSF I -v>; [feloniously forging a certain wd^^iof't: money. to, the / . f £7- ,^^ wittL intent' io defraud;, I jTtißre: W^ Msoinotn^ 3'; count against prisorieV' t ofptret4pin'§ yl tfi6^v^|; said order; .•;■.' ■ 7j'i. "'ZiOYi^^l+rwi&yi} , Prisoner, who pleaded Hoi guilty,- Was? :^ ] -Both the- Crown Prosecutor -and- the* ■'& prisoner • rchallengedca ;ttambac Wf rB men. .'•: i ,/"0..'.1:"7> jT.OT <L>TA -^-^4^ Thp oase h^s. already be^n -f^lh^--«esi . ? ported* ; The prisoner. qbtiinVd a !.- -"^ cheque on the Bank of New Zealand iro]^^ :'-\ Mr F. Windsor,. . clerk ~fa ( tiheTp^amw^^ railway station. The -hummer^ piihja^b^clE . - in the book, corresponding- ; t6 l tfie^^hig'ue, . . jffias 45,149. '"Subsequently ' tne^_jpjnspneri, ;' ; . gave : a- cheque to Mr RoulsToii, \of -thM y Terminus Hotel. „It' purported^ ''W.ywnvr'' signed by the i' Rev. Si -Williatris," but-it^waa-; j not signed byihim. J; :The.numbef>,of.'(tKe cheque oorresppnded to that given to th'o_ ■;. prisoner by -Mr 1 Windsdr. : One~'6f:*fiho principal: witnesses:; was a ; clerfc ynameiic Winkleman, residing 'at Te,<Aute,bbut in 'cross-examination by Mr iLascelle^) his evidence was shaken inr-Beyeralr^arti^ : : culars". ■• : - ~- : ' '■'-•' •'•■' ' -' 1& ' The, i jury, after a retjremept of abwt; ■ an hbVr-'and'-a-halfy brought' lri'aT^dfeL- • ithat the prispner r was \ t Ps*stis§ffi. : .. Ib ; ut not with felonious .inie^ '^"-^f ■. . ' His Honor said that,. th|^^asp^|ct]^aj|jr a a verdict of acquittal,.. and he therefor^ ,directed the discharge the wupjoer. . ."■""