COURT OF APPEAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume X, Issue 1951, 9 June 1888, Page 2

COURT OF APPEAL.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

WELLINGTON, June 9^ ', In the Court of Appeal yesterday, a Taranaki appeal in a divorce suit, McLean v. Iredale, was nrgued. Judgment was 1 unanimously given dismissing the appeal with.' costs. The effect is; 1,0 -affirm,, the decree of Mr. Justice Gillies, granting McLean a decree nisi or divorce for and costs against Iredale! , The case'of Isabella McGregor, a \yidow, of Wariganui, '*v. Da"niel McGregor, of Normanby, administrator in the estate of the late John 'McGregor, , was commenced in the Court of Appeal .this .rooming. This is a case which, hps .been removed from the Supreme Court, and .was brought to recover a' portion of the estate 'of the late John McGregor. Mr. Jellicoe, instructed by Mr. Cook, of Wanganui, for the plaintiff, and Mr! Bell for defendant. The case was heard by the Chief Justice, Justice Richmond,- Justice, Williams,* and Justice Ward. Judgment was given for the plaintiff, with costs, pi counsel, 20 guineas. ' > . . .

In the Appeal Court argument has concluded in, the case Regina v. Fong Chong and Clara Chong. At the last criminal sessions , the prisoners, were charged with child murder. ' They were acquitted of the more • serious offence, and sentenced to two years' hard labor for concealment of birth. Certain points were • reserved, one being misdirection of the Chief Justice to the jury, and,' second, wheiher, by reason 1 of the omission of the interpretation of the evidence, the male prisoner ought to have been convicted. The Court ■affirmed the conviction, and the sentence, is to, be carried out.