SUPREME COURT.
FPer Press Association.!, WELLINGTON, Sept. 6. ’The charge' against the Henleys, man and wife,'.‘of ill-treating a boy, was adjourned till next sessions to enable: a birth certificate '.to; bo obtained from England. It s§,;;contended that;. Hie the fourteen years of: 1 age''fixed bj?rthe Act under' which the prosecution is taken. ■ In Divorce, "a decree:.nisi was ‘granted in Burn y. the hifsfeand’s petition. : afternoon, an . elderly man named Nicholas Frey* apparently about fifty-five ■ years df' ajje, was charged with indecently assaulting three girls of tender age. • After twenty-five minutes’ retirement, the jury returned a verdict of . not guilty. HOKITIKA, Sept. 6. The Supreme Court criminal sessions commenced this morning before Mr Justice Dennistou. True bills were found by the Grand Jury in the case Regina v. Newsome, breaking, entering and stealing, and Regina v. Mitchell, assault. Newsome was found guilty of stealing, sentence being deferred pending the Probation Officer’s re« port. ■
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVIII, Issue 11367, 7 September 1897, Page 6
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