SUPREME COURT.

Mataura Ensign, 21 June 1915, Page 5

SUPREME COURT.

——~, WELLINGTON. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. . WELLINGTON, June 21. At the Supreme Court' vsittiugs Lee Stephens Curtis, formerly .clerS-to ; the Ohakune Borough Council,, was admitted to probation.for two years and an order made that, his property be as-, signed to the Public Trustee for the relief of his creditors after_ sufficient ha.been retained to, pay his passage to Egypt, where, if found medi ally: fit, lie will rejoin the forces. Accused was brought back from Egypt .to answer six'charges of theft. . • DUNEDIN. , • DUNEDIN. June■ 21. The Supreme Court was occupied toclay with an action by the Public Tf ll5 * tee as executor of the will of the-Jiate Rev. E. L. Woodhouse versus the .Notional Insurance Company to recover tooo, the amount of an accident insurance policy. Mr Woodhouse, who-was an Anglican minister, .was found drowned in Molyneux River a year, ago, and the company disputed the claim, mainly on the grounds of it not having been proved that the death was accidental within ihe meaning of the terms of the policy. _ , The case .is proceeding.'