Supreme Court.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 128, 1 June 1891, Page 2

Supreme Court.

WEiaaNaTON, June 1. f The Supreme Court opened this morning, i Chief Juatioe Prendergast presiding, The 1 calendar contains the names of ten persons,, the charges being for the moßt part of an I ordinary onaraoter. Referring to the case against Ooleman Philips for durninyism His Honour said there were two indiotments (I)! forinoiting certain persons to make a wilful and false declaration ; (2) aiding and abetting them to oominit a breaoh of the Land Aot ! After reviewing the evidence taken iv the Lower Oou:t the learned Judge said although! he had gone very oarefully through the Landi Aot he oould find nothing expressed in its] provisions to prevent anyone taking up land for another. This, however, was a point of' law, and lie directed the Grand Jury, if they thought the facts warranted it, to bring in £ bill whom Philips, and leave the Vofrt lot argument when the case, oame before "the' common py, His Honour remarked that the' JjWaUtuie wete evidently under the impress sion that ihay had made provision in the Aot to prevent rersona bbainiog land on deferred' payment oi- porpotual lease nofc exolusively lor their own use, aad section 18 had fixed the penalty to be inflioted in case of any one taking up land other than tor his own vjbb" Dcjjedin, June 1 '. At the Supreme Court Mr Justice Williamfl in his ohnrge to the Grand Jury, dealt with the oaleudtvr, whioh is uausually liirht George Olark pleaded guilty to ombezzW the funds of tho Prince of Wales Lode* Manohestor Unity, at Port Chalmers His couusel urged in extenuation that the ab sence of proper oheoks furnished temptation to crime. The prisoner was sentenced to three years' penal servitude, ... . . Auckland, Jun* i At the onnunal sittings o| the Supreme Court tins morning l0 * his charge to the' QrandJ^ry Mr Justice Oonolly remarked o^ the small number of indiotmVnts but pointed out that there were two fil™ charges, one of murder and one of embezZ meat. The lattoi was espeoiallv aotioZ \> who had been postmastej an.^ property tax at Yfanganui; Ttto Grand Jury for laroeuy, who, on his pleading giiilW, was sentenced to 12 months, and aga>%SsW Petersen. who pleaded gui^tj toburglaty.i aud got 12 months, ■

The retirement of the eoo^ritrib Ooti'kt^ vV Sarolta yay to tha quiet ot AhiJiiie ty i ttgf£ p. recalls: the rdmarftable tag aries; ';%t sihtt i tltlcd^Hungtirinri' woman, 'As ■'^■■pejQlMi^logical and physidlogioa^studj' she hHa few equals; At the age of 21, brilliant, beauti-, ful, a~nd possessed of great riches, ahe donnad a man's giwb, and started out 6i a oare'-r of unexampled .deception , and criminal adventure. She devoted muoh of her time to making love to women, and during her career married nine different g;r s, some of thorn belonging to families of distinction. Professor Krafft-Ebing. who kuew her well, furoishes this description of w,ILT r7 <i 8 - ranß ? wotnon^'She ia a 3r l 1 . 1 ?? o *^ Prince. She ia of sss&st ■&■ .sarrife ct. te «t?wsrs \M have out deep hnes in her face, she Km handsome, and looks like a boy of 21." St Nioholas' Magazine record? that there is in Oregon a most extraordinary hone that rejoioes m the possession of the lonareafc foretop, mane, and tail in the world He was born about seven years ago ia the'etate of Oregon, and when: 4 years old: fo 9 -mane and tail grew so rapidly-bften as mudh as 3 inohes a month— that in three years they renohed their present astonishiot growth. His tail is now 9ft long* his foretop ti-SUt long,, while his mane- measures exactly <7ffc 10m. Linus as he is called, is perfcotly formed, and weighs about 14001 b. His "body colour 'is a glossy golden ohestnat : he has white hind feet and a whito face, and his mane, tail, and foretop are of a soft flaxen colour. His hair, whioh is done' up when he is not receiving visitors, continues to grow though vow very slowly. Auide from bis remarkable hair, Linus is certainly a beautiful anitnal. He 18 proud, parries his -head high, and enjoys admiration with all the intelligence aud pride of his race, Mr Heury Chamberlain, a. settler in the Ellesmero district, who has been on a visit to the old country, inf jcins the Lyttelton Times that he travelled over 6000 miles through o-reat Britain, and took the opportunity to watch the interest of tho New Zealani frozen meat trade in the London market. To do this thoroughly he attended regularly as a buyer, and was thus enibled to see all tho various moves. His remarks on the subject are well worth noting. He says that the Amerioan» show a dexterity in promoting their own mterests whioh we New Zealandera would no weir to imitate. They, are sending enormous quantities of cattle into England, and have secured a oonoesaion of one-half railway freight on all their meat on all lines... '..He has seen us many as 6000 head at a time, of as prime cattle as we ever had here, tied up at Deptford, and at other ports where 1 Amerioan vessels unload, ready for aalo. These battle are transmitted all over the oountry, and the railway concession gives the shippers an oi^portunity of selling in every market, and at a large profit. Mr Chamberlain contends that if the Amerioans had our mutton they would make a good thing df it,.; But as ifi is, though the British, public must have our meat, it ia so handled by middlemen, agents, and salesmen, that though! the ultimate price scoured for it is as good 'as that given for English mntton, the profits are frittered away. Haviug spoken to many influential persons at Home on tha aubjeot, ha ooueiders ibab wo have been blini to our owu iuterems a^t'to.iuve formed a oompaay to taka in h»nd dimributioa direal lo the retai era. duou a ojmpany only requires floating in the ooJony to secure all the necessary capital being auuganbed freely at Homo, and me profits are bo great thai there would be a oertainty of euooues. Where* ever Mr Onamberlaiu went ue fell in with New Zealand meat, and he found that thera ib no piejudice ag.iua; it no*. Nelson Brothers hsve done more towards improving ihe status of the trade at Home than any other firm, bat muoh more require* to ba done, • ' - " •• Tne London correspondent of i tho Prut writes :- Tbe death oj Barnum tiss provoked Borne honest press opinions of tue,man,' wno was attar all " the priuoe ot "^- --though in bin latter years he attained a kind of oalebnty. One ot his dodges wnea in LoDdon to advertise himself was to get up a tustimouial banquet iv his own honour just M Digby Grant iv the •• Two BW* p.elenla himself wuh a ailwr setvica. when tne eveniiful evening came, the ola man in ail the glory of a beautifully embroidered stairt oamu sailing into the reoepcion room of the Hotel Vio* toria. Advanoing towards the gentleman who had just received from him the sum to be paid for the dinuer he said in> a voioa broken with emotion, •• This is indeed an unexpected honour.*' He was not a good oonveraationaliai, though fall of humorous atones, for he was fond of talking of himself, apmg fifteen years ago ha Waa •• aaown up " very prettily by an ex«.empioyee. He.wM exhibiting in London «' The Missing Lintf '» *i. wM m £° ia a Ofl « a - tiPiaatdiUf «omawhare. The public wera flocking . to see the montroaity, when on the second day the ex-employee put in hia appearane*. tried to induce him to go away» Cftre> *& c Baid « " the oreaturevls very wild. Don tgo near the oage." v Oh. its all right, 1 waa the reply with » broad grin. "He. won't do mSLy harm. He and I are old friends," and advancing to the oage, the man put out a hand., " How are you, Harry Vhe aaid. « Shake hands. I haven't aeea you for. a, long, time " This wasa famous misshapen dwarf. -who waa. Jnd hJVS h he tOUI ?. o£ the P'«vincial halls, and he had been put into an appropriate ri« for " the missing link." That veri aftof. noon the show dosed abruptly ' ™* **$ 3 Tha nn i T^ amea C L «>«»don) Polioa ?°r lta^ "J? nt *° th «fc ot the horse immoS tahsed by Mr Mark Twain, which ™ »lwVv» gaily Graphic remarked that at thefS? SSf i°f a C f 6 ft"* thia 80Und ed like adJSa calculated to lead to a breach of the peace! but that journal hoped that the incident might, after all, end happily. inwa enß Bomo days ago (aaya the Melbourne Ataus\ a young man attempted to import a case of SihS™ W H h °^ conaul «^ thaOustoma offioers, and the experimes* has cost him much more than he ever anTicip^ted, ' WA be imported his goodft iQ the opaTmanner usually adopted by importers he would'K had to pay-tear guineas to the ievenue o? and that he was afi^BSai^S gg&^nta&fS lindS \Tl n - h - s nnad *i for hi* S B ™ f bnnglD « *»* «««. ashore arid delivering it ove.r. to the young man ttfehred AreqentTfeitor to Siberia dedlares 'that that oountry surpasses the North American conunent as to the extent of cultivable' 'soil. l n J P lb ?" ftß . fow ? t8 *w ">e largest inthe world. Its mineral resouroes are" immense t its climate, excepting the tundra and tha northernmost forest region, healthy,- aiid as favourable to the culture of cereals aa aaypartof E^ope. He goes ao far as to cay that future of Siberia may be oomparabJe to the stupendous. development whioh we at present see iv the. n6w world '» it was race, time, and they were dining Baxter, who has a poor appetite, was ahnoyeti at the rapid and effectual manner in wS his neignbour poished off the^varioiS °™*<W> 'At last headdwsaed him ' t ™ You tho Melbourne Cap if you started. I «w2y so?" asked the ot>er in sutr^ise, as^Se glanoed oompliacen^ overthistwrUy wnoZ IJSJ.'W mwm not adapted for 'rapid ' motion, « Beoause' yrfu ; let mX% ! paw , •Mr Stead repently expressed: to, w intew: v viewer the pmn|on>hat,the Okurohot future would run a theatw and' a? public* house, and this dipturn was duly published in Great Thoughts. .& was afterwards explained that "theatw," a^d not mean theatrej' and : that « 1 ? . did not Idean r ' house, to whioh it may. aafvly;be ; added-tb ; iti 1 i' l i " ohuroH" did not awa| ; ohurohTS^ttat- & "futurerdid not will be apparent, ;;we.,^r^te«ia#lf^fc really instructive mM^&ffimmfo md^the letters ooutMnihgieai";iM^^»f V