SUPREME COURT
BREACH OF PROMISE CASE (United Press Association.) BLENHEIM. This Day. At the Supreme Court, Hazel Simscn was awarded £l5O damages on a claim for £750 against Dallas Checkley, of Wills Hill station, for broach of promise.
TWO' YEARS FOR CATTLE STEALING HAMILTON, This Day. In the Supreme Court James McKee, a farmer, married with two children was found guilty on seven charges of cattle stealing and sentenced tn> two years’ hard labour. His Honour remarking on the seriousness of the crime. The prisoner had been placed in a position of trust which be had abused. Farmers had the right to know their stock would be free from the depredations of ne:ghbours. James Wilde, middle-aged, was sentenced to three years’ hard labour on two attempts of indecent assault on a boy.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 13 June 1925, Page 7
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