REME COURT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 276, 30 September 1864, Page 4

REME COURT.

Sixci; (lie date of our last summary tin' ■Supreme Court lias been sitting almost without intermission, under the presidency of his Honor the Chief Justice, for the trial of criminal cases and the hearing of civil cases and linnkruptcy eases. , The trial' of Alexander?>lc Lqan. which occupied the Court tour entire days, Leruiina! cd in the conviction of the prisoner of the -wilful murder of his wife, and Jie was sentenced lo death, but at the time we write, threat uilbrls are k-iiuc made to procure a mitigation of the extreme penalty - . James l>oyJe, a A\ aikalo militiaman, indicted for shooting a feilow soldier, v. as fuami guilty of manslaughter—Sentence,' penal servitude for four years. Dennis Conlan, was acquited of the murder of J;inie,s jJarrcll, at Olahuhu. Simon Peter -Burns, Thomas Thompson. James Loveman, Jolin 2\icl.len. and Tuaria iS'icklen, indicted for several burglaries at ihe Uel'ast and Thistle hotels, Mr.' Laurie's and Gocnraue s stores, were lound m most of the eases, and received sentences respectively of one, three, and four years' imprisonment with hard labor. J nines < ■' ill, a soldier i of the 18th, convicted of stealing ;i watch, | was sentenced to six months'imprisonment with I , hard labor. Thomas Glynn, a young lad, lour- I

teen days'imprisonment, Cor obtaining by false pretences, a quantity of copper bolls from the stores of Messrs. .hilie'ivalland Rattray. Michael t<ai!a;.(her, a WYokato militiaman, eiyhieen liioiil.li.s Willi hard labor. for a criminal :iss:ui]t on 1 jliell I'rol'ton, a married woman. Peter .1 lendly. a seaman, for a breach of the Merchant »S! 1 iJ>j>iijir Act. sentenced to three months bard labor. Walter Gregory. pleaded guilty Lo and utioi-iii'*- a forced cheque, and eighteen months' jiard labor, .John Mahoney, was acquitted of a charge of horsestealing, at OuehmiLCa. as was also-Mr. .1. !Kiuan. late a captain of the Ist Waikato regiment. of a ehnrire oi embezzlement of government monies. 1 hoitias a.ud erray, the captain and male ot the barque " J'essie,' were found yuih v of assault on [he high seas —Sentence, on the cider prisoner, live mouths imprisonment in | the common e,'aol oi .Vilel:Uiiul ; on the younger one. three months. The criminal sessions had not concluded v.'iien our summary was issued. 'rile cases in {he civil sessions, were Jj'eni oil v. ; J. S. Maci'arlane, for recovery of C:ii!;ji) from a remittance by defendant for commission on the sale of some landed property. Verdict for defendant. (Jostley. v. M.orrin and others, for trespass by erection of a store on a portion of tiie plaimilf's land, verdict for plaintiff, on all the issues. And Ate Liver v. Thwaiics, lor recovering . possession of the schooner •' Nile.' bought at auction by dei'endant. Verdict for defendant. One ease of Unnlcrupicy, nilfmliealtnl in the discharge ot Robert ilastine.s Smith, \\ lio li:e- ; been iiupi'isuned since January, for a debt of Clo lis. rid. Two were adjourned, that of !sellaiv;j, a surveyor, bjcause (here was no appearance of inisiees or oilier persons i;u"l'esied ; and that, of.ltatiray and 3l°niluvon. on account of tiie bankrupt having tied tincounii'v. An attachment, was issued auainsi him. but lie hail not been discovered al ilie lime (.if our :;'oiii;;' t:> press.