LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8655, 26 August 1891, Page 3

LAW AND POLICE.

SUPREME COURT.— Chambers. Tuesday. [Before His Honor Mr. Justice Conolly.] Probate.—Probate was granted to fcho executors named in the will of Margaret Munro (deceased). Administration.—Letters of administration were gaanted in the estates of Patrick Farrell and Francis Dalton. Taupiki Reserve Colliery Company.— Mr. James Russell moved, by petition, to confirm a special resolution. Mr. Tunka appeared in support of the motion. The application was made under subsection 2, section 58 of the Companies Act. The order was made, and His Honor directed that it should be advertised in the New Zealand Herald and Evening Star, and in the General Government Gazette. Commissioner.—Re , the Commissioner of the Supreme Court Act, 1875, Mr. Hesketh moved to appoint Alfred Peachey, of London, solicitor, a Commissioner under the Act. Mr. Clayton appeared in support of the motion. His Honor said he presumed the gentleman should be known. Mr. Clayton said he was their correspondent, but he was not personally known to them. He had, however, been appointed a commissioner for New South Wales. His Honor said he would make the order, although he was nob quite satisfied that there should not be something further, for appointing him a commissioner' was the same as 'appointing him a solicitor of this Court. Lovett v. Auckland Charitable Aid Board.—Mr. Hesketh moved, on summons, for a special jury of 12. Mr. Clayton appeared in support of the motion, and said that Mr. Lusk, solicitor on the other side, consented. The order was granted accordingly. VVm, Earle v. E. M. , Earle. — Mr. Burton moved on summons to show cause, why award and arbitration should not be enforced in the same manner as a judgment-. Mr. Theo. Cooper appeared for the defendant. The award was for £257 Is Gd and costs, each party to pay half the costs of the award. The defendant had neither paid the amount of the award nor half the costs of the arbitration, and plaintiff now sought to obtain an order to enforce it in the same manner as a judgment under section 14 of the Arbitration Act. Mr. Cooper said he simply appeared, but he had nothing to say, as his friend was strictly within his right. His Honor then ordered that judgment be entered for Wm. Earle, jun., for the sum of £257 Is Gd, and £16 4s, half costs of arbitration, and that costs of discontinuance of action bo referred to the Registrar for taxation on the middle scale.

Trustee Act, 1883.1n the matter of the trusts of, the sum of £100 comprisrd in a deed -of settlement made by George Robson Campbell for tho benefit of Mary Louisa Cruminer, Mr. Cave moved in terms of the prayer of petition for payment out of funds in court. The order was made subject to an affidavit being filed verifying Mr. Martin's consent.

Crawford's Special Gold Mining Company (in Liquidation).—Mr. Stewart moved that debts and claims of creditors against the above-named company be adjudicated upon. Mr. Alexander appeared, and asked that it should be allowed" to stand over till the next chamber sittings. • The adjournment was granted. * Onslow Gold Mining Company.—Mr. Tunks appeared in support of a motion of' a similar nature, and tha claims were admitted and approved. The matter of Messrs. Jackson and Russell's costs was allowed to stand over for taxation and report of registrar. POLICE COURT.—Tuesday. [Before Dr. Giles, It.Sl.] , Drunkenness. — One woman, a first offender, was fined in the usual amount, 5s and costs, or in default 24 hours' hard labour. Probation Report. — Alice Elizabeth Jones, charged with the thefb of two pairs of slippers, who had been remanded from last week pending the report of the Probation Officer, came up for sentence. On the application of the officer the girl was further remanded until Saturday next. s r. " Stealing' ' Timber.Charles Lownde£ David Cameron, Charles Roper,„ William Harris, Harry Fish, Alfred Wilson, Arthur Geyde, William Cochrane, and Jjphff McUallum, all young boys, were charged with having, on or about the 7th August, feloniously stolen a quantity of timber, being part of an old building, the damage done amounting to about £3. Mr. S. Hesketh appeared for the boy Fish; Mr. Mahony for Geyde, Cochrane, and McCallum ; Mr. J. A. Beale for Lowndes, Harris, and Wilson, and Cameron and Roper were not represented by counsel. John Charles Cooper, sawmill owner, Mechanics Bay, deposed that he knew abuilding in Mechanics Bay belonging to Walter Macklow and others. Early in the present month he saw a number of boys knocking off weather boards and breaking up doors. They were also carrying the wood away. It was hardly sufficiently light for him to recognise the boys, bub he caught two of them as they were leaving, and asked their names, which they gave as William Cochrane and Harry Fish. He could not, however, identify them in Court. Witness informed Mr. Dunning of what had occurred. James Dunning, partner in the firm of Macklow Brothers, deposed that the damage done to the building amounted to about £1. He had at first estimated the damage at £3. He knew nothing of the boys before the Court. The building was worth about £200. The prosecution was against his wish, but ho did not tell the police at the time not to prosecute. He simply wanted the property protected. Somo • portions of the house might have been in a fragmentary condition. Constable Hobson deposed that he saw the boys Fish, and Cochrane, who admitted that they had taken some wood in conjunction with other boys. Fish said he was assisting Cochrane. They gave the names of the other boys. Low lies and Roper admitted beiug on the scene with tomahawks, but said they had done no chopping. Geydo and McCallum also stated that they were on the spot, and that they had taken some of the timber on to the beach to make a raft. Harris admitted taking some of the wood home, and Wilson and Cameron each made a similar admission. Dr. Giles said he did not think a conviction should be recorded against the lads after the statement made by Mr. Dunning. It was a very serious matter to record convictions against boys never before convicted. Mr. Dunning was certainly wrong in giving information to the police without saying that he did not wish to have tho boys brought before the Court. On the other hand, the police might have represented the matter to him, and told him that they intended to prosecute. Taking into consideration the serious effect of a conviction for larceny, he would dismiss the charge against each of the defendants! Dr. Giles told the boys that ho might have sent them bo prison, or have ordered them to be flogged. Theft of Bottles.—Edward Downing and Edward Keatley were charged with having stolen, at Auckland, on the 24th of August, from the Railway Wharf, forty cases of empty bottles, valued at £12, the property of Daniel Arkell. Mr. T. Cotter appeared for the defendants. The case was remanded until Tuesday next. Bail was allowed—each of the accused in £50, and two sureties for each of £25.

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