SUPREME COURT SESSIONS.
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Wellington, Monday. Tun criminal sessions opened to-day. Judge Edwards, addressing the grand jury, said the calendar was short, but the offences were serious, though none presented unusual feature?. In tho attempted murder cases, if ll,"y found there was 110 intention to murder, they would p.obnhly find evidence of aggravated assault. There wero soveral forgery eases (f lie usual deuriptic n. Ho supposed' those would go 011 as long as there were such tiling;: as banks and people who cashed chcqm* without inquiry. All he could say was that if such people lost their money they tliwrvKl to do so.
In the ei.so of Thomas Henry Baker, charged with attempted murder of his wife at iSilverstream, the grand jury brought in 110 bill, but returned a true bill on a charge of aggravated assault. Edward Coyle, alias Frederick Nugent, -van found not guilty 011 a charge of forging a cheque. Two lads, Walter Looney and Joseph Looney, were charged with scaling a pig at Fcilding. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against the former and not guilty against the latter. The lads were then charged with maiming and killing a. number of sheep, and were both found guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy on account of their youth. The prisoners were remanded for a report of the probation officer. A young man, Ernest Maginnily, a foundry hand, was charged with carnally knowing a girl under the age of consent. The girl admitted that she told prisoner she was 16 years of ago. The jury found accused not guilty. CitßisTfinjncii, Monday. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court opened to-day. There are 11 cases for trial. D.ivid Little, charged with theft at Little River of 18 sheep, valued at £29 2s, was found guilty and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. George Sullivan was sentenced to one month for the theft of a bicycle, valued at £15. He admitted haying pawned the machine for £4 when lie met with a serious accident near Oamaru, and was without funds. John James Patterson pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with intent at Cheviot, and was sentenced to receive 12 strokes of the birch. Albert Dutton and Alfred Graham were charged with the theft of £22, and two totalisator tickets, valued at £24 6s, from W. Harold at Riccarton 011 August 13. Dutton pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two months. In Graham's case the jury could not come to an agreement and the caso was adjourned to allow them further time for consideration. George Murray pleaded guilty to assault and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. J. P. Grossman was charged with having forged a promissory note for £1450, in the name of T. S. Foster, and uttered the same; also with having forged a guarantee for money advanced in the name of F. W. Haslam, and uttered the same; also with having forged three promissory notes for £297, £210, and £330, and uttered the same. He pleaded guilty to all four charges, and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
SUPREME COURT SESSIONS.
New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10910, 15 November 1898, Page 5
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