IN THE COURTS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10593, 24 October 1910, Page 4

IN THE COURTS.

(Per Pbess Association.) . Wellington, October 22. In the Supreme : Court, before tlie Chief Justice, Charles Buckland, for breaking and ..entering and theft at Eltliam, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment in the Invercargill gaol. Harry Neil/- with & number of aliases, who pleaded guilty to tlie theft of a valuable greyhound at "\VaverLey, and was remanded for a week for the police report. - ° Teroro Takaiwa admitted a charge :f [ breaking and entering; at Moturoa <in.l rwnVremand-edfor., a week, as tlie police i: report had not arrived. • ~0)):if Aaneseii, a Norwegian, pleaded guilty to escaping fromdawful custody. Tlie prisoner was si member of tlie German ship Martha. l3oekhahii, from which lie deserted at Westpor t.. • Subsequently" 'he was arrested, and later walked out of the/ police yard. Prisoner made a serious, charge against the officers of the ship, alleging general ill-treatment of the crew, arid declared that he would not go on "hoard again, as he knew what he would get. While at Westport, he had been kept in irons .for three, days and nights in a pigstye, and 'strung ' up-by' the heels ami; left hanging until his face was black. He would rather do ; six nionths than go back. Tlief Judge ordered Aanensen to be confined in gaol for live weeks. "Coun-selrfor-the .Crown, ab his Honor's suggestion, said he would communicate with the German and Norwegian Consuls.

Cliristchurch, O.etober 24. 11l the Supreme Court Charles Johnston, on■-three charges of breaking, cntcrI ingj and theft, was sentenced to a l year lon each charge. Jas. Girdwood M'Konzio .appeared on. two clmrsses; ; of theft of money' from -,'thc State. Fire Office, and sentence was deferred to permit the Judge to consider the possibility of granting probation. John Park appeared for sentence on a charge of break-, ing and entering. Counsel for prisoner explained .that prisoner lately- liad been committed for trial on another charge, but- a justice of the peace at Waimate had ordered him to be tried at-Timaru four months-hence, and in the circumstances ?hc; could not well apply for probation. JudgcvSim agreed that if the case stood by' itself it wopld be one for probation, and oil the application of the Crowu lie ordered-the place of tnal of the jdWaimate case to be changed to Cliristchurch, deferring sentence iu the meantime.