SUPREME COURT SITTINGS.
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' WELLINGTON, May 11. Mr Justice Hosking, in his charge to the grand jury, said 11 bills were presented, including two for manslaughter. 'Thomas Sheehan failed to appear when called on to . answer a charge of failing to keep a light jon a vehicle which he was driving, thereby oausing the death of Frank R-avell, a motor cyclist, .who collided with the cart driven by Sheehan on the Hutt road. A warrant was ordered for the arrest of the accused. CHRISTCHURCH, May 11. The following prisoners were sentenced at the Supreme Court this morning: — Robert Dixon Warden, to reformative treatment at Invercargill on charges of burglary; Ernest Edward Needham, forgery and uttering, to three years' imprisonment and declared an habitual criminal ; Alan James Dix, burglary, who was on probation from reformative treatment, having been released by the Prisons Board, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment; Thomas Johnston, an old man, was convicted of assault and fined £5. Delia Pine, who was convicted for the theft of £9, was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16071, 12 May 1914, Page 6
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183SUPREME COURT SITTINGS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 16071, 12 May 1914, Page 6
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