SUPREME COURT SITTINGS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16477, 1 September 1915, Page 7

SUPREME COURT SITTINGS.

(Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, August 31. i A full blooded Maori named Horry Kelly came before the Supreme Court to-day on chaiges of breaking and entering and theft It was stated that the prisoner was induced ■ to plead' guilty, hoping, to g9t away with the MaoriiContingent. Mr N .Justice..Cooper said the aooused had previously served a month's imprieor.ment.. He would be now sentenced to 12 months' hard labour. 'If the authorities .think yo« cansafely be :-released in order to serve your country," the' judge. added, "they, may. possibly toko the roaponsibilitj " . NAPIER, August 31. The criminal sessions of the »*premo Court were opened to-day, thrf Chief Jus tic© (Sir Bobert Stout) .presiding Richard Thomas Hern, a man W weak intellect, plfeaded guilty to an offinc© against< a-; girl under 16 years of age, and- was -remanded for sentence: Richard Fairchild did not ap-; pear to answer a charge of obtaining money • under falset protenccs, and on.: the application of the bondsmen, the case was adjourned- William'.:James Hart was found, guilty of theft from a dwelling, and remanded! for sentence ' WANG4NUI, August 31 '■ Tho Supreme Court opened to-day, Mr Justice -Edwards presiding.- Four .young, men welfe charged' with ; unlawful < assembly and not in connection with the raid on Heinold's pork butchery .establishment in Wanganui;- No bill was returned, and tho men woro . discharged. The Judge le marked that the charge was extraordmaiy, and the first one of the kind he hpd met with in his exi>crienco. UMARU, August 31 At the Supreme Court to-day tho jury found Dimnet guilty of sheep, stealing The prosecution was -based chiefly, on tho finding of sheep on tho accused's propertybearingv;the ' Keyhole'! earmark, ivhich Chapman's sheep bore. It was proved that the keyhole was a. Hawke's ' Bay brand, brought down on' a large shipment that was scattGred over Canterbury by . consigners' sales, - aiid l that Dunnet . had bouj ht some as : well as Chapman. : A slwep bepmg Chapman's brand was found with Dunnet's carmaiilc recently made, bvTt it was on Chapman's property, and Dunnet denied making this mark Dunnet' was recently - fined for selling sheepskins; with the' eais cut off. Ho had lulled at Chapman's" shed,. 'a«d. denied cutting off the . ' Franks Allen, who. lived- in a hut in tlio !-district, was_ found guilty._ of breaking into a store at Hinds and stealing various goods. He was sentenced to six ,months' imprisonment. ; . 1 This conchided ithe criminal btlsinpss ■ , INYERCARGILE, August 31 The Supreme Court isittings . Were opened td-day. Hugh Dick . . (aged 32 years) ; on ,a > charge of forging and uttering ; Frederick W. Arnbroso (aged 36 jear ) on a: charge of ; breaking, • entering,and theft j Wiii. : John Sycainore (aged ,18 years), for breaking and entering; and Arthur HF. Fenn (aged 19ycair-),. for forging two chequea for £35 and £30,, "werp 'ordered to be detained for reformative treatment for a term not exceeding three yocrs Sue Fun, a Chinaman, charged with indecently. : assaulting a girl under 16 years of ago at Tapanui, was found guilty,' and remanded for sentence. Norman F. Btvco, aged 17 years, charged With".unlawfully carnally knowing ,a . girl " over 12 and, under 16 years of aco, was kx^uitted.