SUPREME COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21198, 2 December 1930, Page 6

SUPREME COURT.

YOUNG MAN SENTENCED. Stanley Eedyers Buller, who had been remanded a week previously for medical obaeravtioni appeared for sentence before Kennedy in the Supreme Court Sal bodily harmT ° f assault cs * using a , Crown Prosecutor (Mr P B Adams) .said that the accnsed had been examined on two occasions by two medical experts from the Seacliff Mental Hospital, , a rej £, rt had been lodged with the registrar. The finding of the meS (fbfw 18 !.* 0 th - e that the accused did not show signs of insanity, but that shnnfy 1 t 0 -he attributed fracef * h drinking prior to the of- “ You struck a little girl of six with a bottle as she lay asleep in her bed with said hisHonor 88 to £ rac^re her skull" said ins Honor, m sentencing the prisoner You are fortunate that she haa Tnce an C »f* ?nd that r you are not facing, as at the time you feared you would face a charge of murder. Your act appeared to be so senseless that I thought it wise *° fln ha J e be i ? /- e report as to mental condition, I have a joint rennrf D M HU t n i e ii and - D , r Martin, of the lea* chff Mental Hospital, and from that rethat Ln° n° Ud r ,f hat thera ia n ° doubt wo are fully responsible for your that {K true ex Planation is apparently that which yon gave to the taxi driver s?rtck S thA n ift«B er -°! * he Police—'that you AlthoiiJhlt iaf Kir 1° Bpite her father, Aitnouen it was some hours since you had taken drink, your mind was apparently in an irritable condition, and that the more predisposed you to this crime. Prom the doctors report it appears quite clear alcohoL" are 8 man Wh ° should w»t take TTnrm^ Said J n *j e Prisoner's saving of the girl's iff®. The sratSceof the court was that he would be dltafned PUrPoßes

CIVIL BUSINESS. LOCAL BODIES’ DISPUTE. in T whiM, 0a t r ho K w a u COn . c J. u l ed of the case in which the Waikouaiti County Council proceeded against the Waihemo Countv Council and Sie Palmerston Borough Council asking for an order compelW the defendants to .complete an agreement which the plaintiff alleged Shad entered into to pay one-third of the cost of a screener. Mr J TU P.t J peered for the plaintiff.andllrW Hay for the defendants. The witness Gordon continued his evidence for the defence, stating that the machine was not suitable for §hag River He had advised Preston i send it back to the vendors. Was also given hy John hraneis Warren, a member of the Pal. f.3 D c° r -T gh and* Roland Lumsden Smith, a member of the Wai PrTtoJ 0 t U oM y th CoUnciL -, S^ ith Sid that ±*reston told the council that if the machine did not do all that he had said be S d fuT for * hi , mße i f - Witness under- ?‘°° d , * w of the machine be--Batfa e f d actbn aihern ° UDtll U had giyea James O’Connell, a member of the WaievideDce° Unty Councilj gave corroborative Counsel addressed the court at length on the legal aspect of the case, and C Honor reserved his decision. CASE SETTLED. Mr Hoymartioiied the case of Mathewson v. White and Co., in which, he stated, a settlement had been reached, though' certain payments had yet to be made later^ 6 WaS granted to mention the case REFEREED TO ARBITRATORS. The case McCullough v. Harrington and Co., Ltd., which was to have been heard to-day, was also mentioned by Mr Hay who stated that it was an action for wilful trespass and the removal of timber The only question now outstanding was that of damages, and this was to be settled by arbitration, three experts havinit been appointed. The case was adjourned for a fortnight.

pastoral visitations and other duties connected with our church and its activities may be for the advancement of the Kingdom God not only in our midst, but in the life of the community. The session regrets to report that it has lost six valued members during the year, viz. :—Messr ß J. S' j ol m k r d ßobertson, David Todd, D. L. M'Kenzie, and T It Fleming. Messrs Moir, Lennon, and Robertson resigned for various reasons to our sincere regret. Messrs Todd, M'Ken--5' c > and I'leming were removed by death, Mr Todd very suddenly on June 18, Mr M Jienzie on August 7, after a very long illness, and Mr Fleming also very suddenly on September 10. The deepest sympathy of every member of the congregation must go out to the families who were thus sadly bereft of their dear ones.