SUPREME COURT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22632, 25 July 1935, Page 11

SUPREME COURT

. (Pee United ' Press Association) WELLINGTON, July 24. In the Supreme Court to-day Henry Horace Smith, who had pleaded not guilty in the Lower Court, admitted stealing coods valued at £l6 12s 10d from Furnesse shop at Miramar, and was remanded till Friday for sentence. James Hopkins, who also had pleaded not guilty in the Lower Court, admitted charges of assault and robbery while armed. This was a case in which Hopkins was alleged to have assaulted and robbed Johanna Byrne and Joseph Byrne at their home in Tinakori road while armed with an automatic pistol. To the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) counsel said he proposed to lead certain evidence about the man s good character, and also wished to put before his Honour something dealing with his war record. He was not putting forward a plea that prisoner was mentally weak. Prisoners were remanded until Friday for sentence. ' A plea of not guilty entered by Alfred James Jackson to charges of attempting to obtain £3O and £350 from the Bank of New Zealand at Greymouth by a false pretence was accepted by the Crown in the Supreme Court to-day owing to technical difficulties arising from the fact that the alleged offences were committed in Australia. The accused pleaded guilty to stealing two letter of credit ! forms and a document containing the specimen signature of a bank officer, and was admitted to probation by Mr Justice Smith for two vears on condition that he paid £lO towards the cost of the prosecuho"' TIMARU. July 24. After a retirement of 3 hours 26 minutes the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case in which James Colquhoun Kay was charged with negligently driving a car in Esk Valley on November 16 last, thereby causing the death of Thomas Watson Waite. The case was called the previous session, and the grand jury returned no bill.