Supreme Court.
Wellington, to-day. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court opened this morning. The calendar contains nineteen charges against 21 persons. .The Chief Justice fully reviewed the case against) Nicholson who is charged with the murder "of a woman with whom he had been living, and pointed out it was competent for the grand jury to apply to have the charge altered to one of manslaughter if they thought the evidence warranted it. The other cases are of the usual character. . ,
The grand jury threw out the bill against H. Johinele for rape. John W. Earsonj for the theft of £4 from A. Christiansen at Palmerston North, pleaded guilty^ arid was remanded for sentence. .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIL, Issue 7296, 3 June 1895, Page 2
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115Supreme Court. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIL, Issue 7296, 3 June 1895, Page 2
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