DISTRICT COURT.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3107, 17 March 1883, Page 3

DISTRICT COURT.

TIMARU—YESTERDAY. CRIMINAL SESSION. (Before His Honor Judge Ward.) CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD. The following is the conclusion of the case against the Ryan family * The defence was that the daughter had acted under the instructions of her mother, and that thereby one of the prisoners was not guilty. The jury having retired for a time, returned into Court with a verdict of guilty against the two older prisoners. His Honor directed that the prisoners, if guilty at all, were all guilty, and the jury thereupon retired again, and after deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty; and the prisoners were discharged. THIS DAY FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY. Patrick Ryan, was charged with defrauding his creditors to the extent ot

Mr White appeared for the prosecution ; Mr 0. Perry for the defence. The following were the jurors: Messrs A. 0. Pringle (Foreman), E. Griffiths, J. Seyb, D. Boyce, J. King, L Stevens, S. Hatfield, H. Jonee, D. Brassell, M. Cranith, T. 0 Driscoll, J. The evidence adduced was identical with that heard at the R.M. Court last month. . - Detective Kirby was cross-examined by Mr Perry at some length, but the only additional information elicited was that a conversation took place between prisoner and witness on board the Ringarooma, on the voyage to New Zealand after the arrest of the former, and that the witness had personally lost money by the Ryan transaction. [The case had not concluded when we went to press.]