SUPREME COURT.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 8230, 11 June 1895, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

CRIMINAL [SITTINGS. TlMAßU— Tuesday. June 11th. (Before His Honour Mr Justice Denniston.) His Honour took his seat at 10 a.m. The Deputy-Sheriff, Mr Thomas Howley; the Registrar, Mr A. R. Bloxam ; and the Crown Prosecutor, Mr J. W. White, were in attendance. The Grand J ury were sworn in as follows Mr William Evans (foreman), Messrs G. Selbie, W. O’Bryan, W. Penrose, W. Grant, J.McClymont, W. Croll, J, Russell, D. Chalmers, A. Rule, C. B. Eichbaum, D. Houston, O. Bowfcer, T. G. Rowley, E. Cotter, J. Mundell, M, White, A. T. Waddell, C. Pye. A. Humphrey, T. Mitchell, G. Butler, E. Clissold. Messrs Cartwright, Mcßride and O’Rorke were excused from attending. Mr Eichbaum was late in coming in and His Honour demanded an apology from him.

His Honour’s charge was brief, the calendar being a light one. His Honour referred shortly to each of the cases, and at 11.45 the Grand Jury went to their room. The common jurors were called and sworn in. Messrs P. Coira and Grose were excused from serving. The Grand Jury returned true bills m all but the case against Charles Paul, for maliciously wounding a horse. SENTENCES. William Williams was charged with stealing a horse, cart, and harness on 14th May. There were several previous convictions against the prisoner and he was sentenced to two year’s hard labour. Joseph McCoy was charged with stealing £lB from John Olson at Rakaia, on 12th May. Found guilty and admitted to probation for six months. Percy Algernon Mitchell pleaded guilty to forgery, and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. The Court was engaged this afternoon in hearing the charges against George Alves.

(By Telegraph.) INVERCARGILL. June 11. The Supreme Court opened this morning before Judge Williams. The calender includes cases of murder, rape, forgery, perjury and theft. The Judge’s remarks in charging the Grand Jury were very brief. Referring to the Dean case he simply said that if the evidence that came before them corresponded with the depositions he had read, they could hardly escape finding a true bill. True bills were returned in all cases. John Com,ber, a young married man, for forgery, was admitted to probation for twelve months, one condition being that he should abstain from liquor for that period. William John Calvert, formerly an employee of Fitzgeralds’ circus, pleaded guilty to a criminal assault on a girl of 10 years old at Riverton, and was sentenced to 7 years’ and one flogging of 20 lashes. William Scobie, aged 18, for larceny, was admitted to twelve months’ probation. Alexander McKenzie, aged 19, for stealing two cheques, was sentenced to one month’s hard labour.

In consequence of the Harbour Board’s meeting taking up much of our space, details of the Supreme Court proceedings are unavoidably held over. In Chambers at the Supreme Court today, on Mr Knubley’s application probate of the will, with four codicils thereto, of the late Henry John LeCren was granted to the executors therein named. In the estate of the late Frederick Cargill, administration with the will annexed was, on Mr Knubley’s application, granted to Margaret Rose Cargill, the widow of the deceased. The question was asked at the meeting of the Mackenzie County Council yesterday, how it came about that the balance-sheet of the Timaru Hospital last year showed an exact balance of receipts and expenditure; there was neither credit nor debit either brought forward or carried forward. The explanation probably is that the Hospital expenditure is made up separately from that on charitable aid; special Hospital receipts are easily separated and set down, and then the balance is made up for book-keeping purposes, from the local bodies’ contributions and from Government subsidies. The credits and debits, if any, must appear in a combined account of the Hospital and Charitable Aid branches. Messrs T. and J. Thomson give some further bargains in dresses, gloves hoisery, etc. Last Sunday will be a red letter day in the ecclesiastical history of Burke’s Pass. The Rev. Mr Mcßae, who has been for a number of years pastor of the Nova Scotian settlement in the North Island, is on a visit to this locality. Feeling agreeably surprised at the large number of Gaelic-speaking highlanders he met with, it occurred tohimthata Gaelicsermon would be highly appreciated, and he announced that he would, D.V., preach in Gaelic, on Sunday afternoon. Notwithstanding the short notice given, a radius of twenty miles around the Pass was well represented, and although the old order of matters changeth somewhat on account of a long residence in the antipodes, yet it was evident that latent sentiment still exists among the Mackenzie County highlanders. The little church was literally packed. Mr Mcßae took for his subject St. John xvi., 40, and, in the pathetic manner peculiar to the language, delivered a most impressive and instructive sermon. Mr M. McLeod acted as precentor, and as there was a scarcity of Gaelic Bibles among the congregation, he chanted the psalms in orthodox Celtic fashion.

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