SUPREME COURT.
PALMERSTON SESSIONS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Palmerston N., Last Night. The Supreme Court opened to-day before Judge Chapman. Wilson Howard was found guilty of receiving a sheep dog knowing it to have boon dishonestly come by. The jmy added a recommendation to mercy. Prisoner wiU be sentenced to-morrow morning. Wilfred Afarr, of Marton, charged with unlawfully carnally knowing a girl under 10 years of age was found not guilty. Accused had married the girl since the lower Court proceedings, and she refused to give evidence against him. TIMARU SESSIONS. Timaru, Last Night. In the last and most -serious of- threw criminal cases dealt with this session, a charge of setting fire to wheat stacks, of the value of £7O, the jury found a verdict of not guilty, accused’s account indicating that it was an accident. INVERCARGILL SESSIONS. Invercargill, Last Night. The charge of arson against Patrick (Devereatix resulted in a verdict of guilty. Sentence was deferred. Thomas James Tleald, who had pleaded guilty to n charge of breaking and entering ai South Hillend, was admitted to probation for twelve months. On similar charges, Edward Mitchell was committed for reformatory treatment.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 86, 31 May 1911, Page 2
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