SUPREME COURT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 23, 12 September 1911, Page 5

SUPREME COURT.

i . MASTERTON SESSIONS. (Por Press Association.) Masterton, September 11. ■ The Supreme Court opened hero today before His Honor Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice. There were no criminal cases on tho calendar, ana the Judge was presented by the sheriff with a pair of white gloves. His Honor, in addressing the Grand Jury, congratulated tho district on its immunity from serious forms of crime. A case was heard, in which J. H. Langley claimed a sum of £2OO from A. O. Levien for alleged slander, in having stated that the plaintiff was a “dropper,” meaning that ho broke the law by dropping liquor to people in a no-license district. His Honor, after hearing evidence, non-suited plaintiff. Another slander case was heard in which F. W. Burling, farmer, of Carterton, claimed £5Ol damages from T. Olliver, farmer, of the same place, on account of tho latter having called plaintiff a rogue and a theif within tho hearing of witnesses. The jury returned a verdict ior plaintiff, and awarded him £5 damages. AUCKLAND SESSIONS. Auckland, September 11. At the Supremo Com t to-day, _ before Mr Justice Edwards and a jury of twelve, Alexander Mclntyre, charged with the theft of a case of tobacco, valued at £36, in company with Joseph Ehrman, was re-tried. Eight days ago the jury disagreed, when Mclntyre was tried before Mr Justice Chapman, and the re-trial was necessary. The jury again disagreed, and another re-trial was ordered, to take place next session.