SUPREME COURT.
CHRISTCHURCH SESSIONS
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Christchurch, February 13,
At the Supreme Court, a man war charged on alternative indictments of rape and of assault with intent to commit rape. His Honour, after evidence of the woman and others wartaken, instructed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty, and this was done.
William James, for theft from the person, was sentenced to three years imprisonment.
David Roberts, a Maori, was found not guilty on indictments charging him with having wounded Thomas Edward Reardon at Kaikoura, and with having assaulted the same person with intent.
Mm. Davies was found guilty of breaking and entering at Amherloy, and was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 42, 14 February 1912, Page 5
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