SUPREME COURT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 4016, 26 February 1903, Page 1

SUPREME COURT.

. AUCKLAND, Feb. 23. The criminal sittings of the Supreme , Court concluded to-day. The cases dealt, with, .were with three exceptions. for offences against women. In this connection, William Brighting,..,a survivor of the ; Elingamite wreck,, was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment,, and Te Waka Kireka and Hiffiener Tipehb' each received ten years’ impri'sbh'nient and two floggings each of 25 strokes of .the cat. Te Pliki Tiperie was sentenced to five years’ hard labour, and Geo. Rudolph, a/ half-cast, eight years’ imprisonment . And two , floggings each of 25 lashes. Win, McLeod, found guilty of indecent assault on a young boy, was sentenced to ten years' ■ imprisonement Geo-. Armer pleaded guilty to breaking into' premises, and was sentenced to 12 months. A similar : -sentence was imposed in the the case of . Edwin Bethercll, whb' ■pleaded;, guilty. : to : 'a Charge of breaking,: entering; and theft at Mangere. . , , WANGANUI, Feb. 24. ; The Supreme •’ Court was occupied This morning,!:,hearing--the:charge of ‘attempted' wife' nuirder against Jos. Temper ley;-at Marton, on November ■3rd. The evidence which .was not | disputed, showed that accused shot 'his wife through the' nose, and then Put her throat with a razor. She struggled and rushed out of the Rouse, accused then cutting his own throat. Both '.recovered from their -wounds. Though the bullet in Mrs Tempciiey has not yet been traced, -the medical evidence! assumed that it bad been swallowed. Under crossexamination, Dr Akerman stated that accused occasionally suffered from a mild form of simple mania, and that the act of homicidal mania was probably hereditary. As accused had a brother in the asylum in 1901, the defence relied on the plea of insanity Temperley was found not guilty, on the ground of being insane when he commited. the act. Ho was ordered to be detained during the pleasure of the Colonial Secretary. Richard Wickham was found guilty of escaping from lawful custody, and was remanded for sentence,,., DtINEDIN, Feb. 23. At the criminal sessions of the Supreme Court to-day, , Alexander Logan, committed for sentence fiem Gore on a charge of forgery, was admitted to probation fpr six months Hectar Morrison, convicted for indecent assault was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment. Lloyd Evans, for forgery at Christchurch, was admitted to probation for 12 months. William Colbourne was found guilty of stealing a bicycle, and was sentenced to a months imprisonment. Angus Me Neil charged with wounding Charles Anderson - with intent, and was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment. Mary' Livingstone Hannah was sentenced to ’ six months’ imprisonment for theft; DUNEDIN, February 24, At the Supreme Court, after a. trial lasting nearly the whole day, Eliza Metcalf and Esther Saunders, charged : 1 with performing .aft illegal operation on a girl, were found not guilty and discharged, the jpry beingof opinion' that there was not suf(icent corroborative evidence to convict.