Supremo Court Sessions.

Thames Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 5520, 5 October 1886, Page 2

Supremo Court Sessions.

[]?JRB P?BS8 ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, This day; At the Suprerpe Court John Henrickien was sentenced to 18 months for horse stealing; and J. Milne for larceny 12 months. ' Wellington, This day. True biils were found against Te Whiti, Titokowttru, and the other Maoris, on two counts of malicious injury and forcible entry, and also against Hodgson on two charges of embezzlement, and William Templeton, ali»a Wopdi, for burglary.

The latter was ''convicted of stealing [ samples from a commercial traveller at the i Empire Hotel, and was sentenced to two \ years hard labor. ■ . . i At the Supreme Court, the libel action, [Sir Ji Vogel v. Ai ij. Hoskins, proprietor <of a small society paper named the Wellington Advertiser,-'has been withdrawn, the accused having signed the following apology to the Hon. Sir Julius Vogel:— " I beg to apologise to you for the publication in the Wellington Advertiser cf the 17th,: July, 1886, of aa article and a cartoon, by which you were charged with corrupt and improper conduct in connection* wilh. the purchase of certain did ricfc rsilway companies debentures, andi'l*beg unreservedly to withdraw the imputations conveyed against you by those publica'tions"'■'for' which I am'•'nominally responsible.— AsTßDfi: Jambs.Hoskins." The charge of,robbery from Freeman's is going on, and will probably last most of the day. , j James Mitchell, alias McKenzie, for; the jewellery robbery, was sentenced to' five years,—The Maori cases will be taken to-morrow. • Chbistchubch, This day' At the Suprsme Court James Farquhar,; accused of malicious injury to propt-rtj,' was discharged, no bill being presented to the Graud Jury.—John Hughes pleaded guilty to forging and uttering a cheque for £8, and was sentenced to five years penal servitude.—Tho«. Hooper pleaded guilty to a charge of horsa stealing, and was sentenced to two years hard labor. — Cecil Williams and Edward Buckingham, two , iadsj,- were ; sentenced ".to two years hard labor for stealing from dwellings.— Richard Mapmo, a maori, and Mathew Willis were convicted for cattle stealing, and sentenced to twelve months, imprison- 1 ment with hard labor.—Geo.' Manning Eees, was convicted of manslaughter. The charge arose out of alleged neglect and ill-treatment of his wife at St. Albans during her last illness. He was sentenced to 12 months hard labor.—There are six cases remaining to be disposed of, besides the Timaru case. t :J}unbdin, This day. In the Supreme Court, John/Pomeroy ? was found guilty of forging and uttering; his sentence was deferred. —John Stuart charged with obtaining money under false pretences :) was apquitted.—H^ X Fisher was sentenced to three years for larceny.