SUPREME COURT. CRIMINAL SITTINGS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16, 1 June 1868, Page 3

SUPREME COURT. CRIMINAL SITTINGS.

Tiiih DAt. | (Boforo Mr Justice Gresson,) The Juno Ailtlngs of tho Hupremo Coiut voro opined hi bin Honor MriJnniiuo Orcsson at 1 1 o'o'ook thin morning, when tho fallowing flontlcmon wore sworn as tho ! on and Juiir. Mmm IT. T. Miirray-AynHioy (foreman). a. Gould, E. Dobmm. S. 0. liiys, W. Hi ETargreavi'ii, a It. Blaklnton, W, D, (?arruiliorn, 11. M, Alport, Bnmucl Hcuby, A, V, K Blalilsion, 1», H. KoulMu. W, It. Hrowno, CDovlc, W. Day, W. U. 1C nor, J. Field, 8. B. Field, J. v. Oilohriot, J. Ifl. Graham. And 11. 11. llennah. [ tick j(ii>ok'h oiuiian. Ills Honor charged tho Grand Jury as fOIIOWBS-n lit Voromnn and Gcntlomon of tho Grand \ JuryI cannot congratulate you on tho doorcase of orimo in thin dirttrlut, , • The calendar, although not <fo h«ftvy«« that of lait H(flrtlon,o(»iititlnii charged of inur- , dor, burglary, arnon, forgery, Hheopflteallng, Aggravated annaiilt, cmbczxloiucnt, obtaining gooiio by fnlno protonoch, nnd lum;ny, Tho case of «hc,«!pH(oill((g, however, does not profiocly iKiloiig t<i thin dlntriot. f and tho foota on whliib tbo charge of arson in founded occurred moro than a your ago. \ In oonnMuring tbo evidence that will bo Adduced for tint (Vown upun tho dmrgo of murder, It U p hhllilo you may (<ntortaln 4oubtfl wbethor tbu unm iiindo out against tho prifloncr ainoiinm to more than inanolaughYou will havo to dutcrmlno whether the wound whioh otiiiM'd iho death of tho do ocased wan the rcmilt of malioo, or whether It was tho coiifli quenco of provocation rccuivoi) by tbo prixnnor, nnd wan only inilidud in tho heat of l>)i>mi, and willnmt dollhcnvtlon or AQtual mallcc'i V<»U »Mwt roniom^or, however, that no words or gemureii, howovor proToklnp, win bo connidcro'l fn law ntitttoitnt to redUGo bnmfoldu to manolitiiKhtvr, If tho killIng woro enVotrd by a (loudly mm\\\> lftl<l 'hold of by iho prbi'Mtoi 1 for ihu oonmlon. Gentleman, In thceaMOOf union, you will find that one of tho prinimi.rn In a married woman, ami indicted jointly with her husband, ■'■•'■ You are probably aware that if a felony be committed by a married woman in tho proKcnco of bur hnobnnd, tho law In general pre* Humen that oho noted undor bin courclon, M\i okoubos her from punlnluncnt, 'RhwQ U M

nuch presumption, 'However; in favour of a wife it *ho commie uu .offoneo in tlio /ibsonob oC t hor husband, oven though . nho may havo acted under his express' ordern, aild in tho oaso referred to, tho ,mnlo prlflonor appears to have hbon absent when ilia flro 'occurred Tho cftno which ha,s .boon handed to mo ulncp I canto to Court in founded on tha'Mnlloloufl Injury to Proportion, Act. [Road tho M»t so(> don of tho Aot.] It appears, so far as I have read tho dopo^uoiiH, that tho aut complained of la tho Bowing of destructive eooil upon tho land of tho prosecutor, which had boon (town with wliCHt. If brought homo to ; tho prlsnnor, it Is an not that ought to bo most Hovoroly punldhod. You will havo to determine, gontlemon, whoihor In tho ovldoncp which will go before you a primA facie cuflo hai boon mudo out against tho accused. It «pr)i!(UH tliut marka corresponding with tho prioonor'H bobtH bavo 'boon traced from thu flold to tho hoiiflo in which ho lived i and if you aro natlflucd that tho evidence In nuHlolont, though promimpUw, to mako out n MflO against him, you will find a truo bill, ' Gentleman, tlioro In nothing in t!io other oasoa deserving of ronvtrk from mo, {-Should you roQulro my anftintnuco, you will, of co»r»o, apply to me, I win «<»<; now datum you by any further olwarvntlcmit. 1 mny mention, in iho caao of imirdur, that tho do* posltlona woro mlton at tho hospital in du<s form, boforo tho deceased expired, «ind,thor«i foro, tho evldcnco will wtnu wUhlu tlio statute Tlio Grand Jury then retirod to tliolr room to conaldor (ho bills. In a fow minutes, tho foreman ro turned with a truo bill against Margarot Clarke, for larceny. r.AuoisNV vnou x dwbllino. i Margnret CJnrk«V 92, w«u placed at tho Imr, on a chat-go at having stolon X2O, tho property of William IVAroy nnd nnothor, at l lmaru, nn tho 22nd April last, Tho priflonorj on hor arraignment pleaded «;Not Guilty," ' ! Mr Charles OAwald was chosen foreman of tliojieuyjurjr* ■•.,„■ Mr Dununn, Crown I'roßoontor, briefly fltntoil tho caiio, and culled tlio following ovi donoo j— "■ ' , r-orßoant Daniul Ninll i I (uti tUutlonwl n( Tlmarui I know tlio profleoiUor, I nnw him on (H<> 38nd of April luat, about Jmlf.pnat flevon In the evening. Krom information \ roceivod I wont to prinonor'u bounty and oharged her with stealing a poekol-book, containing about /!20, from William D'Aroy. I cautioned her In tho uwual manner, and, after doing so, flho m\A »ho didn't know »ny> thing about tho properly, nnd th»t »ho had no money in her hands, I nrrcAtcd her, and then Hbnrohod hor liou«o, I found, lit a hag concealed in l<m, flva half-crowns mv) Oa In nllver, In her bedroom I found, concaalod In Old box, i\ £1 noio Bank ol Utago Limited, which I now prod iico. In a oornor i found coneoaicd two Bank of Now Zealand <£fi rotcn, which I aleo produce, I then went to thoTimuru Hotel, kept by Mr M«Uou, from whoao daughter I received' throo XI iioton, and a cheque for £H lOa. I produco tho notea and olicquo I next nronoedod to Hliop* liord'o atoro, and received from Jiimcn Hhop' liord a Bank of Mow ; Zealand 16 note, I then brought the prisoner to the polled fltaUoii and looked hflr up, On tho day following, wlKiii I wifl removing hor from tho Ilosidont Magistrate's Court bank to tho look-up aftor committal, nho nairi, " IMII han dftturacod mtt now." I nnlted, what Hill? nnd »ho ropllod, "Bill D'Aroy, lie han done hin worst > If he had noted like a man and eomo to mo in tho morning, I would havo given him buck all bla money and the pookot book." Tho prlfionor and hor three flhlldren occupied tho lioiiijo in whioh I arrested her. By tho prisoner s I found iiomo money in tho clothcfi which you A«k«d to holp me to ocaroh, William D'Aroy j T romomlior tho 22nd of April Innt, I was tlion at 'I'imaru, I know tho prisoner, 1 saw her bolow the TltnAru Motel on thnt day, 8h« aflked mo to go into hor lioufio, and I did m>. I guvo bor aXI noto out Of my pouket'boolc. / I had lhrco or four 40 notes and ono or two £\ notos in my t\aakol-\)DD\t nt tho tlmo, I'ho money " bo « longed to mysolf and inato, Hho watu doso enongh to mo to nee the contents of tho pocket-book, I gavo her 4b fld moro. I returned to hor houae hotwron s and o o'clock In tho afternoon. Hho naked mo for XI, nnd ( took my pockot'boolc out and giivo it to hor, putting back tho pocket-book into my waistcoat pocket, lam suro there w*>rc thrtio or four £fi notoo, and one £1 noto on tho Hank of OtagO (Limited) in my pookot»bi>ok at that tlmo. Tim note prnducod la llko tho one whioh was in my pocket-book, I cannot swonr to what bank tho M notes belonged, Thooo produced are llko tho ones which were In my pocket-book, but lounnot swear thoy are tlio name. On mv return, I remained in tho houno about an hour. In five nil nit ton aftor loaring I mlflscd (on my nmtd ftftklwg mo for 10 my pocskot-book «nd tho monoy. I returned immodlntoly on mltming it to tlio (trlfloiuir'fl liouno, and nuked hor to giro mo iho pocket-book nnd monoy. Hho told mo flho had not got it, I told her I had been In nobody olno'fl o -mpany. John M'lSvoy i I am a labourer, and mate of D'Aroy. 1 romembor bolug in Tlmaru on tho 22nd April. I flrnt saw D'Aroy about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, and again betwoon 5 and 0. Tho monoy whioh D'Aray had In thopocket»bnok bclongod partly to himiolf and partly to mo, I recollect that ihoro woro thrco fiti noto« an lUg Baiilc of Now Xwilnnd, rtnfl ono XI noto on tho Bunk <>£ Otago (Limited) in tlio pookot-book, I can not nwear that tho notcß producod aro the samo. I Innt saw tho nottn about hnlC-past ft o'tilook on tbo ii'iml April, I gavo tho pocket book «ud money to D'Aray at that tlmo. lam certain thoro woro moro notos in thopookoohook than 1 havo stated, bat I otin-' not toll what amount, Jamoß Hhophardt I am a grocer In Tlmarn, I know tho prlflonur, I oaw hor in my «hot> about 6 o'clock on tho evening of April QQnd. Hho piOfchHUCd Homo goods, and tondorod a £$ npte In payment, I kept tlio noto, and

Ravo ttiu prinonor tho difference in cliango. ricrgfc, Nmll got from mo tho noto i>ro<liu!*fl<l. Klizuboth Jimo Melton ; My tuthce keeps an liolol at Tiamru. I know tho prisonqr h^ sight. I flu wr her on tho 22nd April lust, about nix o'clock In tho cvcnln/f, Hho gavo mo thrco £\ notes to tako caro <?f for her, Pduntifloa tho three not««.] I murked'the mo ton glwn to mo by tho prisoner. I garo (horn to Nergcant Mali tho same .evening l\y the Prißonor i I ani awaro, from hear* Hay, that my mother lmd olmrgo of tho note** about a quarter of nn hour boforo tho prisoner give thorn to mo. ■ -■ Tlila waft tho ca«<? for the Crown. -: Tito pcl«)t>er donied having t/ikon the rnonoy. D'Aroy and hornolf hud beon drinking togethor. 110 pulled out a noto and guvo it to hor, and Dho.vront aw^y for tho nurjioac of proourlng groccnon, . but flho dldirt know whothur it wuh a XI or a XS noto tliat ha) liec'tt given to her. Whon .D'Aroy naked hur fur lila pookot-book, sho lighted a candle and endeavoured to find it, but did not flooded riho had provlouuly r<JHid<id on Mr Hogg's ntitlon, wlwro h«r l»lfll>«»d wao drowned four or fllvo m<iftU«a ftgo. ; Ilia Honor having aummoA up, tho jury rotired to Uiolr room< [In tho floooml ca«o a to\n*b Wm. O'Rrlcn, Co- t\n unnatural oflfetiflo, tlio Orown Proieoutor mkc<\ that Qanrgo Miller, tho proncoutor, might ho called on his rcoognlziinoua, wh\uh wn* ilono. Miller rr&n not fonhcom Ing, and Mr Duncan ankod that tho iirlfloimr might not bit discharged jmtU it wtu iimm tftlnod vrhothor Mllldif hud loft tho province.] Tho jury, after a flhort abionoo, In this oamof MargArot Oarko, roturnod into Court with a vordiot of " Oulhy," Mb Honor acntonced tho prl*On«r l<> i\\m civlitndar montha' linprlsonmeut in the Chrtottthtiwh gftoi, At hard labour. Tho Court then adjourned forllAlf-ftU-hour, Vfr Dunoan intltnaiftttf that he would |iroecoi) fioxt wKH tho Ohargo «gftiiißt Cbarlea Lvonnrd Hooper, | TJIDIO UUjW, I Tho QfAnd Jury returned true bills in thi> following onflofli— Mnrtfarot (>larico, iarcony in a dwolliup-lioußßi John Watkor, Inrccny it« v baiioo) iliohard Palmer, forgery nmi «U<;rl«igi Clmrlos Leonard Hooper, ombossslctnout, MO DILIj. Tha QpAnd Jury throw out tho bill nßnta»t William O'Mrlon (in DavW caao) for tw unnatural o/lonpo, [UftaUihig,]