SUPREME COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7891, 22 December 1903, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

— - » ■•■■•■» CHRISTCHURCH. TuESbAY, I>EbB>kBER 22. (Before his Hohor Mr Justice tienniHon.) SENTIENCES. . John Graham; aged tw«hty> wiio p'lek'deA guilty in the lower Court to a charge of theft, canfle up for sentence. Mr Stringer, Crown Prosecutor^ said that tbte accu^d) with another man, had got hold, of a drunken man at Ashburton, taken Him into the Domain > and robbed bim of a watch and chain. The chain was found: later in a pawnbroker's shop, and accused gave information after his oommittal which led to the Recovery of the watch. His character generally was not very good. His Honor inflicted a sentence of six months' imprisonment. Arthur Paitrick Niion was then . brought up. He ha<i pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing tinioray froth, a caati register at Lyttelton. The Crown Prosecutor said that his- character was hot known as he was a( recent arrival from Australia. . Aocilsed handed up a written docunient to his Honor, and stated th*fc he had attempted' the theft oh the impulse of the moment. His Honor infliclecl a sentence of six niohths' imprisonment.- '..-': IN CHAMBERS. His Hohav then held a sittings in Chambers. . . ' In re the National Mortgage and Agency Company (Mr Ftanke) v. Murphy, hi« Honor made an order for charging an order absolute. The case Hardcastle (Mr Stringer) v. Curlett was allowed to staii^ o;yer. Probate was granted in the wills of the following deceased person^ : 7— John jStanton (Mr Harper). Anthony Mills (Mr Douglas), Paul Hodgson (Mr • HarptV). T. V. Pyne (Mr Badger), Henry Moore (Mr Francis) and Joel Mathew (Mr Francis). . , Adroinistration was granted in re Mary J. M*Gowan (Mr Slater) and Maty E. Bird •(Mr Harper). {Per Press Association.!] pUNEDIN, Decembsr 22. At the criminal session erf the Supreme Court Philip Henry" Silva, fdr assault, was fined £5. Alexander Lowen, a boy di\ fourteeh, was charged with ihdeoeht .aesanit at Palnierston. He was admitted £0 pi^obation. James Edward Crook, lot breaking ai>d entering at the Bluff, was sentenced tfo 1 tvfrb years' imprisonments Harold Waddl^, a boy of fourteen, was found guilty of in • dfecent assault. As it was shown that fle „ had been severely chastised by Jcs father his Honor accepted his father' 6 recogni&ahce fdr his futui* behaviour. On the divorce side, in M'Cartie V. M*Carbie, wife's petition, his Honor ruled that the husband was not domiciled in. If ew. Zealand, and therefore the Court hod hb jurisdiction. In M'lntosh v ; M'lhtosh, husband's petition, the petitioner had resided in Auckland for two years, and prior to that in Dunedin. After litdng tdgethdr for several years and having two children-, the wif-e left to consort with Thomas' Sihfcock. She and Sincock went to D^haghy's rope-works, where the husband was nightwatclunan, and told him they were going to live together. He ask«d theni to say so before a witness, and they replied affirmatively, and next day the husband and wife signed a voluntary separation order. Whereby she was transferred to Sincocfc. TII6 Jiidg c said there was no doubt of the adultery, but he questioned whether the connivance of the separation agreement was not a bar, and the case had better stand over for consideration.