Criminal Sittings, Supreme Court.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2014, 7 January 1887, Page 3

Criminal Sittings, Supreme Court.

At the criminal sittings if the Wellington Supreme C urt, Henry Wilson got two rear? with bard labor, and ije< rge Raddon 18 months nitli band labor for breaking into Shine Brothers, tailor s shop Samuel Bennett. (or breaking in Cuogau a tailor's sbon was sentenced to three years' penal servitude —he wa- an old offender. Henry Davis was charged with unlawfully wounding Lawrence Lmnn oi Featherston The (acta of the case have already been reported in this paper. On the Ut December last about ten o'clock while I'unn was leaning the Empire Hotel, Featnerst. r. in company with some other people he was confronted by prisi ner, who struck a match, and held it cl.-s, to Dunn s m-e. Dunn olju u l !,. i),h, an] s, uie w rds parsed. With- ut ant further provocation prisooei then Jitw something which wis

supposed at first to be > revolver. Dunn made (or him. nnd -ome soil of a sculilr ensued in the passage of the hotel Pris net during this used a knife upon Dunn, iurlictmg s severe w.und, which came near taking his life After hearing evidence, the pi isi-ner, cn the advice of his counsel, pleaded Guilty to the charge, and no further evidence was called. His Honor remarked that he contldered Ut Jellicoe had given his client very good advice. Ur Jellicoe pleaded, on behalf of the prisoner, that the offence bad been committed with no felonious intent. Counsel further urged that bis client was under the influence of h.juor at the time. Hia Honor ■aid a man who received a black eye wae justified in giving a bloody noae, but was not justified in drawing a knife and stabbing the other msn. Hia Honor directed that the prisoner should be brought up for sentence nevt dey. Yesterday morning prisoner waa sentenced to one year’s imprisonment

William Pilkiogton. charged for mans slaughter by riding over Agnes Petersen in November last, at Carterton, was sentenced to thiee months' imprisonment.