THE COURTS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLVII, Issue 12270, 2 September 1904, Page 5

THE COURTS.

Per Press Association

NAPIER, September 1. In the Supreme Court William Edmund Phillips was found guilty of assault and causing actual bodily harm. He was required to enter into a bond olf £200 and find ;two sureties oif £100 each for good behavioiir for twelve months, in default 12 months' imprisonment. . :

At the- Supreme Court, Roy King, Ross Furniss, and Oscar Anderson, three lads, pkiaded guilty to two charges of breaking and entering at Hastings, and were remanded for* sentence. _ Other charges against the accused will probably not be proceeded with. _ The ca.se against John Sinclair: Avas withdrawn, there 'being no evidence of complicity. At itifoe Supreme Court to-day a youth named Edward Seehan was acquitted on a charge of assault. . Iliko Aperaima pleaded gud'llty to a charge iof theft, land was sentenced to twk) years' imprisonment. Mateoie Hauetainia was.conyic'ted on a charge of perjury, and "was sentenced to six months ,imprisoinment: WESTPORT, September 1. Salvador. Varsaggi, 'chai-ged ya(:th. a.s. ■sault on, David Petersen by 'biting off a poAion of his ear aboard the steamer Pukaki, pleaded guilty and was fined five 'pounds. The Bench, was lenient on account oif Pdtersen being the aggressor.

INVERGABGILL, September 1. After a trial extending over two days, , R. J. H. Hardinge, horse trainer, was found guilty lof 'the theft of mousy, fbrg. cry, 'and falide. pretences, there being a further charge ,of perjury. Sentence was deferred. Hardinge had been oomnidssiioned 'by Rasmussen (police , con. staiblo at Wiritbn), using his wife's mar.den name, to go to Wanganui to purchiaea a icertam racehorse for him, receiving rn'oney and ejapenises. He did n'db 'buy /the horse he had in view, but returned with a colt and , filly. , He produced a receipt for the mioney, and atated that the ifißy <was his own property. Easttnusseri discovered that £25 had 'been paid for the colt and £15 for the fily out of his money: The evidence was that (the ireceipte were forgeries. Rasmus Sen was pretty severely handled by the defence regarding his horsed Dialing .transacitions. He said this was the first, but it appeared thalb he had been m communicatlibn with 'Hardinge previously. He stated that he had reported tine matter Wo the Department since the trouble began, over a civil action for breach of warranty with regard to one of the horses. Counsel said he wbuTd advise Hardinge to plead guilty to the charge jdf perjury.