WANGANUI SUPREME COURT OPENS MONDAY—A HEAVY LIST

Wanganui Chronicle, 6 May 1947, Page 4

WANGANUI SUPREME COURT OPENS MONDAY— A HEAVY LIST

An unusually heavy list of criminal and civil business is set down for the second quarterly sessions for 1947 of the Supreme Court, Wanganui, which open at 10.30 a.m. next Monday before Mr. Justice Christie. Criminal trials alone are likely to take a week. Of the five persons who are to come up for trial, one man will face 12 charges of false pretences. In addition, there are four prisoners for sentence. Two civil jury cases are set down, one involving a claim for £7OO and another a claim for £536. Three civil cases are listed for hearing before the Judge alone, and in addition there is one defended divorce and 10 undefended divorces. The list of business is: CRIMINAL For Trial John Joseph w'alsli. Alleged breaking and entering and theit. Frederick Joseph Huddleston. -Alleged false pretences (12 charges). Leo Frederic Brett.— Alleged unlawful carnal knowledge. A young man whose name was suppressed in the Lower Court. Alleged breaking and entering and theft. Augustus Stephen Parson.- Alleged inciting to commit the crime of break . ing and entering and theft and receiving stolen property. | For Sentence Neti Wanihi. Unlawful carnal , knowledge. Three young men whose name.: I were suppressed in the Lower Court, i -Breaking and entering and theit. CIVIL (Before a Judge and Jury of 12) Maurice Field v. Eri • Healey. Claim for repayment of £7OO allegedly lent. Louis Edward Pope v. Makotuku Timber Co., Ltd.—Claim for £536 and other relief for injuries allegedly received during course of employnw 4 -