SUPREME COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4058, 9 March 1892, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

i WELLINGTON,-TUESDAY, (Before His Honor Mr Justice Hick* mond.) ALLEGED BOBBERY WITH VIOLENCE. •> , John Dowd pleaded not guilty to I a charge of having assaulted George Corrie at Featherston on the 18th January, and robbed him of £B. Mr Gully prosecuted for the Crown and Mr Coates defended the priGoaep, The evidence for the prosecution was to the-effect that on day in question Qowd and Corrie drinkipg together at various Feiithorston, that they nnd'loSr 011 retiring to au outkoase Dowdas* saulled and robbed his companion, Tho accused gave evidence denying the charge point blank, His Honor summed up against him, but reminded the jury that if they should be in doubt as to the alleged violence it was within their compete once to bring in a verdict of - simple larceny. This they did after soma jiWij hours! deliberatipDj jincj thq • priaoner'was sentenced to imprisonment. WILFUL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. George, alias *' Podge" Bend, waa charged with having on the fith De>. comber last wilfully damaged furnh ture in the house of Annie Cunning* km, Wjpgjjeld stfeet ( t() of £3o'| window ]ianes and cWkefjr being dashed to pieces, cbairs'broken and a piano smashed. The prisoner, who was defended by •' Mr Coftes, pleaded not guilty. Mr Gully jjrbacuted. • , . Annjfl Cunningham, and wete fop the 'prwuiion. ' The - prjspneji gayg evi<|eh(i<) oti his gwn beji'aif, Ifa swore that igir}' struck him with a chair, arid that they then proceeded to. hurl at eaoh other - all the moveables that -came to hand, ' Finally li? admitted that on' going outside be put a fow stones thfougu the window, . T|iq juL'y brpught in a yerdipt q£ guilty, arid Hia pd&aijig judgment, mentioned tbt.the prisonerhad already been convicted thrice in once in Wan'ganiii';|en3 of'last' yesir) of breaches of tjie pe'acei There jtfd jeeu Yery little conceal...

went about this partioulnr affair, and, tho prisoner's acts had been those of, almost a madman. Doubtless tho owner of the property had a good oivil action against him. A eontonca of six months imprisonment was imposed, The Court then adjourned till next morning.