SUPREME COURT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2667, 24 November 1909, Page 4

SUPREME COURT.

SITTINGS AT DUNEDIN.

rjVu Pur-sfi Association. ! DUNEDIN, Nov. 23. William Johnston Rae was acquitted on a charge of sheep stealing at the Supreme Court this morning. A youth named Ainsworth Livingston . Perry nleaded guilty to two charges or their From dwelling and receiving. In regard to the charge 01 oreakm„ and entering, first-class evidence as to character was proffered to the Court i.. import of an application for probationP The Judge asked if the accused had "revealed the name of G.e Pcrsjm from whom he had received the articles mentioned in the third charge. Tne Se replied that he had made a stateS t which they did not regard as -atsfactorv. The Judge refused protalon, and sentenced the prisoner ta six months’ imprisonment. Ld^ d Burgess, Edward Pyle, and John Healev were charged with having, on August ~o4th, robbed James Andrew Me Kan of’£l7 2s, and with having used personal vio.ence towards him. There were other counts charging the accused , with' stealing money assault -with intent to rob, and assault. Owing to McLean not putting in an appearance, it was decided that tbo case should stand over till next sittings. William Brooks, found guilty yesterday of acting on a cheque knowing it to hare been forged and who pleaded guilty to a charge of obtaining money by false pretences, was sentenced to 12 months on each charge, the sentences to run concurrently.