TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1146, 9 January 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(Per Press Association.) Dunedin, yesterday. Tbe stakes at the Caledonian gathering were paid over to-night. Burke takes £48 for running, Dinnie and Murray, tbe dancer, come next with £28 each, Dinnie also gets £50 from the Society for bis presence, It is thought there is little probability of any of tbe challenges to Dinnie coming to a contest. The sum taken at the gates for tbe three days was £1068, and tbe stakes paid over amount to nearly £500. An inquest was held to-day on tbe body of Thomas Cochrane, which was found m tbe harbour on Friday last. Deceased was last seen on Wednesday afternoon and was then sober and quite cheerful, He had been at tbe Caledonian games. Tbe | tendency of the whole evidence was tbat the occurrence was accidental, and tbe jury returned a verdiot of | " found drowned'" At tbe Supreme Court to-day the only case of interest was tbe charge against Whitley of manslaughter, m having overlaid her child whilst J drunk. She pleaded not guilty be- j cause she said she loved her child and never intended to barm it. Being found guilty she asked for mercy, and whilst being sentenced said she would reform. The Judge said he thought tbe blame fell also upon the shoulders of her husband, who should bave kept her from drink, and a share was attributable to those who had supplied her. He would give ber such a sentence as migha wean her from tbe craving for drink, namely, twelve months. Jamefe Smith, for stealing a horse and a saddle, was sentenced to twelve months. Harry Dunstan, ior forgery, was sentenced to nine months; and Robert Galbraitb, for obtaining money by a valueless cheque, was acquitted. Wellington^ yesterday. At tbe Supreme Cqurt tbe jury found true bills m all cases except tbat of Edward O'Malley, fpr alleged manslaughter. Peter Jansen, a Dane charged with larceny, was sentenced to eighteen months' bard labor. Alexander Anderson, on a charge of j attempting to murder bis paramour, Mary White, was found guilty and 1 sentenced to three years' bard labour, Christchurch, Jan. 7. A peculiar accident happened m tbe Supreme Court to-day, A man, by some extraordinary blunder, took bis seat m a jury box is place of another bearing a similar name, tbe proper juryman being under tbe impression that bis name bad not been called. Tbe presence of, tbe wrong man was not discovered till one trial 1 bad resulted m a conviction, and tbe whole of tbe evidence m ariothertrial had been taken and the Judge had summed up, It was somewhat curious that the case m wbich the conviction bad been recorded sentence had been passed. His Honor tgol^ a i note of the irregularity! and aanQun-

ned his intention of consulting his brother Judges as to the best course to be pursued, In the Supreme Court there was only one conviction, that of Chas, Schneider for forgery. He was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour. Gisborne Jan. 8. Captain Kenneth Kerr, late editor and proprietor of Facts, newspaper, died to-day at 1 o'clock. The deceased gentlcnan had been suffering for some months past from c_ncer. New Plymouth, Jan. 8. The steamer Argyle is leaving the bieak water with excursionists for Kawhia. Major Atkinson, who has had a quiet week at his farm, meets a de* putation to«night, and leaves for the South by the Takapuna afterwards. Auckland, Jan. 8. The prize money paid away on the Auckland Summer meeting t-day amounted to L 3843. Mr Vallance heads the list with L 714. ' The Rotomahana beat, tbe City of Sydney on the tripfroin Sydney by eight hours. Peter Joseph Antonio, cnarged with stealing a watch on board the Waihora at the Melbourne wharf, was discharged to-day at the criminal ! sessions, Judge Gillies ruling that he bad no jurisdiction. Wellington, Jan 8. An information has been laid against a well-known Otago resident for having neglected to send m a statement of his property as required by the provisions of the Property Assessment Act. The case will probably be heard ion ' Friday naxt. "'" ' r ;■ • Dunedin, Jan. 8. . The latest with regard to Donald Dinnie is that he is likely' to permanently settle m Lunedin. He has deposited £25 towards a match with Matheson at hammer throwing, and he challenges Hudson, tbe wrestler, to meet him iv five style of wrestling. ' j