DUNEDIN

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1316, 9 October 1884, Page 3

DUNEDIN

.?< • Oct7. 'Somewhat startling news comes *£rom Sydney m, connection with the Along-pending lawsuit between Messrs Connor and McKays formerly -cone, tractors of Dunediu. It appears that Mr McKay himself, Mr Tlipmaß : Dodson, and Mr Edward Pritchard, All well Tcnown m. Dunedin, have .been arrested on a ; charge of con" spiring to defraud the creditors of tfhe eaid/Mcßfay Of .the iiim of .£7,600. /The hearing of ■• the Jcase commenced just before the; last mail left Sydrieyy 'arid two witnesses had then been examined;: but as there are upwards of forty still to give evidence, the y 08.86; will probably last Borne time; 'Mr Gr. B. Barton, another old Dunedin resident, appearß on behalf of Mr Connor, Mr Dodson^wrbte to a friend m Dunedin m ft'yery hopeful strain , inti- S mating i th l at he expects- that he and IMr "Prit chard at least will come off , "with flying colors. Alexander,Forsyth, who was. adtmitted to .-theV Hospital yesterday, isafferingufrpm: a compound fracture «of the^gh't thigh; caused by a track Tunning over him on a tram line m the bush at Catlin's Kiver, died this morning, y ;' ..;•.-. ; ' A. Dempsiey, a passenger by the Pleiades, w|s "fined 30s or 7 days, at Port Chalmers, this morning, for stealing a fcase of brandy on the voyage. Another passenger named Gregory wis the principal witnesa m the case. ; . » October 8. A^tKe/'Snpreme Conrt tOKday,in the case ofjDinarles Fowler, convicted yesterday, of robbery from a dwelling, and ■updnjwhom sentence was reserved, his Honor said he should reserve the case for the Courj; of Appeal to decide whether . there had been sufficient evidence to go before -a jury. Henry Coker, 'for. stealing a £1 -note from a dwelling, was found Do| guilty, but was held for trial on a second iudiclment. Thomas Browjaj a.mairied man ; f or a criminal as^ylt-on;a girl .11 years old was sentenced to eight years. ' , At.lhe City Court to»-day, Marga:refctsayerßwas fined £20 with ihe altfe'riiative of two months' impristn,ment, for sly grog seliing.