ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.
Ihe criminal sessions of the Supreme Court closed on the afternoon of the 11th inst. In the case against Samuel Shaw for making a false declaration in registering a death a verdict of " Guilty " was returned, and the defendant was fined 40s. A con viction was also obtained in the last case, a charge of false pretf.nces preferred against a lad who was indicted as Albert Sinclair, but whose name, as staled by his counsel, was Harry Marks. There were, however, legal questions raised re garding the indictment, and these being reserved for the consideration of the Court of Appeal, his Honor directed thac if satisfactory sureties were forthcoming the prisoner should be released from custody, the amount of the bail being one surety for £100 or two of £50 each, in addition to the prisoner's own recognisance.
