WELLINGTON, this day.

Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 2717, 7 January 1879, Page 3

WELLINGTON, this day.

James Murphy, who was charged with rape on a little girl at Greytown was, after a good deal of consideration by the jury, found guilty of attempted rape, and remanded. BUGGY ACCIDENT. Mr T. L. Travers was driving over Ngahau-

ranga Bridge on Saturday afternoon, in a bnggy containing himself, wife, and two ladies, ■when one of the buggy's wheels collided with n ; cart. The hordes boitfd, and after going about . 200 yards capsized the trap. All tbe occupants i were more or less injured. It is said Mr Travers :intendß to take proceedings against the diiver of the cart. ' The Gazotte publishes the names of 166 persons appointed valuers under the Land Tax Act. RAPE. In cane of indecent assault, against James Murphy, the Grand Jury said they considered the evidence submitted justified a charge of ■ rape being made. The Judge ordered a second indictment to be preferred, but allowing the first one to remain, saying if the prisoner were Indicted on the major charge only,, he could not be found guilty on the minor, nor could the two offences be contained in the one indictment. William Watson, alias Sutton, pleaded guilty to stealing a watch from a dwelling-house. Mr Pascoe, a brewer, was fined £10 for refusing to serve as a juryman when summoned. In a civil case for recovery of wages, in the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, the expenses were allowed the plaintiffs, as they had been detained in town three weeks. At the inquest held on the body of McElwain, the tailor, who was committed for trial on a charge of arson, the doctor said the deceased died of a broken heart, partly through fretting over his troubles, partly through drink. All the organs were healthy, but the left ventricle of the heart was ruptured. Circumstances of Mr. Gilligan's Death. James Gilligan, who died at the Occidental Hotel yesterday morning, was a man of very full habit of body, and was touched with heart disease. He had been under the care of Dr Yon Mirbach the last three weeks. Last Saturday he complained of impeded breath, as well as intense pain in the legs, and kept his bed all yesterday. He went to sleep on Sunday night as usual, but early this morning he complained of the severity of the pains in his legs, and Dr Mirbach being sent for, afforded the patient relief by injections of morphia. Ho then drank some sodawater, saying he felt better than ho 'iad for some time, and lay down, going to sleep again. Between eight and nine his attendant, who slept next room, found the body in the same position as when ho last saw deceased. Tho cause of death is said to have been apoplexy, indiiced by fatty degeneration of the heart. Mr Gilligan recently sold the Taucru estate, and purchased a ship farm in Canterbury; but it is said the. purchasers of tho Taueru estate decline to complete tho bargain, owing to some informality, which is supposed to have worried Mr Gilligan a good deal. It was the intention of deceased, if his health permitted, to rorurn to Canterbury in a few clays. At the Supremo Court, Kate Dawes was charged with attempted suicide. The point is to be left to the potty jury to say whether anyone attempting to commit suicide is insane or not. CIIRTSTCHURCII, This Day. The Hon. John Hall, the Hon. William Robinson, and Mr. William Montgomery, M.H.R., are to be entertained at a banquet by the inhabitants of Akaroa to-morrow. A deputation of cabmen not agreeing with the proposed new bye-laws, yesterday waited upon the City Council and made certain suggestions, some of which were adopted. The hospital concert, on the 17th, promises to be a great success. Among other well-known artists who will sing, there will be Signora Venosta, Miss Amy Shcrwin, and many wellknown local amateurs. The spirits of the Christchurch cricketers are considerably damped by the small scorc3 made by the Canterbury team in Melbourne. The odds are now in favour of Melbourne.