SUPREME COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 226, 27 September 1887, Page 5

SUPREME COURT.

SSIOKS

(B efore0re Mr Justice Ward.) - _ tt «bd Maori Pebjub*: Case.- ** t rakai appeared in answer to the * ,LiD„ committed perjury at the I** rourt on Saturday, the 16th o f 'i¥ emß 'tion with the alleged rape ;^ iDr b ; Charles Henry Wight,- ---\ j,ersett j 08ecut ecl on behalf of *ThomaS Zsn • Dufaur and O'Meagher d _ The indictment ap^tt'and two feet wide. It > refl£ted to the prisoner in an *»s attorn by Mr Hammond. This abbreviated f°"» J as the many '£* Ipc t ns" y ' would merely "v"" the prisoner.—Mr ** toMted that he, in conjunction Ttafaur .fr®T.M P O'Meagher, appeared on $f(?t accused V would state fuinlications for an adjournment that as all app» faad determined— the bT£iS Pleaded not guilty-tbat .censed WMg ,£ ffered on her behalf, »oeVi dfnnauesrions should be put to the ®itUt Seed for the prosecutions guesses pro , v concurren ce of the *#»"!£ hri°B decided that such ?±csmstances would be the better jndertnecirou^ ole matiier wou id coarse. » ■ Supreme Court of the l6g£ SSienf. Both his friend would therefore withdraw irom »llfSiHonor: " I don't think &* IW< will do any the worse Miff c^ eThetwosolicitorsforihMgfence Pafaiir;u,tw from the Court. -W& was Mr Dalton beingWosen an^nneiiß , Hammond was required as foietL Mr Brown interpreted the cviV njVc witnesses. -Mr Cotter briefly '""l case for the prosecution. He said rfffin for the defence having 1 drawn he hardly knew what course the "• lhS would pursue.-His Honor said ff Tndersfood that under such • Jlnees no questions would be 3"a thought that ib would be £nt to prove only one assignment, Sv of course as a matter of form, for in «<wbeic a man's wife was charged prac_2y in conjunction with her husband he Sed that the Crown would nob press yfSy penalty.-Mr Cotter said that _J£V should not do so. He then rf 7 reviewed the evidence which e/roposed to adduce. As it was only UJy to prove _ one assignment, h would select one in which all the Jesses were Europeans, and thus get tkonoh the case more quickly. He would amnly direct their attention to the assignment alleging that Charles Henry Wight y committed -rape upon the prisoner. J s would only produce six witnesses.— Mr Edward Hammond (licensed interpreta) Mrßasley (Deputy Registrar),and Detective' Walker all gave formal evidence in tie ease. The Wight family and Thomas logan were also called to repeat their evince. ____________________