ALLEGED "TOHUNGAISM."
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
NAPIER, this day.
A Maori named Tokomari was charged at the Police Court to-day with having pretended to exercise witchcraft. Tbe evidence showed tbat accused asserted bis taipos bad possessed the child of a native named H'awera, and he refused to remove them until they complied with a mysterious "thirty-seven sevens." It was stated in evidence that accused was a well-known tohunga, having been engaged in the work for three years. The case is proceeding.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 162, 22 July 1901, Page 5
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