WELLINGTON.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3563, 9 December 1882, Page 3

WELLINGTON.

December 9. A very sudden death occurred at midnight. A man named Raymond, a carter, on going home, knocked at his door for admittance, and while the door was being opened he fell to the ground, and when picked up life was extinct. The deceased, who had not not been long in Wellington, was in his usual spirits a quarter of an hour before death ensued, which is supposed to have resulted from erysipelas of the brair». The case of George Longhurst has not yet been finally dealt with by the Cabinet. It is considered indispensible that Ministers should be in possession of a complete record of the case in all its varied stages, and this has been in course of preparation Bince the Court of Appeal pronounced judgment. Copies of numerous documents, judgments, notes, depositions, etc., are now almost ready, and when ttey are completed the case will come before the Cabinet for final decieion. After deducting the expenses of the late prosecution for illicit distillation, one half of the fines inflicted (£400) will be divided among those who were instrumental in obtaining a conviction. The Premier leaves for Auckland about the end of next week to spend the Christmas holidays with his family. At the Appeal Court yesterday leave was granted to appeal to the Privy Council in the case of Connor v. M'Kay (Dunedin).