INQUEST.
Nelson, This day. At an inquest held yesterday atMotueka on the body of a native woman named Martha Moon, the jury returned the following verdict: — " We find that, owing to the very weak and low condition of the deceased, she came by her death through injuries received on the back of her head from a fall caused by a man named Rupini Pokia:" The coroner committed Pokia for trial on the charge of manslaughter.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4159, 20 November 1884, Page 3
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75INQUEST. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4159, 20 November 1884, Page 3
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