SUPREME COURT.
Wellington, This day.
Mr. Justice Richmond, in his address to the Grand Jury at the opening of the criminal sessions to-day, said the chief cases of interest wero a charge against a farmer of burning his own stacks with alleged intent to defraud the insurance company, which came under the head of arson; robbery of a safe from the Feilding post office; and the Kaiwarra murder. It was many years since so grave an offence as the latter had occurred in the district. The only question would be, Who did it ? He would not attempt to go into the evidence, believing it would be better to be silent on tho subject. The jury would havo to confine themselves to such evidence as was brought before them as developed beforo tho Magistrate. The case was ono of circumstantial evidenco only. In most murder ciers of the worst class there was seldom an eye witness, and tho evidence was therefore purely circumstantial. The charge of trying to pass a silvered penny as a half-crown against Henry Duncan and Emily Olson is now proceeding.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5565, 1 July 1889, Page 3
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