KAIWARRA MURDER TRIAL.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5576, 13 July 1889, Page 3

KAIWARRA MURDER TRIAL.

Wbllinoton, This day,

This morning the witness Bradford was re-called, and in answer to His Honor, said the gun was brought to him to examine on the 4th. From the appearance of the barrels it could not have been fired off on Friday (the day of tho murder). The nipple presented a different appearance when he examined it in the Supreme Court to what it did in tho K.M. Court. The Crown Prosecutor handed witness the gun to examine again, when he said, " Yes ; the -white stuff is there now, but on my oath it was not thero when I last gave evidence." In answer to His Honor, witness said he did not suggest anything. The stuff had appeared since looking down the breech. Both barrels had the same appeininco of boinjr caked with powder. Heating tho barrels would not have altered the appearance. Dr. Cahill, re-called, first saw the dagger on the Saturday night, when the sheath was opened. There was nothing to chow the blade had been usod. Witness's supposition was that tho weapon had not beeu cleaned by anyone. It would have required great care to clean tho blade without removing the verdigris. The dagger was used in the morgue, and cleaned in warm water. Witness inserted it up to tho hilt in some of the wounds. This concluded tho case for the Crown, and Mr Bell began his address to the jury. He contended the evidence conclusively showed tho murderer's gun was loaded with a piece of paper on May 23rd, taken from the wound in Hawkings's body, end went on to firguo that the coincidence of the paper in the wound fitting tho paper in Chemis's houso proved the gun was loaded in that I huuse. Later. Mr Bell pointed out the improbability of a man seen by the witness Joseph with a gun exposing himself so plainly to view if he intended to lay in ambush for Hawkings. It was no doubt a hardship to the prisoner that his wife could not bo placed in the box to say where ho was on tho night of the murder, but he was somewhat surprised that the children had not been called. In conclusion, he said if the jury were certain tho paper was traced from tho murdered man's body to prisoner's house, there was only one issuo possible. The Court adjourned at tho conclusion of Mr Bell's address, and counsel for prisoner speaks this afternoon. His Honor announced he would sum up on Monday.