NEW PLYMOUTH MURDER.
New Plymouth, This day. Mr Fell, who is conducting the prosecution, elicited in ovidencw that tho natives of Parihaka collected one hundred pounds for Muhi Kai's defence, and sent accused's father to Now Plymouth to nsk Mr Samuel to take the case up. Mr Samuel refused unless he received a feo of one hundred pouuds. A European settlor gave Mr Samuel a cheque for the amount on the understanding that prisoner's father should bring tho money uoxt day. Owing to Te Whiti's and Tohu's influence, the money was not raid. Two weeks afier Mr Samuel voluntarily returned tho cheqno to the settler, who is a married man with a
family, and Mr Samuel has received so fur no money for the expenso of the defence oi for his services.
Gatloib Rook, storemnn, deposed to seeing prisoner between the railway crossing, Devon street, and Solo's butcher's shoo, between half-past eleven and noon on the day of Ihe murder. Ho was going to get sugar from his employer's store in she utreet near thu butcher.- shop. He knew the date from .sugar he wn« getting to s*-nd away being entered by the "clerk'as being taken out of tho stora on the day named. John Keyvott, stcretnan, deposod ho entered all the goods that went out, and siU'iir wns scut from the store on the day of tho murder. Ho sent Mr Rock to deliver it just be/ore dinner, which was at noon. This closed the easo for tho defence.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5965, 18 October 1890, Page 3
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