INVERCARGILL.
20th May. The District Court was opened by Judge Harvey to-day. Two cases were decided. John H. Blake pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny at Makare pa, and sentence was deferred. A charge of indecent assault was next preferred against J. C. M'Kay, a man of good position in the district, and a member of the old Provincial Council. It was stated that be had committed an assault with intent on a girl named Caroline Cotter, four years of age, at Campbelltown. The principal evidence for tbe prosecution was that of the mother of the girl, and her credibility was severely shaken by witnesses for the defence, who averred she was a woman of violent temper, and given to drink. The medical testimony was in favor of the defence, as was also that of the Hon. William Nurse, M.L.C., who spoke highly of prisoner's general character in the past. The jury were only a few minutes considering tbeir verdict of not guilty.
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Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 515, 21 May 1879, Page 2
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