ALLEGED TOHUNGAISM
NATIVES CHARGED WITH MAN- ..... SLAUGHTER. ...... (IT TILBORAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, 17th July. Four natives of the Chatham Islands have been charged with tohungaism, resulting in the death of another native (a woman), and have been committed for trial at Christchurch on a charge of manslaughter. Accused are Hare Pi-. wari, Peter Piwari, Kati Piwari, and Pitau Panirau, who were charged before the Chatham Islands Magistrate's Court on 3rd July with assaulting and wounding one Ria Horomona Rebe so as to cause her death, thereby committing the crime of manslaughter. ■ Lengthy evidence was called to the effect that the four accused, with other members of their family, had acted as they did towards deceased with a view to expelling an evil spirit with which she was supposed to be afflicted. At the inquest on the body of deceased, held previously, the jury had found that her death had been caused by persons unknown.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 16, 18 July 1918, Page 3
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153ALLEGED TOHUNGAISM Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 16, 18 July 1918, Page 3
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