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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 953, 20 June 1868, Page 3

: Two inch have been hung at Bathurst h. for murder,' and so clumsily as to excite a feeling of disgust. The rope was so long and tne'fali so heavy that the men's heads .were, nearly torn from their shoulders. . 'There was, of course, no cruelty in this, as the sufferers were unconscious of the fact, „ an<l,the loss of sensation must have been instantaneous. But the effect on the few spectators, and the public at large who ; . reHdpf it, is bad. The unnecessary mang- . ling of the human body shocks proper feeing.- Cases of this kind will probably "tend tp, precipitate the abolition of capital . punishment altogether. The effect of the • recent Commission on the subject in England clearly, tends that way. Public ! •opinion is not yet settled on the. subject, ;- but the drift is towards the more humane conclusion. — Bydmy Mail, May 30. ■', :.£Air M.P.C. is' a Ju'fiOß.— Mr. Robert -Pharazyn was yesterday called upon as a fspjeeial juror, for which office he had re- ; ceived a summons to appear, but did not to his name. Mr. C. J. Pharazyn waited upon his Honor and said that his , fyrpfcher's position as a member of the Provincial Council,- now in session, entitled him to exemption from serving on a special jury. His Honor refused to take official notice of the Council being now in session. Any person receiving a summons from the Supreme^ Court, even though exempt, was in contempt if he accepted service of the summbhs.. If Mr. Pharazyn himself acknowledged his summons, and appeared, he would accept his excuse, but if he did ■ '. not do so, he should feel bound to take :> notice of hjs. contempt of court by punishing him in the manner that lay in his power. To-day, Mr. E. Pharazyn ap■peored, in court to. show cause why he .-.'"" should not be fined. He pleaded ignorance ,-;,of;;the; neciessity of his attendance as he . .;_. (iqonsidered that under a law of the GeneAssembly, members of the Provincial -,'. jfCotincil, when in session, were exempt. ..i.^r^Phar^zyn said that he. did not attend ■i^o^Gpi^l>QttefoTe>, as he. considered his -fj v suifimons yoidi His Honor said he would i^rermt tliejfine^ but explained to Mr. Pha- ■ h.|i,iTC"as;Wjrong'iii % ;;\'^^^^t : supposing that to obey in all cases the l CK.s.umi^Qij^p^ the" : Supreme Court,— -Evem-