MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Issue 7, 21 October 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

.\eeor?ii.'» t • tlie daily papers, a pris son.'i' was n c 'n'ly convief*».l if E.linb«ir*;'i of bavin *-, 'riit| ( . in , t «f ate of somnirn'm lism, ni'i'd r I his child, n-.d Iris sinei been sot >v It >erty. Cases o-'ihis kio, l ,-ir*. vory rare, Im ,*-ssti.ningtho«>*n*)*imhii!isiu to bo clearly nrovcl, there can he* li-tl.* qucsti >n of the c lrroelnoss of tin .■ >v.* • . tlnn adopted. Dirhlnth, tb. (r»rt-i.i» ny.si.*|in|oi>ist-. tells of a y >in^ worn i w'i>, in conseqi|eii"o of a fright occasion •<( 'n* an attack of robbers, was so mJ witii epilepsy no I hecamo juihj *ct to soniniinbn ism. \V iib in this eo-i-lition sho was in 1.1.0 habit Ol'sl.'.liiig nr.ieles. and ir,*ii charged with theft, but nn bis mivtca Dorliiitb was i'elens*,| nnd cvonhnllv c.ir.vt. „-. ell^T (i.ito.l in Whiirt.wi nn'l Still.) gives mi nivomt of a *oi»n*imhu« list who (•liiiiiliei'.'.l o'lt of n e'irr.'t wi^ doiv dosecir.le'l into (he n.**<i hoys*', kiPo.l n yo-.ing «!rl wlio wus a*l-*ei> ih^Pr And tbe sam*» 'eirned wi iters rpiote fr<*n* s.U varin nn account of a soiii'iaii-hutu. -. monk (rel.Te.l to Sarvrti-i*-, by ihe prior of tin* ti iiifeii*, wh-ro the iii.*i>«ent t>ao-» pened): — • ThesoiuuimiPilist enle.'ol the 'en mil) 'i* of tin prior ; his eyes wero ope i.'.l not fi.oil*, the 1. : ||t of t.v.. |, t ,n|,-, unde no im Ht'ssion .i,,,>i> imo ; his fo,i nre* were conlrac'tf I. tin. l Im .-aried in hu band a lih'i/o knife, (.oing strap-lit to thn bed, ho hid tbe first appearance ot rxib mining if ihe prior was there. Ho then, struck three blows, which pierced tin j coverings mi.) oven a mnt which served* I ill" pttrp se of n nmtiress. In lounninc lids countenance wus »i nbout, imf wag Winked hy mi int* of s-tiisfat'lioii. Tho B*vt day tlie pi ior astro,! tho soinnamhn- ■ ist what hu hi t .lr *-imt of the i recce, I in*,' plight, ati'l tho bittoi' anv.vered (hit bo hoi fiiivamt ilint his nuthor had heon killed tiy tito prior, nut that. |\ t i»iiosr, hid uppeaed to him deiiyiuding vengeance ; that nt this sijnt ho was s > tr insp >rte.l hy rnj;e tint In* Ivul immodinlidv run t>, s'.-ib tlionssis.il) of tits iti')ih**i'.' S-irviiriti aids that if the prior In I lio>"i knl-d tho monk ooiihl not piw-ihlv. under these ei*--ouin-taiieos. ha.o boon piMi.siio.l. — ■• JSolicitor's Journal.' A fr..n'< acknowledgment, is tluoi mid.v hy tho Taranaki .Vo-ws :— • Wo liav.i in apologise to the editor ot our content-,... • r-iry, tbo i'ar.ui.-iiti Herald, and to iho IVo.ss Auem.y, for some ouusmo remark**) in a sob-leader in our issue on Satt.r.lay last. Wo bid i-occiYed ootiMdertitile an*, noyanco Iro.n our contemporary during tiio List week, and intended to hit out hard, and, as is usual in suolt cues, over. shot the mark.'