THE TARARUSTABBING CASE.
Josi-ru Kscat-lioi-i wa* brought up 011 the charge of stabbing Joseph Williams. The evidence had bern t;:k< n on the previous day. Mr. S!!?vpter, who appeared frr the prisoner, sdd (hat the evidence was concluded. A second charge had beer, lnid »irtii? the pri-.-oner for stabbing Kakuio, but if the indictable cl'rnv withdrawn, pri-o';er would *.»lead guilty to a e;<mniun assault. Mr. B.illen consented to t!ii<. Prisoner was then committed tor trial. The charge of assaulting Ka'.aio was then m ide, when prisoner pica.led guilty. Mr. chapter said he thought it liar-'iv worth while to <*o on with a charge of common assault. Prisoner would be i-i cushi iy tiil the -£?Jof (lie Supreme Court. The Court divided to hear the evidence of Kakaio, who was iicard on the chargc of common a=»sMt;lt.—Mr ohap'er raised the point vvli-tlu-r ihc \~Yu;-t o. add proceed with a chare;* the after he had been committed. He eon; 'li- led that- he not to bo in the dock, hut iu the jail, and eould only be brought beiore the Court on a writ of hm'rns corpus. —The Court toot :i note of the object.oa, but eould not entertrim it. — The eh it*-* fo'in.l proved. ami pris met* sentenced to weeks' imprisonment with hard labor.—Thame L'-'nuvjMill,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 2084, 29 September 1870, Page 2
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