THE QUEEN’S WRIT IN THE MOKAU COUNTRY.
(united pbess association.) New Plymouth, July 10,
The first time - the Queen’s writ ha* ever been carried into effect in the Mokau country was on 7th July, at 6.46 p.m., when Constable Ryan arrested, under warrant, Horatio De Oourcy Martelli, a member of the AC. Force, for larceny. Martelli had gone to .Mokau in company with Captain Messenger! for the purpose of obtaining the signatures of . some Natives to certain deeds, and it whs while on this business that the arrest was made at the Mokau Heads. The charge upon which the prisoner is arrested- is for having stolen a broach-loading gun, of the value of £5, the property of Her Majesty.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 545, 15 July 1882, Page 20
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119THE QUEEN’S WRIT IN THE MOKAU COUNTRY. New Zealand Mail, Issue 545, 15 July 1882, Page 20
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