HAMILTON SENSATION

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7057, 19 February 1910, Page 1

HAMILTON SENSATION

ATTEMPTED MURDER , YOUNG MAN COMMITTED FOR ' TBIAL. -; THREATS BY MAORIS ALLEGED.; PBESS ASSOCIATION. j HAMILTON, February 18.] John Minion Pnull, who was arrest* in connection with a shooting case « Mystery Creek, near Hamilton, on tb Bth iust., when Ward and Jordan, ban officials, wore fired at while oonveyiii: money from Hamilton, to Ohaupo, aj pyared on remand this morniug on charge of attempted murder. v.; The proceedings lasted all day, air clewed this evening, thirty witnesses bl ing examined. Leslie Jordan, who was shot on the.oi ctusion, gave formal evidence. ' ■;;;

Other witnesses deposed to seeing: J man, alleged bo be accused, rii . vicinity of the creek with a gun, sine shown to have been previously, in ; th nost-osaion of Pan LI-. " • ' 'J

In a statement made at the timeo his arrest the accused denied having bee: near the ureek,- -and denied any liumi ledge of the occurrence. , :i the ok»e of the case a what sensational statement was put ;ii in which accused alleged he was coere* by certain Maoris, and practically hai to take a hand in the affair under pai] of death. He states he met. some Maori( one of whom said their object was:,;i waylay the bank oiHciahs, and that";.] l'aull did not assist he would be a deai man on the following Tuewiay. This wii some days previous to the Bth. '■ Paul alleges he did not fire r the shot whicj struck-.lordaii, but that a Maori did, ani nftpr.wards went away. : ■ ■■ M The police evidence, however, shorn that all endeavours to find the. Maori implicated were fruitless l . , : ,;.J

The evidence of twyeral witnesses to show that no Maoris or others weii about at the time l'aull was seen. - : ;;

The evidence of a doctor was that Ire tween eighty and ninety shots struc) Jordan, some of which, were still-eni bedded in him. Ho was suffering, no* from facial paralysis. . ■. * . ■,!,:-.■■,;' Mr Mc-Diarmid, on behalf of accused said no plea would be entered ot.thij .stage.: ■ y-'. v ;,.;( Detective , Mareack 6aid it was neceij sary either; to enter a plea of guilty oi not guilty.

Mr McD;<armid still contended that :W need enter no plea, mid this being; a<* -.ccptod .accused was committed for triri! at Hamilton at the Supremo Court eiti tings on the 28th mst. ~'.',' .''.'■■s