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Otago Daily Times, Issue 319, 27 December 1862, Page 6

Blackfemows at Law.-As civilisation advances, soit is said, advances litigation also, but however well this maxim may hold good- anions? other races, it is certainly new to, hear ot^a hlackfelW, instead of fjetthnaj his disputes with any of his sable brethren by" dint otwaddy. seeking redress of hs wrongs in a court of law. fAn instance of this litigious s-phit in n aboriginal, however, lately occurred in the town- • np of \\ agga Wagga. , Davy, a weil-hnov/n hlacktellow, presented .himself .tha other-morning to Mr 551S Mdi?n ed fOlV a mm^oriH a^inst' Yarrv, another blackfellow. . -Davy said-he- had eive*. /.o provision, beyond interfmhff to prevent Yarrv s°{J gating Ms % ih-i-ah* infeifV r renc<f^vith;.liisjnaiital right, Which Yarrayd?c[ply resenting had broken a bottie oyer,the woolly sconce, cf the chivalrous Davy.: i^ayy on hen.g,asked, if he knew the nature of tin oath, # grinned,.:and replied,; "My word!? and on enquiry p. ? to -whether, he would be*sworn on the Bible, # inuroateri that that,: or any.other: mo ! e of administering thefoath would lie equally agreeable to hira. t^ith .rewrence to a future state Davy had his doubts^thinkii^it wore, probahle .thall;^. would ' he sender the ground,".than that he ;would go to another place, ahhcwghdt^asvitf fci^ Opinion.-ji&t possible ho might jump; upwhitefellow, in^hich case he would certainly po to heavctu .'. Davy was how■^'•M^ tosettlethe matter out of. Court, an ftisthcughUfj^t Yarry^<; hottlejtrick'^wiil prove a-leseon tohimto avoidinterfeiing in conjugal differences in future.— Wagga Wagga Express.