A Charge of Incendiarism.

Otago Witness, Issue 1751, 13 June 1885, Page 12

A Charge of Incendiarism.

litvkboabqjll, June 8 J .vs. M 'ibon, l'nnholdt! f , Bt nmore, w»3 cbargfid tt tha Police Conrfc today with attempting to cod iiro to the staekn ol ?, deforrcdpiymenft settlor, whoso home?.tend is about tour mileo from Bonmoio. Tho prosecutor'a tjlareioent wai very ciroumstaii f »'al. Ho paid that a out; 8 o'clock on tha it'.oniirjg of t.hs 21st. May, ho au-i hia wife were cironssd by the baking 1 of dogs, nnd on looking out of thf window, iiw <,h<i glirnnfier of -a m<t<ch nast tha flt;ick«, Without dre^isiug he ran out, and gotwithia fonr pace« of a maa who, he was positive, wan accused, who ran to a horse which was hitched to tho frnce, mounted, and rodu away. Prosecutor cri('d, " You may as well stand, Maben ; I know you." He then vent back to thp home, 100-« dth 3 dogq and set them afmr the horet'tnan. Ho rodo into a oteop wiilly where the dogs bailed him up, and O'Donncll went up to within two paces of the man, and s^tiiifipd himse'if it was Maben. He told him ho would mako him puffer for it Tho horfsoman replied *' All right," and rode away. On the atternoon of the previous day Mabeu rode through O'D innell's farm, dinmounting at the stacks, and w!vn O D <nnell challenged him for trespass, he threatened him with th% stockwhip. On the morning after seeing the man a the stacks he found two Rhoaves pull d out of tha middle, and three partly burnt matchea at tho bu»ta of (jVipik. O'Donnollsaid ho had no ill fealinc? to Maben, but had been a witneaa against him in a treflpaas casn brought by a neighbour. F>r tho defpnea Mabpn'a hmnokenpar deponati \<h?& ho cavno bomu on the 20 h abouf: dusk, took tho paddle oft' hia horse, and turned ib out, She did not think he could havo got out of the house afnin thul night without her kaov/lpdf?e. Tiie window of his room was noiled down Her dog would give an alarm if anyone movad iv tho hou?e at night. A neighbouring EOtller deposed that O'Uonneil boi - a a bad characlor among the settlers, He would not balicvo his pfcatam^nfcs on oath. He had reason to have ill feeling to O'D lanell. At this Btage counHei for the accused applied for an adjournmon';, to procure further evidence against O'Donnell'ft credibility, aud the hearing was adjourned to the 16th inst,