THE MAKUTU CASE.
Wellington, December 16.
A telegram from Taupo states that at' tbe inquest on Moananui, in tbe supposed witchcraft case, the jury returned a verdict that death waa due to heart disease, accelerated by shock. Consequently at the magisterial inquiry th« justices did not consider the evidence warranted the committal of the accused Ngapaki, and she was discharged.
. In recognition of her lervices in playing th« accompaniments to the soloists from the North" East Valley Band who took part ia the ban* contest at Oamaru recently, Madame Ton Look was presented on Saturday by Ur Cook, th« conductor of the banal, with a handsome illuminated address and a parasol bearioc » luitabla inscription.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2286, 23 December 1897, Page 21
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114THE MAKUTU CASE. Otago Witness, Issue 2286, 23 December 1897, Page 21
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