A curious legal case is exciting a (leal #f .merest iu G.i vestown, T. x 13. Peter was tried there m spr.ng for the .mirdor of Michael Ferry, wlio was found t td in tile woods, his i odv being in an Iv.m el St ito of deco.op i-Utioll He WHS si seen afivo in lie compmy of Meigs, vl»o was convicted and sen; to the penientiarv as a“ ifer.” Three months aftervnds Ferry turned up alive, but was prompt y arrested tried, and sent to the penitentiary for felony. Tne two nun, who be ong to ills rini inl class, met m ie p -son yrl Hi • d l r-turned to ife od the m m supposed to lie his saver eeogu sod each o her, an l Ferry w u per ect y wiling to c ear Meigs of the o.f n se id to his h irge by puttin' hl'ua/lf orw iid m evidence. lint a l li-i'tr os • : Ferry is dead in law. an l ci nut •stifv on Meig’s bell.i f. Nor can MJigs -t.fy because he is a convict. \n appeal vi I, therefore, be mule to thGovernor vho can solve the dnfimlty by granting loigs a p.irdon. I lie following is of interest to running ...,n : Indian K . mze running singlets are o be liul »t Trewby Bros., general drapers .nd ou.filters.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 119, 5 March 1894, Page 3
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