R.M. COURT.
FRIDAY, 14th MAY. (Before 0. A, Wray, R.M.) P. Campbell v. J. Jefcott,—Claim £3 V 6s. No appearance of defendant. Judg* ment by default, with coats. G. Ludlam v, T. Johnston, —Cla!3P£s 14s lid. Judgment by default, with costa. J. Rhadea v. Hunter Shaw. This was a dispute as to ampMljtoißL. cSrpfaintil, lor training a horse and PteipV tiff sued for. 7s 6d a week, while defenweek,- including paddockrag. rho eviidence was very cmetfadict&y, and Judg!ment was eventually given for wages 6s i per week for five weeks tnd a half, and Is per i-ikWik for 6d,l of* | which 22s 6d had ween paid, leaving judf-l ment to be entered for-Hs, and costs 6s. I Court theuaadjonmed; .tii]& 12 o'clock, and on resuming j vMary Symeswaschargedon the ipforrr raation of of ibirth. On the application of accused'* 'solidtor she wa*kperimtted ,%o lakmJMri seat ijeWnhor Counsel., t<Sergt ; , Donovan conducted the prosecution, and Mrßarniboat defended;. f ;> ? ii -y,. bslim? f I . Mrs tAntf .. •wife, ati ~*i Eilors, itbo ;Waitotar* Hotel. She know!«opased,who had been in her„jMnpioy as general last. On accused cpgpg into , service. & accused if she was cncwnte^liut- accused denied it, no more about it just then. A week later witness paid accused a fortnights gavoV her a week’s ! notice 1 lidleive,-beii^ -con- It* yinced accused was enderttel »•'‘Witness'*. remembered the 3rd" instant. Accused went to pm. on that date. Noticed nothing unusual about her that night, i * about half-past seven next morning, Did not see prisoner katffediht#, but went to the kitchen about a quarter of an hour later* Accused 1 work as usual. Told-her she was behind looked a bluish white, and her figure was much ;xedUCfid:jn Biao., fi; was ill, oi if anything had during the night. Sharsplied that nothing had i,! * Told accused I thought she fiaoniel confined . She. depie, Jm# ~ go to her bedroom anq noticed ■ blcflfli,! Did not notice anything Wrong with the * bed. Asked accn,seOo go to her room with me, but she'declifiMr' Sent for Mrg* Andreson, .the .nurse. The nurse went into the kitchW aha told iibdusea togd’to her bedroom with her. ‘Acsuffejl Went, and 1 folldwbd fier; hear-Mrs Andreson say anything totho Virl i! mthe kitchen, In the bedroom <J the H nW«e questioned accused, “asking if she r had bO WhShed in the she had : had no bitbyj but had lost i lump 'I of blood, which-she' had taksn^down ! ito the river side. “ ! Mr Bdrtoilb Iftttfcafftl* unnecessary tb pursue : the iexanpnatida in'? ihe direction of unsavoury details, as ha Was prepared to admitJhat a child had bedd born,. hikb that apbusbd/ Ifaft. its ' motheiv 1 '! s - .r-' . n r l\ n ■>*•} j The GoUrt thought the. •pt’bjSeculio& Justified in getting; tho evidences bearing bn tfih intention toi conceal t|ie birth, Witness continued : The nursp ; questioned as?!! .appearance. s • Witness then left the room, but; returned immediately, when the-nurtb t toJd| accused (hat it must have been the afterbirth that to^Mrisejs search the room. -. RQcqllept rawing [»ipair t bf scissors a week before.; next saw them Were found,;opposed confinement; Jhey' were.iiainetU,. with blood. The prodUced aro the ones lost. The hp«e tqjd accused the scissors shewed confinement. She denied it. Told icbUkM^lshe '"did , not at once confess, I should sendfora' constable and doctor. ’She then said the baby was bnddb Searched for it, and found it. The body was rolled up in a pipcb-qf hh.bid grey,/ skirt. Saw the body; Jt was a female (jhiltejMCTOilito made no preparation jfof. her confinement. Cross-examinißd . .by b MiP Accnsed.cam(LtDl.mc^ii w lhb^lSjilL«Apnlf. eighteen days before her confinement. She was aSfet4l^rip*ftfeiWiato4Bra } had no friends there. She never Irft my hodsev Ynotilli her .figure; I !fitftlroer did ’ her work heafiaij&D Certain piiaafA* 4^?/ privately if it. bedded room. No ono slept in the other bo difficulty in finding tbq child. The T* door of the.room wheWT wept to I tfirat liS abMed,‘ lockbdJ jTMPlfedy was wrapped in a small piece.o¥ skirt. 1 Jid'mofcwfihtices iwhethostlf cbmpletelr Covered the child. ’ Oneside pf her bed is . 1 Mrs Andreson was then sworn, and her evidence was simply in corroboration,of during the whole time^—with of giving evidence to the' effect rimt» the navpliikiting r.was'-- untied., ,sln ll Cross*.• >■ examipation .witness , s«d Ippkpd qowhere else but undpr thp,. i( . There,) w«a,nothing in .the, room but tyro bedsteads', 'dressingttajilft' ~ box. Accused’s bed' is a'^sihgle 1 iron bedstead open at the bottom ip ( the usual way, Therb * was 7 nothing; but Jie body under the bed'; the ends of the skirt wore tidy,-and -you could J see a nothing Jof the, - bodyiv: Jttwas not tied,' pinned,iofc ,sawed,/ but > simply wrapped : round /the s body. , Accused went'upstairsi:directly.' tasked - | A. G. H. Buckby, sworn, said t He was a iuedical practitioner. He received.; a ‘ telegram.. cal ling \ on> bim fto 1 1 \ proceed to Waitotara on the footth.Df .the month; Whichlie.did. ; < i His buliness<.wiis to see a child which was:botttT<tOj« them' engaged at Eilero!, Hotql* i the child j it was lying on the bed opposite,., t6 the .Onei Oh! .Whlch/lhe girl was lying. .The accused!is 1 tbbi girl; *.ThoIChiW was Wrapped up in an old skirt The skirt... ±'^Es&srsstis£& •be spoke to thp’glrl, bqrdid not recollect distinctly*/* flie‘£tlrT instant to ssceVtaih’WbOtfier irffe had beek s confined. ’eonclndOdsbO -had' ; lWdn' con* m fined very recently. Could not state the hodr/’biit * Wab 1 -pdfßirdC : kbe;'b^d m been * /eoOfin’OS Week 6t f thb* fifth.’l • I r ' *i/ Croßß-eißmified ! by ? Mr 'Barnicbat *• LY made a post rnortem~vt~ the child. The /child was^OT '* |Poli?e*COttstdbm /Ljritof gftTe fonnai
evidence of having been ajSftlfto'Waitotara on the 14th imst aonfeubsequentlj arresting accused (RfTOfe 8 warrant charging her, with the present offence. fThis closed the case for the prosecution. , ~ V> W&U Hdrniooat /shortly addrsesed the ** Court, pbidtirig’dot that ' according to the latest statute “ concealment of birth ” tbatthe misdemOanournnder’tbat name really consisted ih£ ‘doiiiolet.disposal of thederid* body of the chM,* ’ He' pointed out: the weakness of the case for- the prosecution, and quoted Regina, ;v. George, whore a female .concealed, the "dead body of. her lnfßnt'tn*M box, bat told the doctor!where it was, when it wris bold that no conviction would lie for concealment of birth.. 1! Odbiiap! also . quoted several other cases bearing on the one before the Court,; and ciaimed that there was, no evidonce at all to send,to .a jury, as legally’ apeakirigthere was no concealment ; br secret disposition of the body, and'thbtefofe he askedfbr a dismissal. In giving judgment the Court said ; —lt seemed > there was some difficulty in arriving r at ; a | decision ; as do what is sufficient. evidence, of .. concealment of birth! or to < establish .a prma facie case of ssorot disposal qf the body, from locking at pirallel caftek, howeVer,'the Court' was of opinion that there was ho case td send to a • jury/ iThe Con it CoUld not see What ■k- elsqrtbq accused cduld have done with the bodjfcM theie ; was.really no. other place in the widen fput it until, proper steps could be, taken .for .Its permanent disposal, ahd 1 whoever might naye been the ftiime interitiori of the accused, no legiirsecret disposal of-the body had been made*'* *The;information would : therefore badismissed. .wM'*" 1 •' *
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Patea Mail, Volume XII, Issue 13, 17 May 1886, Page 2
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