MAORI WITCHCRAFT CASE.
(Per Press Association.) NAPIER, this day. A Maori named Tokomauri was charged at the Court to-day with having pretended to exercise witchcraft. The evidence showed that accused asserted his taipos had possessed the child of a* Native named Hawera, . and he refused to remove them until they complied with a mysterious "thirty-seven sevens." It was stated in evidence that accused was a well-known tohunga, having been engaged in the work for three years. The case is proceeding.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9204, 22 July 1901, Page 3
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80MAORI WITCHCRAFT CASE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9204, 22 July 1901, Page 3
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