LATE TELEGRAMS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 85, 30 May 1911, Page 6

LATE TELEGRAMS.

SUPREME COURT. PALMERSTON SESSIONS. (Per Press Association.) Palmerston, May 30. The Supremo Coart sessions opened to-day before Mi. justice Chapman. His Honour congratulated the district on the absence of serious crime, stating that the cases on the calendar should cause, no uneasiness as to the state of,crime in this portion of the judicial district. The Grand Jury returned a true bill against Chaa. and Florence Wilson for breaking and entering and theft'. AUCKLAND SESSIONS. Auckland, May 30. The trial of the Maori Tahi Kaka, charged with the murder of John Freeman, at PuLipuhi, was continued in the Supreme Court this morning. Sergeant Moore’produced a confession of the crime signed by accused! He stated that he did not caution./accused before taking down his confession, as* it was made voluntarily, and, not in answer to, questions. Counsel for pri-* soner said ho would address the Jury later on ’on the combination of circumstance's which' implicated Kaka in the crime. • Meanwhile lie would put him in the-witness-box to tell his .own* story, so that; the. jury might determine whether he was the murderer or not. - • Nw ■■ ’ *■ . Kaka gave ovideuco in fairly good English. He stated that lie was 16 or 17 years o! age. He described how he accompanied Freeman in pursuit or gjini. Ho noticed something bulging in • Freeman's hip pocket. Freeman said lie liad £2O. Prisoner added: “I thought lie was joking;. I said, ‘Give mo the money or I’ll Kill you.’ Freeman had a spear m bis hand and a spade at. his side. ' ' muon, kill mo,’ said Freeman.” Fro-me.a dropped his spade and : ni. i,,g t spear in*both bandr. 'threw iv m. is-' oner. Frcamaii then t!:v. id., .-.pa Jo. striking, primmer on the \h: aider. Freeman made an nUoirapt !.-> clutch .prisoner by -both hands. I>nt pii.-onc»* ducked, and Freeman I*--11 on tap of him, both going to the ground. Freeman was trying to get an aso out of his bag, and prisoner hit him three blows over the, bead with a stick. Prisoner ran away, and as Freeman did not follow prisoner returned. Freeman was not quite dead. Prisoner was very sorry for him and cried because he thought he was dead. Prisoner thought ho would be hung for killing the man, and -remembering Freeman said bad money prisoner took the of hisglpp/pp^ctfj