SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
(fhom oub own corbesfowent).
Auckland, Sunday.
The Maori, Hone Piniha. who was sentenced to six months' ii.'iprisonment.for larceny at Hokiauga, and who subsequently escaped from custody, was Drought down in the ' loua' from Hokianga yesterday. He was sentenced to three months' additional imprisonment for escaping from legal custody. Hono Piniha was recaptured by the natives. A man named Charles Yerth was arrested last night for committing an indecent assault on a Maori woman.
Charles Hayward, upholsterer, who jumped over a wall and foil a distance of 35 feet, is recovering.
Sailed: The s.s. ' Hero' for Sydney; s,s.' Hawea' for Russell.
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XII, Issue 3234, 3 February 1879, Page 3
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102SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. Thames Advertiser, Volume XII, Issue 3234, 3 February 1879, Page 3
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