DISTRICT COURT.
« J (Before Mr District Judge Kettle.) ' MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1899. J. E. Bailey was charged with unlawfully carnally knowing a Maori gill nanied Marata, who was under the age of consent, at Kauangaroa, on the 23rd of Oc- | tober. I Accused, who pleaded not guilty, was defended by Mr Treadwell. Mr jF/tzherbert conducted the case for tjie "prosecution, and detailed the circum stances leading jjjj to the filleged committal of the crime, Tho following jury were empanneUed :.— H. A. Harrison, E. Hackett, F. R. Bishop, C. Carrell, P. A. Harkness, J. Dyton, F. Murray, W. C. Blair, C. Enderby, T. Atkins, W. Chapman, V. Purcell, Jas. Hood. Mr Enderby was chosen foreman. i Mr li. Barqs acted as interpreter. After heating the. evidence of several I Witnesses, the jury'VdiJght: in a yeidict of I "not guilty," QMI the prisoner friis dis- ' charged, '
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 21 November 1899, Page 2
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144DISTRICT COURT. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 21 November 1899, Page 2
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