THEFT.
MAORI GIRL ARRAIGNED
An interesting case was heard at the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, when Mara Kaimoka, a pretty Maori girl of about eighteen summers^ was charged before Mr. W. Kerr, SJM., with the theft of a lady's hand basken, three photographs, and two pieces of greenstone, valued at £2, the property of Waata Williams, 'of Putiki. The circumstances, as narrated by Senior-Sergeant Bourke, were that Williams had left his house looked up and went away for a few days. The defendiant w>as seen near by at the time. When Williams returned he found that the house had been entered through the bathroom window. _ by means of a ladder, and the articles (produced), which ho identified as his, w',ere missing. The articles were aftei■wards found in a hut on the river bank whero the defendant lived. Evidence I was given by nativo witnesses bearing out the prosecutor's- statement. The girl stated that some of the articles had been given to her by Wild Kemp iust before her death, while others had previously belonged to her. Tho Magistrate' stated that though tho circumstances were suspicious, the evidence was unsatisfactory. He dismissed the case.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 14 May 1913, Page 7
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193THEFT. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 14 May 1913, Page 7
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