WELLINGTON NEWS.
Wellington, Pecember 21. Government have decided to release another ' fyatpl} qf M^pri prisoners, at present CQn6ne4 at Dunedin. It is stated that the natives who are to be discharged are those who went to Te Whiti from the East Coast. At a meeting of Executive Council to-day, the case of the murderer Tuhi was considered, and it was decided that (here was nothing in the circumstances of the case which justified an; interposition on the part of the Crown, and it was consequently determined that the law should take its course, and the sentence pf death be duly executed upon the criminal. The execution day is not yet fixed, but will probably be Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Tuhi appears to be unconcerned at his impending fate.
The Stella leaves for Chatham Islands to-morrow to bring down witnesses in the murder case against the native Wharapa, who is under committal for trial, charged with killing his European wife.
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West Coast Times, Issue 3656, 22 December 1880, Page 2
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WELLINGTON NEWS.
West Coast Times, Issue 3656, 22 December 1880, Page 2
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