MORE MAO' I f'P-: STITION.
Superintendent T omson, of Auckland recently rec/v^d a Dlrgitm t om -pecia Constable Inger relative to a case of Maori superstition and ellvgnd witchcraft. 3i appears (says the NZ, Herald) that c c ilef named Toko died suddenly at n na.Jve settlement ueatSPort Albert who. it was alleged by the natives assembled (some 200), had been bewitched by nnother native named Tango: They hid tier) Tango up for two days without food or water, on a charge of poteontng Toko by means of witohoraft. The constable 1 endeavored to release Tango, as tho nlloge. witchcraft was no offence m law. but the natives would not listen to it. Th y said he was a devil and had better be put ou )f the w»y. I" order to prote t Taogo'p life Coogtable Inger arrested him as a vagrant,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1484, 16 February 1887, Page 3
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143MORE MAO'I f'P-: STITION. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1484, 16 February 1887, Page 3
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