A SINGULAR CASE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1671, 24 September 1887, Page 2

A SINGULAR CASE.

Auckland, September 23. A singular lawsuit, which promises to occupy attention for some days, was .opened at the B.M. Court yesterday. A Native woman named Tareha Taroa claims £10 10a the value of two horßes which she alleges to have been wroDgfu'ly taken possession of by Mihi Wireinu The facts of the case are as follow :— ln November of last year a Maori was drowned m the Hauraki Gulf, his body being found after tho lapse of a few days, when it was seen to bare been eaten considerably by fish, and m consequence of this all the fish ia the HauiakiGulf were tapued Tareha, the pUintifi: m the present action, shortly afterwards came to Auckland, and whilst m the city she partook of schnapper, which waß afterwards found to have come down from the Hauraki tJulf. A row arose m consequence amongst the Natives, and Tarehu was cursed by the relatives of the deceased Maori. A Maori Committee appointed by Tawhiao found Mihi Wiremu guilty of a grons offenoa m cursing Tareha, and she waß ordered to pay £10 10a or two horses to Tareha She forthwith gave these two horses to plaintiff, and seized them again, and the present action was to recover the horses. Ike case has been adjourned till Tuesday.