TO-DAY TELEGRAMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2265, 28 October 1889, Page 2

TO-DAY TELEGRAMS

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION,)

The Broughton-Donnelly Fend*

Wellington, October 28. The orlmfnal sifctloga of the Suprema Oourt resumed this morning beffrSir JatneajPrendergaat, when threa charge? were preaeoted — viz., Wiremu Broughtou and Airlol Donnelly, forcible eutry, »nd W»atarl Wl, murder*— arising out of tho Broughton-Donuelly troubloa whiah occurred at Napier a short time ago. In h's charge to the Grand Jary hie Honor reoapUalated at length the oicoomatauoGs connected with the row, and pointed oat that where a parson Is In the poaaeislou of property or land any forolbla attempt to oust htm is punishable by law. If a person bad a claim to the property be must assert his rights peaceably or m a court of law. Referring to the murder case, bis Honor said there might have been great provocation m the eyoa of a Maori, bat not such that the law oonld reduce the crime from one of wllfnl murder to manolaughter. However, If the jury ihonght from the evidence before them that the death of the vlojtm was theresuit of an aooident then they were quite within their province to return a bill for manslaughter instead of murder. The Urand Jury found a true bill for murder against Waatura Wi. There was some mianQderi landing an to the date of hearing the Napiei cases, and tho consequence was the Common Jury were dlsI charged till to-morrow. Appeal Court* The Appaal Ooart opaoed its littings this morning, Judges Richmond, Deanlston and Williams helng preaent. Fifteen oaaes are on tha list, but three or four will not come up Obituary ■ . Duneddt Ootober 28. William Langlanda, a very old identity is dead. Tie Marittme Council. F. Fiaher, whaif laborer, Wellington. has been appointed Prealdent ; Lomaa, Dennlston Goal Miners' Asaoolatlon, Treasurer ; and Millar, Dunedio, Seoretaiy of the Mirltlme Oonnoll. The next meeting will be held at Wellington, Railway Employees Insurance. luvjbboaboih, October 27. The railway employees held a meeting tha afternoon to oonaider the Inmranoe Bill. The press and pabllo were exoludedi it being the Intention of the monl to intimate tbißir deoiaion to the Oommiietonerß diceot . ,