WAIROA COURT
A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.' 'By. Telegraph-Press Association. VVairon, December 20. At the Magistrate's Court 10-day tho Miigidtr.-.-.to dismissed one' case ;.gainst Howard Niit.trass, of We'.lingtiiii, 1 barged with an ulVcnce against Uia Aniniais' Protection Act. The Magistrate held that the Govtrnor-Generul's Proclamation was oui.V operative one season, anil that there must be an annual notification i;. u paper circulating in the district. Nattrass was convicted 011 two other charges of killing pigeons, the liuc-s and costs totalling over £25. Yesterday Paul Te Urupu was committed for trial 011 a. chai'jp of manslaughter, in connection uftii the death of a Native girl, Kahu Pumare, 011 AVai-roa-Turiroa Road 011 N'.iveii-lit-r G. The girl was knocked down by a motor-car, it being alleged that tee driver was under the influence of lienor, and did not sound the horn. A number of breaches of tliu liquor laws were dealt with, heavy fines being imposed -in most cases. In one rase—a charge of taking liquor to a Maori settlement—judgment was reserved, as the ttnhito gives no definition of the word kuinga.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 75, 22 December 1919, Page 9
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177WAIROA COURT Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 75, 22 December 1919, Page 9
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