The Evening Post contains a telegraphic rcsumd of that portion of the Chief Justice’s charge which had reference to ►Sullivan’s murder. Sir George Arney said he would not allude to the political aspect of the qucsi tion, but the Legislature would no doubt treat the matter as a great crime, which must be punished. He believed that the time would soon come when the Natives would be brought to justice, and would learn that the law though slow is sure. The Government should endeavour to show the Natives that an appeal to the law is better than the barbarous mode of rectifying wrongs. He thought the Hawke’s Bay Commission would tend to show that the Legislature is always willing to listen to Native petitions. He was glad that only one section of the Natives hac\ tljg
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Evening Star, Issue 3245, 15 July 1873, Page 3
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136Untitled Evening Star, Issue 3245, 15 July 1873, Page 3
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