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Evening Star, Issue 3628, 8 October 1874, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

rrn.2 a* ’•* OHBiPTOHfnpH,.October 7. 1 Thm -Cdurt ■ srft ‘yesterday. The Grand Jury threw.out.the bill against Captain Crawford, of the ship Cathcart, for shooting two sailors On the high seas. ’ : i v • . John Lambie, an influential elector of Sol. writes in the ‘ Press ’ 'this morning in re- , fereace to tjie boasting artiple in the * Lyttelton „ Times,’ respecting the vote of confideno j passed at Mr Reeves’smeeting. He says the resolution was'read hurriedly, and declared carried yrihoufr to the meeting, and that a "®kng of pity alone- restrained the meeting : from proposing an adverse vote.

" ■« Auckland, October 7. : t A •® u P r «we Court was occupied to-day with r £“.® charge of wifful murder against Charles • • a ?? ' ? a^n B «ttler. The evidence ; A.howec( that the deceased, Elizabeth Battersea, i'. d cohabited with him. She was * $J? P » wretched creature, scarcely able to Walk unassisted, The mi- ' They Uimd on very , mo ™ in § of Battersea’s - death,.thc prisoner.was heard to,threaten to iHoast heralive., In the. afternoon he was ~u .Mmr>o carry her, wifch her clothes all blazing te ,creek near their house, throw her in. and jmiout in » fearfully-burnt and fiyita condition. She . fdterwwtfs, dfed.. When drJfwttd, th« pr&mer mid she had looked her

head against a kerosene can, which spilled the ou over, and, striking a match . acoidentany, set fire to hair, ,A constable who visited the house prior to the occurrence deposed that the kerosene can was in the same position and contained the same quantity after the prisoner’s arrest as before the occurrence. Ihe oil was spilled all round where deceased sat, but not on the parts covered by her dress. It is alleged the prisoner threw the kerosene can over her, then set fire to her dress, and afterwards carried her out and threw her into the creek- The case will probably last through to-morrow.