THE TAPANUI SHOOTING CASE

Evening Star, Issue 4003, 23 December 1875, Page 2

THE TAPANUI SHOOTIN G CASE

At the Ivef-M lit Mie.dsirateV Court, Tr.prunii ■on .'aturday, dames \ ’ u:u..u was ciiai-md wit’i aiSClUirg.e.g kadi ,1 gun ni Is-.1l K. 7 (Jlli.KlU with mfe.it to do l;u';n,vo,s bodily harm [U’Or d UGI-iOi),

j ihe injur- A woman deposed that she was j the wi.e of Jo in (ti'iiiiaii. iiboier. residin'* at i'amimi, lie was the reputed In oilier of'her hush.mil, and aad Resided in Urn family with them su.ee his arrival in the • oiouy s-me six weeks smee. On the day prior to the occurre ee lie had been drinking At about p.m on the 14th, she was standing at the winuow of the hou-e, accused being also present. 1 . 1)e>0 waH A b«n lying i« the garden, some three _or four y.rds irom where they were standing, Witness, who was jest ing with prisoner, asked him to go in and get. his t> a. 110 replied ho would have no tea. After a few more words had been exchanged, he said, *‘ Whore is the gun ; \\ itncs-said she did not know, Ihi•s m.-r insisted that she did know, ami on turning round discovcie lit lying, a 8 Bta ted above in the garoc-u. He then mmuk*!, “ I will shoot y r l !i i 1? r, 110 ' Wl V !Psa , mdied: “No fear of t hat. . lie wont ms.de and shut the door, •n looking through the window she saw him putting a eaii on the nipple of the gun. Pri. soner at tins time was before the window on Ins knees. W Ink* looking at him she heard a oiack, and idt that she had hen wounded. I nsrmer then oaine inside and remarked, “I hd not think 1 would do it,.“ lip was standmg witlnu about a yard of witness wkn the shot wcnc off.

William \ ust n. laborer, residing at Tai»m,} depoud th.v accused resided it, the hon-e ‘ ex’ tolum withe m,„ go tie Mfu he hoard' i ‘ r " ,n 1 ll; ' v U,,, ‘ :i I‘* "'as malv.Lig u-i‘ f 1) d I p, it.. . t . i . he either .irm.k or nuk lie eontii m d thi« conduct for about an hour, Witness heard the

•Splosion when the gun ward off. It was a low report, followed by the shrieks of a female's Voice. At tills time h-* (witness) was in-dde h : s own house, and on jpou., out, saw juisom-r running away ■ m,yards the in.an road, lie piocceded to Mis Cuinun’s in-use, and saw blood no her face. Witness ;:sk<d what was the matter, and Mrs Guln>m n plied, " Don't you see what is the maiD r v Omy child ! He has murdered my child !” He then went up to the camp and gave information of the oc ;urronco f o the police. Hr Douglas stated that lie. examined the woman and bund an a-brasuie in the face ivlm hj might have been caused by a quantity of annul pieces of glass being thrown or blown violently against the face, lie could find no trace what ever of shot of any description. The wound was not by any means serious. ! he Bench held that there was not sufficient evidence of tlio wilful intent to send the case to trial, and prisoner was discharged,— ‘ Tua peka Times.’