SULLIVAN IN VICTORIA

Evening Star, Issue 4144, 8 June 1876, Page 4

SULLIVAN IN VICTORIA

The wholesale. charges • brought against the Wedderburn .beach, df magistrates and the residents of by Sullivan, the Maungatapu murderer, in his petition to the 1 Minister of Justice, have created:.great, j indignation at Wedderburn. The ‘ Inglewood Advertiser’ states that after making inquiries oh the spotj it finds “ that every statement . in : the petition which, is of the slightest importance.. Is a lie as foul as ; itS‘ utterer.” : At. the conclusion of the, healing .of, the case in the Pol ice- Court, Mr Binder (the chairman, who had been absent at ah inquest, and consequently had hot adjudicated in the esses in which Sullivan was interested) assumed his seat on the Bench, and addressing Sullivan, said—- “ X > know; nothing , of the cases just heard and decided by my colleagues, hat I ; must ’shy that- I think y&U : actvery indiscreetly. in provoking public opinion against you. You have unlawfully attempted to turn a peaceful niati put of his hut, anef. .by .adopting an ostentatious style in parading the streets, you‘ will naturally produce a feeling of hostility against you which might slumber if you acted more discreetly. If you wish to live peaceably here there is nothing to prevent you but your own conduct, and I shouldideeply deplore the commission of ah act by the people that would bring discredit on the place, and which could only be provoked by your own conduct.” Sullivan, after “arguing the point” for a time, left the Court, nd no.further disorder occurred,