A CHARGE OF WITCHCRAFT.
(per press association.) Napier, This Day. A Maori named Tokomauri was charged at the Court to-day with having pretended to exercise withcraft. The evidence showed that accused asserted that his taipos had possessed a child of a native named Hawera and lie refused to remove them unti I they had complied the “ 37 sevens.” It was stated in the evidence that accused was well known in Onehunga. and had been engaged in the work for three years. The case is proceeding.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 22 July 1901, Page 3
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85A CHARGE OF WITCHCRAFT. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 22 July 1901, Page 3
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