Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus in jurare verba magistri. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1870.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 786, 12 May 1870, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus in jurare verba magistri. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1870.

It .appears strange that justice should ever have to wait on popular clamor -—that a person confessedly convicted in error should remain a victim to a miscarriage of justice, it may be for many years, until the voice of the people demands, in terms not to be mistaken by the ruling powers, his release. It would seem, indeed, that that is yielded to importunity which would not be granted to sim pie truth and justice. We may fearlessly assert that bat for the almost universal outcry of the people of this Colony, through the medium of the press, Walter Tricker, whose free pardon and release from prison were appointed to take place yesterday, would have remained a prisoner until death came to set him free. ISTay, but for that same \oice he would undoubtedly have been executed shortly after his conviction, erroneous as it i* admitted on all had* to That he was not guilty of the murder of Mr Rayner under the circumstances testified to by a twice-perjured witness, has been abundantly proved; that he was not guilty at all, we firmly believe; and we trust that the day will come, as indeed we have no doubt it will, when the real murderers of Mr Rayner will be discovered, and the circumstances attendant on the crime be brought to light. Trick er's pardon and release, we are glad to sav, has been hailed with satisfaction almost universally. |