RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1209, 29 December 1871, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

TB I S DAY. INDECENT LANGUAGE. Margaret Scar lea fined =£l for indecent language in a public place, She pleaded that she was drunk, and did noi know what she was saying. PERJUIiY. Paora Turoioro was charged, on the information of Mr F. Button, with perjury. Mr Lee appeared for the prosecution; Mr Stedman for the defence. Mr Hamlin was sworn in as interpreter. Mr Lee addressed the Court, showing that the alleged perjury consisted ia ihe statement on oath by Psora in the District Court that he had not received any payment from Mr Bution for the tViangateretere West block, and also in the repudiation of his signature to a certain deed, which signature, lie maintained, could be proved to be

genuine. Mr Hare, Clerk of the District Court, was sworn, and deposed : I remember the ease of Tareha and oilurs v. Cash more in the District Court on {he 4th October. Paoia was one of the plaintiffs. They applied for an injunction against Mr Cash more cutting timber on the Mangateretero West block. Paora was a witness, and his evidence was interpreted by Mr Hamiin. By Mi Stedman : An affidavit was sworn in the ease. A pievious application iiad been made on the 2nd of October, when a rule nisi was granted, returnable on the 4th. Psora's evidence was taken down. An objection was raised by counsel to iiis exam ination, but it was overruled. Martin Hamlin, sworn, deposed : I am a licensed interpreter, and us such was sworn to interpret in the case of Tareha and others v. Cashmere in ihe District Court on the 4th October, Paora was svvoin, and I interpreted tie oath to him. I know the deed produced. It was produced in the case in question. (Mr fetediran objected to the production of the deed, and also objected to many portions of the evidence, huthis objections were overruled ) Paora wa.s a-»ked if a signature to this deed was his, and he said it was not. (At the request of Mr Lee, the witness quoted the oxacc Maori words used by Paora* which were taken down in evidence) The deed was seen by the : District Judge. Paoia said he had not received any part of his share of the money in consideration for the land, namely ,£3OO He mentioned this balance of -A'3oo specifically. (The j exact Maori.words used by Paora were I ag-ain given). He al>o denied ha ■-'in" received goods for the £3OO, excepting 2 bags shot, Sibs powder, and 4 boxes \ caps. He said that Mr Sutton ga*.e him a note, which he took to Mr Beyer, and obtained the ammuniuon. 1 j know Paora's handwriting, and would j not hesitate to say that the signature j to the deed is his. Mr Worgan, one ot the attesting witnesses, is in Wei- i lington (A document relating to | .Mangateretere and Petane blocks, in which reference was made to the con- j veyance of Mangateretere, was here j produced). I translated this document I to Paora, and saw him sign it. In the | District Court Paora set up a claim to j the Maiigatereteie block, and said he had not sold it. The deed was produced to prove the contrary. By Mr Stedman : I saw no cheque handed over to Paora by Mr Sutton. The case was here adjourned for an hour. !