In commenting oi the case of the Maori fliroki, charged -with obstructing a railway train, the New Zealander siys:—Another instance of the absurd method of dealing with Maori offenders against the law is shown in our telegrams. A Maori chief chooses to obstruct the passage of a railway train, by placing sleepers across the rails ; a most serious offence under the Railways Act. He has been arrested, or rather as it has been mitdly pub, «' brought in," and charged with the offeoce and remanded but allowed to go at large under surveillance, virtually in custody, as stated "though he does not know it." Why was not this Maori treated as a European offender would have been for this offence; either called on to find substantial bail or locked up ?
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Kumara Times, Issue 835, 4 June 1879, Page 4
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