EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION BY A SOLDIEE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue II, 19 November 1889, Page 4

EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION BY A SOLDIEE.

i Amm@4^a^JJeartfi?CierKeji-' "well ITolice-co.irfc on Saturday was that in -which Piobeit Purvey Sf ewart, aged 81, a private i» the lstßa t«l»on Scots Guards, staioned at "Wellmffton I'arracliP, was charged on remand, on bis confeseiof'j- w^th cft"S' ing the df ath of a ife rlpied Muir atiotit twelve years ago by striking him on thn head with a piece of timber at Otei^opj» jgnsb, .ptrvince of Otfigo, New £oaland As rec^rderl ir. oiv last issue, on the morning of the 24tb June, wa'k d intr Caledonian road jpo ice-sta ion and made a stotetiiep-Wo rtbe effect, tlm.^. while worJcfn^^l Ot^J po Bu*b, Stewart quarelled with a companion and taking np a piece of w od, fonr feet hr\g, threw it nt him Tlip wool struck Muir on the head, mid h 1 fell sensplpjjs t 0 the ground. TTp never regained his s^ns-s mi Keft in five mi»ute^,r, StfWMTstg id Vk dragged t.b^^4adTnaii into the bunii dug a hole, anrl bmied him. F" thfn proceeded to j»manv, about 17 miles from Otepopo Bn^b, whevp be remained for a week, and th« n pro cepded to Tapman'a Affer rpmnin. ing there a short time h« returned to Scotland Pc jovp himsplf np becau^fie.«^rj(Fr%iot bea'l to have it o^Stewart made the ata^Pmpnt c wpp perfectly ober. Tbeprson^r add d that he did not kfl tb" m^n int^n tionally. lesp^ tor Yonng s-il sinew last week he bad revived a letter from a man n mcd. Andrew Muir, residing at Norfbamrton, to the effi ct that he bar! a brotlur in NewZppland, but had not liear-1 of for 15 je.-irs, notwith.cfnndi <» that he lad made ev< ry inquiry. He h d seen the report ■ f the charge ag in=t Stewart in an evening parer, and naturally feit ye y anxious Dr Beevor snrgeon of tlie Ist "Patralim Scots Guards, sa : d accused wi° a very weak mi»d. d m?n, and hi" statement-! w< re n^t to be rel? d upon- Mr Bros remanded the prisoner again for a Week.—September 7th. — Romp p"ppr.