TOHUNGAISM.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1071, 18 July 1912, Page 3

TOHUNGAISM.

THE MOTUITI CASE

ACCUSED REMANDED

PALMERSTON N., July 16.

llingiiwuka Tuparoa, a Maori totumga, appi'aml before Mr A. L). Thomson, S.M.. at, the Magistrate’s Court yesterday alternoon on a charge that uu April 29th at Motuiti ho did commit rape on a Maori gin, Emily Hota. Surgfc. Willis prosecuted,' Mr Cooper appeared lor accused, and Mr \V. Molfatt acted as interpreter. The Court was cleared while evidence was being taken Dr. Adam.-,, the lir.-l w iuieso and a medical practitioner at i'oxlon, stated that he wa-s called by some Maoris into the pah to sec the girl, lie found her suffering from ;t series of complaints, including consumption and peritonitis. Later ho had lieen asked by the police to examine the girl to see if the alleged olfenco had been committed. lie'found no positive proof of this, however. At present the gh’f was in a precarious condition owing to tiic rapid advance of consumption, and he was afraid she would not be able to be icmoved or to travel at all.

Wiiuia ilftu. mother of tho girl, staled that, her daughter was 16 years old last. December. Tho girl had always lived at homo with her people. Witness remembered when accused came to Motuiti on Saturday, 271 h, as a tolnuiga and stayed at. her house. There was liquor in the house at the time. When liingavvuka arrived on this occasion he suggested that the' girl should sleep in tho same room as he. aud his wife, as this was the first stage m his treatment of disease, lie also gave witness's husband a prescription. Accused produced a pen and asked witness and her husband to bilo it with the object of limimi; out what tbe disease was. Tltis they did. The prescription ho gave the girl was the jmoo of parsley mixed with •schnapps--this produced drunkenness, ileforo tho girl retired on the evening in question sho partook of whisky. She then retired to Jriiugaw aka’s room (adjacent to the dining room), accused following afterwards. To Mr Thomson: Witness had lot her daughter go into accused’s room as ho had given her to understand that it was tho only way of curing her. To Surgt. Willis: On tho Sunday nighl the girl came back to witness’s boil room. On Monday when accused returned from Eoxton ho was drunk. A bag containing liquor was taken into Ills room, and in the evening accused brought out two bottles of whisky. These were consumed in turn, ail partaking of the liquor. Her daughter had several nips and soon showed signs ol insobriety. To Mr Thomson: Witness protested against the girl having the whisky, but accused stated that it would be alright, as it, was the nuiy way of conquering her disease. , u. ; b i,. sniggered into witness’s bedroom and there led asleep. The gulls sister was sent to wake her up but couki not; Accused’s wife then went in and brought her back, andytho girl sat down uisido of accused’s bedroom. Dmga.wu.ka thou gave tho girl another nip of whisky, to winch witness objected, Itic girt had tile drink, however, and was at ter w arils luted into Tied practically helpless. When her daughter eame out ot accused’s room in tiic morning she was crying and complauietl to witness that she had been ill treated by accused. Witness did not say anything to accused about the ollence lie came her daughter had gone to stay with a. relation and wae nut present. Tho girt canto back later while licensed was still staying at witness’s house. Another woman asked llingawaka il it was true that ho luul committed Iho ollence, but he denied it.

Xo Air Cooper: Witness's husband also asked accused it ho had committed tin* act, but ilmgawaka domed tbo charge l . Xuu'a iiotermi, a Maori residing ut -Uotiati, remembered accused coming to uu‘ pali on the Zl th and staying atiieta’s bouse. U itness also stayed at this place, linrnig the 'evening ilmgawaka supplied •those present, (including tlie girl handy j with liquor, with tbo result that ail were drunk, accused not so much as tile others, lie saw tlie girl go into accused’s room to sleep, iiiugawaka wishing to examine her illness. ilmgawaka s wile also slept 111 this room. On ijunduy accused slated that be bad examined hniily and would let ilium know tlie result tbo inflowing nay. On Monday witness, the tobunga, and others visited hoxton and returned to tbo pub at Motuiti m tbo uvenuig, nailer tlie inlluenee oi liquor. Xbey drought liquor with them. ilmgawaka produced whisky and beer and supplied die giri as well as others Willi it. Xbe girls mother objected to ilmgawaka giving iier liquor. Witness saw llingawaka s wile bit the girl bodily into bed, and later llinga w aka retired also. On luo luilow mg morning, the girl’s aunt ’charged accused with commuting the ailegeu ylk-niu, asking lum u that was one ■Ol Ins ways ol healing. Accused asked her what she meant. X'bo woman then explained, and accused denied tbo charge. Xbe girl’s lather then questioned accused and slated that it the obenee was true lie would cut accused’s bead ob. (Ibe lather lielel a sword in Ins band). -those present took the Weapon away. inngawaka then staled that they had belter nut tain any mole about tbo matter. it was 1 reely stated by those present that the accused liau said that through ills powers as a tobunga, Ibe gin ana her lather would soon die. Xiio lamer then said mat he would shoot the hist person, who said mat the gui and a rinsed woum die. rringuwaka was present at tlie time.

jaj .vu Cooper: \\ uiiess uut not warn, to marry I lit.- gin; »iu; \u» his comm. Uu beiioveU iho giifs illness Uiw to the lohunga. tamce too tulumga had treated tier alio had become worse, that na., why witness biamod hiui. Witness also uenuxt that lie wished to hate revenge on Hie lohunga, us he luul no grudge agam.-l him. lie did hot know who inlortued .he police ot the mutter.

liLuiiu Hota, sister ol the girl upon whom Liie oUetioe was alleged to Uuve been com uncled, gave corroborative evidence. \v iieu umgaw aha produced the whisky witness at lirst relusud to drink ii.. Out the tohunga pressed it upon both herself and Enmy, stating that it would relieve them oi all their pains. The lirst drmk was poured out in tiie dinmg room. Out the next ae cused brought out ol his own room m a oup. When accused and tho others returned tiom Eoxton on Monday, they were all drunk. On this evening Hingawaka produced more whisky. Ho gave witness and her sister lirst a quarter ot a pint oup, and later hall a oup. Accused then produced beer, and witness and others partook ol it several limes. Emily afterwards went into her parent:, bedroom and went to sleep. Umgaw,.. . ordered witness to go and bring the h , . back, but she did hut as her sister complained ot a headache. Tho tohunga then went and took Emily into iris room and gave her more liquor. This was all the evidence available at present owing to the girl Emily not being m a lit condition to bo removed.

Tho cake was consequently adjourned till Wednesday week, at 11.30, for the evidence ol Emily Heta to bo taken at the Motuiti pah.

Accused was remanded till July 24th, with the same bail us before.

Tho charges against tho same. Maori ol supplying liquor to other natives were hold over till tho jl) resent case is finished.