TRIAL OF PEPENE, FOR THE MURDER OF PARE.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 8, 15 April 1862, Page 4

TRIAL OF PEPENE, FOR THE MURDER OF PARE.

We are quite sure that the Maori people will be much interested in reading the detailed account of Pepene's trial for the murder of Pare, with whom he lived as his wife. It is unnecessary, to point out the marked difference, between an exited Maori tribunal and the calm proceedings of the great Courts of Jay, so ooervedly appreciated by ,lhe EngUs|i nttioo, and the peoples of ttberoMntrJet. The aMives who read the evidence we now place before them, will see that while the judicial officers of the Queen are careful and anxious to guard the law, they are equally careful to render the fullest justice to the prisoner Hie bar. We have been given to understand, that it was the intention of the: relatives of the murdered woman to avenge her death by slaying Pepene, in accordance with native custom; but the Waikato natives residing at Nelson, decided that the matter should be banded over toto authorities. The confidence tboseippd by the Waikatos in the Institutions of the country, we cannot but : applaud* Moreover, it : shows a spirit of forbearance, very unlike that manifested by them, under similar circumstances, on many former occasions. It were well for the natives generally to ; act as wisely as the Waikatos have done in the case of ?epene—sireauously discoun-i*eMpcing-the wild displays of Maori usages, t arouse the worst passions of the I human heart. : < ! '

I It will be seen, that the Queen's Repre-| sentative alone holds the prerogative of mercy, wuicb His Excellency lias been] pleased to extend to tbe culprit Pepene,; ? whose life has not oily been spared, but] rwbose imprisonment has been limited to Hie i term of three years. I Many of the Natives who strongly advocate the barbarous principle—" blood for t blood"—will be disposed to look upon the [act of the Governor in no very friendly ' mood; but all right-minded persons—all the 1 £ advocates of a higher principle than that of * mere revenge, will duly appreciate His ; Excellency's clemency. It may not be out of place to inform our ,-. readers, that the misguided Pepene is con-. : necled with the Ngatikinohaku and Ngaiif rarua tribes, whose principal settlement is . Waikawau on the Mokau coast. At tlie Aorere diggings ht accumulated the turn of ||fWi a r ter which he visited his relatives in | AncWaniJ f bat the vicious habits in which he long Indulged, gaining the mastery | over him, bis hard earnings speedily disappeared, and he was under the necessity of ~ borrowing money to pay for the passage of himself and the unfortunate woman be killed, to the Port of Nelson. Pepene | having absented himself from his native t village for three years, bis' aged fatherj I Pobarama Tohikore travelled by land as far as Wellington in quest of him, some time ; prior to the perpetration of the murder. It is stated that the meeting of recognition between the father and son took place, when the latter was loaded with the odious badge of crime—tbe felon's chain. The deceased was a relative of tbe Chief Anatipa Kabolea, of Kawbia, having been a member of the Ngatimaniapoto tribe, aud resided for some lime in the Waipa country with her people. Pepene was charged by her relations to treat her kindly, which he promised to do; bur the sequel has proved his faithlessness to bis promise. Pepene's trial haying appeared in the local journals, it is considered advisable to publish ttw Ifasri translation only, which is herewith aojMxed. :

Hatrrsi, Hamiebx 18. ..Ko Pepene, he tangata Maori, i whakattlria ki le aroaro o nga Kai-whakawa, mo laaa kbburutanga l* Pore, he wahlne nona, He 16 o .nga no Hepelema kua pauemo ake nei.. Ko Wiremu tfenikini le Kai-whakamaori ioaikia hei koreroi nga mea kaloa i runga i le rilengao le reo Maori, i roio i lenei whakawakanga mo te tana ki le Kuini; ko TeHtaki; Kai-whakawa, Kai-luliiiahi ole Tari Maori, i karangaiia e nga Kai-whakawa hei whakamaori i nga korero mo le lalia ki te herebere ki a Pepene. Ko le Pihopa o Niu Tireoi i noho ki nga turu whakawa i le roanga ole whakawakanga. Ko Te KingUona te roia 6 te herebere. Ka oii nga korero o te kai-cimata whakawa, te kaWbapai bara ole una kite Kuini. ka karangarangutia e ia nga tangata ki le wbakapuaki i a raiou i kite at, i rongo ai. Ka oli le eati a Riiia Marore, ka mea ia. I Ko toku kainga e noho nei au, ko Kawaiiri. II mohio au kite herebere nei ile timatanga 0 lefceri koura kl Kawaiiri. I noho te here here nei i pahakiatn ole awa 6 Pura, tutaia tonn ia ki le wabi o telahi tangata i reira, ko Rewi le iogoa. I noho ia i reira i nga ra o Hepelema kua paliureake nei. Ko le berehere nei no tetahi hapu Maori 1 Kawbia, k*Ngatfrarua, he hapu boki no Waikuto. 1 mohio ati ki a Pare; enara i te mea marena ki le herebere. Ko taku niuitwga kiienga i a ia i te Manei, i te mea e ora ana, no le toru o nga wiki o Hepelema. I kite au tle herebere nei raua ko Pare i runga i torauanioeiiga, i taua rangi, i te wa kite Una 0 waeoganni ole ra). Ki laku mohio, i noho pai noa.ibo raua. 1 noho ano ahau ki taua whare tabi, be wahine marena abau. E toni pea wiki i mea ai le herebere nei raua ko Pare, i mua *fa ole Manei i male rat Pare. • Kibai ait matau ki nga wha kaaro a o raua ngaka»i ki taku mobiotanga ia, i ata pai U raua noho. 1 taku mutunga kiteoga i a Pare e ora ana. e noho tahi ana te herebere nei raua ko Pare. 1 haere atu an ki wabo o te whare, waibolia ibo raua e ouiruDgaiie moenga. I taku puianga ki Iwabo ko le mamao o takn tnranga i te wbare, e torn tekau i ari. Kibai wbai haora laku turanga ki reira. Ko te herebere anake me ton'tf wabine i le wbare. 1 taku turanga i wabo ake o te wbare; ka kite au i te puianga o te herebere ki wabo; ko le hale purii |aoake le kakauu, Kibai auo taku turanga ikiwabo ake ote wbare i roa. kaputa ia; i iJfSSi 0 akukapoD ' ki Ve tatab ole whare.

titiroano au, ki roto mai raia, kahore au e raohio kite korero pukapuka. E raatau ana a Pepene kite tuhituhi, kb le raea ia, kahore an e raatau ki le tangata nana laua pukapuka i luuitum. Kahore he putanga kupu kite kai-tuhittthi o taua pukapuka. Na Pepene i wbakaarite pukapuka ra i muri lata ihoole patainga ki a ia, i te take i patua ai (ana wabine: 1 rongo ake ano au ite taunutanga a Pare ki a Pepene, i mea ia, " Kahore aku pai ki a koe, e Pepene; ka liaere au ki Waikato." 1 whakapliakina enei kupu eiai te Haterei, i mua atu o te Manei i patua nei ia. Kahore au i rongo i te ngangarelanga a Pepene raua ko Pare. Kihai au i kite i tela hi ha'nga kino a Pare ki a Pepene, a, kibai au i rongo i te kupu tukaha a Pare ki a ia. Patapatainga o te tana whakahoa kite herehere. I mua atu o laku putanga ki waho i te whare, kahore he kupu tonotono a Pepene ki a Pare. I taku kitenga atu ite tinana o Pare i te matapiui, ehara i te mea whariki kite paraikete. I taku ptitanga mai i le whare ra, e takoto ana a Pare raua ko Pepene i runga i te paraikete. Na nga Kai-whakana enei patapatainga: I te putanga mai o te herehere i te whare, kahore ona tarautete Heoti ano te kakahu, he puru bale. I ran atu rangi ehara ite pera kau tona lu kakahu. Beoti ano te kakahu, ko te puru bate. Ko Hone Henare Hakopahana i oalitia, a ka mea :-He tangata rere moana ahau; ko Whakatu loku kamga tuturu. Ite awa au 6 Pura I nga ra u Hepeteiha, kua pahemo ake nei. I kite au ite herehere nei i reira, he maha aku kitenga i a raua ko Pare. Ite waenganuitanga o Hepetema kua pabure ra, i puta ake ki au a Te Kurooma, a, haere lahi ana maua kite whare o Rewi; ka wahi letabi o nga haora ki le rua i tenwri awatea. 1 kite au i reira, i waenga whare, he kopua toto, he nui. I haere atu au kite laba maui, kite ana au i te tinana o tetahi wabine e takoto ana, he mea takai kite paraikete. I buia e au te paraikete, ka titiro ibo ki nga paiunpa i le matenga. Ko eiahi o matou i tango kakahu, a, murua ana te toto i nga mala. Ka kite au i koaei i te motu, i timata i le kauwae raro i te taba maui, tapahi tonu atu nga ngutu, a eke noa kite taringa ite tana katau. Ko te kauwae kaiau i motu i pahaki lata atu I te taringa, i mangungu kere te wheua. Ko le pobabaianga o te motu koiahi pea inihi. I wbakatuwlieratia e au "te mangai. a kite ana i te lapabanga o te kauwae runga, a, ko nga nibo 0 le kauwae runga i tapore iho, takoto ana i le kauwae I raro, Etoru nga inihi atu ite ngutu i kite

nga ka mate a Pare i tera tu motto. Bore ratra be korikori mana i niuri ibo o tera tu tapahanga. Ko le toki kua whakakitea nei, e o'ti taua mold i te toki penei, otira, ma te pain ate whakarite kite tangata, ka taea tenei raotu, ko te toki rere noa, kahore. Ki taku whakaaro, ekore t pera te motu,me he mea i whiua noatia atn le toki. Ko toku Whakaaro tenei, kihai i patua te wahine ra i te turanga ai ki runga. Ekore ia e hingaj pera, ko te maienga ki fungi ki tona ringa, I i korerolia ra. £ mea ana au, ko te ringa i! raro ano f te matenga i tepatunga ai; tetahi,l be mea wbakaiakoto le ringa ki raro i te pane e tetahi atu tangata i rauri ibo o te patunga. £ mea ana an i patua tc wahine ra i te lakotoranga o te matenga ki runga ki tetahi mea maro, i te ringa ranei i lino ngolo ai te koinga o te toki; Ekore au e tino matau i reira ranei te ringa i te motunga ai; me he mea i mom hoki te ringa. katahi ano au ka tino matau, koia i uruiigaifa/e te wahine ra tona ringa i te patunga i mate ai la. Whakaaro ai ahau, ko te tangata nana i tapahi te wahine ra, i muri i te ttiara i te patunga ra. Ekore au e tino tone, kahore i tu lonu le wahine ra i te patunga ai, a, na te kahaote paiu i binga ai ia; oiiia, me he mea i patua tuiia te wahine ra, he mea ata wbakatakoto ia e le tangata, inahoki tekllenga luaiahi a Kitia ; na te mea, ka wiriwiri tonu nga luri i tera tu patu, a tera e hinga kote kanohi ki raro. E whakaaro ana au to te rerenga toto ite mottfri;! benio hi te wahine nei. E mea ana au i moiu nga uaua, na reira, bohoro tonu te rere mai o nga toto dietmana katoa. Patapaiaia ana le Rata e tetaha whakahoa kite herehere, ka meat—Ki taku whakaaro ekore rawa epera te hinganga ole wahine ite patunga ai, kite mea i naiua luiia ia; \ na te mea e poke nga kakahn'kaioa t te toto i reira pn ano. E mea ana au kihai patua i te tUWHtangaonga tuH ote wahine ra. Me be mea he maui te bprehere, ka ilka pea. te patunga tuturitanga, a, ko te whiunga mat 6 tetbki i aroarotia. Ko te muiunga tenei o te talia k' te Kuini. Ko te Kai-whaKawa Nui i whakaae kia torero ake te herehere, a nana enei korero; i puia i roto i te Whare Mea ana ia:— : He tokomaba matou i roto ite Wbare; ko etibi i Blahia kia baere kite mabi. Ko nritua ko taku wahine 1 roabue. lierara-; ngtf kele takuwahine, ko au i te tuitui i aku timu I mea atu au ki a Pare, " Horoia : a*o kakabu." I penei am afaii kahorei aWblolia tana puku riri ki au. Ka rere ia, Omaanaaukituk

ratou whakaaro te hara kohuru a Pepene, i mea hoki ratou kia tohungia a Pepene e te kai-wbakamana i te Tore. ' Ka pataia i konei te patai taua o.teKaiwbakawa Nui, aka korero ia kite berebere i euei kupu whakaaroha : E te berebere e lu nei,—i roto i te kimibanga roa, kua lino kitea, kua iri pu ki runga ki a koe tera hara wbakamaiaku, te hara kohuru. Mohio ai ano koe, kua ata lika te whakawakanga. Ahakoa he nui te niarama o nga mea i mohiolia ai to har.-, be roa noa atu te hurihuringa o te tekau ma rua, i runga i o ratou oati, i runga i nga korero katoa i rongo nei ratou. I whiriwhiri ratou kia karangalia <* ratou be Kara patu noa ranei, be kohuru maori ranei, a, i. te mutunga iho, he whakataunga ki runga ki a koe le hara kohuru. Ko tau korero i tukua kia pula ki le tekau ma rua; otiia, kahore he tangata i kawea mai hei wbakaae mo tau korero ake, hei wbakatika. Kibai : ano te tekau ma rua i whakapono ki to korero, na te mea i tino rere ke tau korero l i ta te tokomaha i whakaekea ra ki runga ki f a koe i tenei ra. Kahore kau he whiri- : whiringa moku, na te mea e niarama ana : tetau nga ote Ture ki runga ki a koe i too i hara. Kua mea te tekau ma rna i roto ito ; ratou whakaaetanga ki to hara, kia tohungia I koe; olira, kahore kau be tikangai au mo ; te bra, mo te mate. Kei te Kawana o nga ' niQtu o Niu Tireni anake te mana o te Kuini i hex karanga mo te ora; mana e whakaaro i le kupu wbakaora mou i puta mai nei i te I tekau ma rua. Na, ekore au e matau ki ; tona whakaaro mou, tera nei e tukua koe e : ia ki le mate, e waiho ranei koe e ia kia - noho i te whare berebere mate noa to tinana ;. i te mate kongehge, - aua, kahore au e ; mohio. Ka tukua tonulia atu e au kite ; Kawana nga korero katoa o tenei whakawakanga, mete kupu hoki ote tekau ma rua i mea ra kia tohungia tou tinana; ko tenei, me ki atu abau ki a koe me anga tou