The Christian Times (Auckland) gives us the following anecdote, illustrative of justice in New Zealaud in the early days of settlement. The writer says : — " One day a European was found dead in a lonely place. There were tokens of foul play. Suspicion rested on a certain native. The oniy authority in the land was the British Resident, Mr. Busby; and he was armed with no other power than what moral influence gave him. He came across from the Bay of Islands to Mangungu. A meeting of natives aud Europeans was called; enquiry made; j evidence taken; and a verdict of guilty was found by a jury of the whole house. The culprit was sentenced to be shot, and next morning he died by the hands of Maori executioners on the island of Motiti, within sight of the Station. There was no timid Government then to come between the guilty and the law !" "No Honeymoon" is the latest marriage announcement.— fOourt Journal. \
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 36, 11 February 1871, Page 2
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