RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.—GISBORNE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1372, 23 October 1883, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.—GISBORNE.

(Before J. Booth Esq., R.M.) SATURDAY. Larchny by a Native. Rewi Tomararuhe (with another alias) was brought up charged with stealing a saddle and bridle, &c., the property of Bene Paikowai. Pene Paikowai gave evidence to the effect that he placed his horse in an enclosed yard, adjoining the Sir George Grey Hotel at Waereuga-a-hika, and then went into the house for a few minutes. On emerging again he saw the prisoner lead his horse out of the enclosed yard and take it away some distance. The prisc er was riding a hoise and leading witness-s’ along. After going some distance the prisoner removed the •addle from witness s’ h<»rse and placed it on the top of his own and ride away. On per Reiving the witness e threw the saddle on to the g.ound. Witness tuld linn that it wa* very ba Ito steal. The pri-oner said he thought it was a s horse and saddle The bridle, martingale, and aadd e cloth were missing, and the prisoner would not tell him were they were. Rawinia WhiWhi gave corroborative evidence. The defence was that the prosecutors had taken away the prisoners saddb* be -ause he would not ihsclo-e wln re he had hi Men the stolen bridle, and saddle-cloth, consequently they were quits. His Worship remarked that the prisoner .'did not for one moment attempt to deny the theft, and from ’b** brazen and defiant manner he deported himself he had little doubt but. what *uch things were of a common oc 'U'ren e with him. T’-e sentence wss that he be irnpr eoned for six months with hard labor in the Napier gaol. Wahhant. Mr S. M. Wilson applied to the Court for a warrant aga, net a Native who had stole one of his horses. MONDAY. Prohibition Ohdrb. Jane Jones v.-D. Jones. In the above case a prohibition Order was made to prohibit persons from supplying ihe defendant with liquor for then xt 12 mouths. LahOKNI OF a lloadE. Paratene Wa'a was changed on t e information of I’onsti.ble Shaw, with stealing <me brown g'*l *ir.g, branded' J J at. Te iieinga, on or ah -ut the lBth instant, Mr M D nigdl upiia-'e'l efor 'he accused. The Mrrgeant stated that e did not hink Paratene W ita was the acoused pr pe- nuns. He would nsk his Worship to ask him if it In ''epi' to His Worship, the accused said Lis name was Parafene Wai a. The rtirgeant s'ated that he had not had time to work t’ e < »»8e up, and he did not think the hsrned conns 1 fort e defence hud, so he would a-k only to have the evidence «.f the ar osting constable taken so that he might get away to his other duties, and leave the case rem uvled.

Mr McDougall said he would object to have the evidence taken by piece meal. If the Sargean* wanted a remand he would not oppose it Hi* Worship ruled that tbe (Ninttabin's evidence could be taken and t en the case be remanded.

Constable D. Shaw depos'd—l am Constable at Wairoa. I know the prisoner. Acting nn information I received, I proceeded to Te Reinga to arrest the prisoner. I. arrived there, bur. could not fin I prisoner. I found him 6 or 7 miles from Te Keinga in the Gisborne district. I told him 1 should arrest him f-»r stealing a horse from Mr Hall. He said he took the horse because the Maoris said it whs theirs. The horse is branded J J on the near shoulder and N O on the <>ff shoulder. Tie horse outside the Court is the animal in question. I brought the prisoner on to Gisborne the same day. By Mr McDougall -It was between 10 and 11 in the forenoon of Munday when 1 arrested him. 1-do not know the name of the place It. was 5 or 6 miles from where the horse was teth- red at Te Reinga. I saw the horse there »«bout 7 o’clock in the m »rning. 1 had no warrant.

Bv Sarg<*ant Bullen—When I arrested the prisoner I was in possession of information that he wan charged on a warrant of felony. By Mr McDougall—To the best of my belief Itn ide dm understand this. Ido not speak Maori—only a few wrrds. I conveved this Io him partly in English and partly in Maori. I spoke to him in broken Maori.

The prisoner was remanded until Wednes day next, at 10.30 a.in.