W. WARING-TAYLOR.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 313, 23 December 1884, Page 2

W. WARING-TAYLOR.

Our Wellington Correspondent in a recent letter says “ With reference to the prosecution of W. Waring-Taylor, Mr. Jellicoe, a young solicitor, lately arrived from England, conducted tjie case under instructions from the AttomeyGeneral, The accused took his place at first in the prisoners dock. In appearance lie is a healthy robust looking old gentleman, about sixty years of age, and if he felt that his position was a painful one, which no doubt he did, he at least did not betray any outward manifestations of the state of his feelings. In his opening address the prosecuting counsel made some extremely severe remarks on the enormity ot the offences charged against die accused, (or prisoner as he insisted on calling him), and he once or twice emphasised his statements by slappingthe furniture after tiie style of some pulpit orator, and looking rather fiercely at the unfortunate delinquent whose conduct was the subject of his speech. The accused however maintained an appearance of stoical indifference throughout, .uid did not even wince, or change countenance, wlien tne eloquent limb oi the .iw finished his address by character.sing him as “ one of the most skilful nieves of the present age.” The evidence u support ol the charges however, with nl due respect to the legal opinion thus given, did not seem to show any great ~ili on the part of the accused. It apjeared to lie simply a wholesale case of robbing from Peter to pay Paul, doubtless vith the intention of some day re-paying ne former, perhaps at the expense of the ,ther apostles. During the examination ,f witnesses be was a.lowed to take a seat beside his solicitor, Mr. Edward >liaw, but further than this he did not ippear to take any interest in the pro-