WELLINGTON. THE LATE MILITARY OUTRAGE.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 78, 4 August 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)

WELLINGTON. THE LATE MILITARY OUTRAGE.

H COMMITAL OF KINE OF THJ3 RIOTERS. E* The' following men belonging to the H 2nd battalion 14th Regiment, were B brought up on remand, charged with 11 haying- taken part in the; military outit rage on thie 6th inst., viz. : — James H Wilson ' and Cornelius Ryan, cor- |§ .petal j Michael Power and William li Crowe, drummers; and John Dowd, |§ John Flym, James Flynn, - Thomas tt Glenhon, John Ward, Joseph Daly, and Iff Jeremiah Corcoran, privates. H Mr Charles Allen appeared forthe H William Poad, being sworn, deposed B —I . am barman at the " Coach and H Horses,'' Manners-street ; I was barH man there on the 6th of last July ; I Brecollcct a riot on that evening; bell tween four and five o'clock in the after■lnoon that prisoner (Corporal Ryan) If came into the house and used abusive ■1 language tome, saying that the mili■ftary were coming that night to pull tlie ■§«■ Coach and Horses" down, he also ■paid that he didn't care a d- — n, if he Bigot seven years for it — he intended to ■lhave his revenge that night ; he looked ■ffinto all the rooms downstairs, and broke ■ta pane of glass in the kitchen window B|with a stick which he had in his hand ; If I left him on the premises, aud I went Band told Major Dwyer that Corporal ■ißyan was m t^* e * louse usin S abusive Blanguage and threatening that the ■Jsoldiers were going to break the house ■fdown; the Major said he would put a Histop to it; on my return home Corporal ■|Ryan was gone ; I did not see him ■fagain in the evening ; I remained in ■Ithe house that night ; about six o'clock ■la mob consisting of about 40 or 50 ■fisoldiers came into the house and broke ■fthree P anes °* ? g^ aSs > they then went H^lown Manners-street ; they returned Hfagain in about ten minutes ; they then ■^commenced smashing the windows in H-fjthe front of the house ; they broke Bforty-two panes of glass ; I do not reBlcognise any of the prisoners as having Bfjbeen amongst the mob. B< Richard N. Galbraith, being sworn, B|cleposed : lam a mariner, but at the ■fpresent time lam doing anything ; I Hlive at Wellington ; I was passing along Hlthe street by the " Coach and Horses'' H^between four and five o'clock on the Mijbvening °f tne *>th instant, when I ■heard Corporal Ryan say " I don't care Had- nif I get seven years for it but Hi will have my revenge on that bouse ■to-night;" he alluded to the "Coach Hand Horses ;" he also said that the were coming down that night to H§>e revenged for the usage Corporal H-Wilson had received ; that is all I know ,* Hi was not there when the row took H| Edwin Grimes, mariner, corroborated Hthe evidence of the previous witnesses Has regarded the remarks of Corporal ■Ryan afc the " Coach and Horses," on Hthe day of the riot. Hi John Evans, Manners-street, was duly Hi worn, and made a statement to the ■effect that one of his windows had been ■broken by a body of soldiers, on the Height of the Gth instant, and that he ■had himself been struck by a stone on Hthe shoulder by one of the rioters. Ou Hthe Saturday following the day on which Hthe riot took place one of the prisoners ■(Dowd) had gone to the witness's shop Hand had there admitted that he had ■broken one window. j H:> By Mr Allen : Dowd did not tell me he broke my window. R. Chester, being sworn, deposed : I a shepherd, and I reside at present the Coach and Horse, MannersAfter giving evidence similar that given by Poad and Galbraith, witness continued — I saw Corporal again, about half-past five on the of the Gth instant ; he was then company with the mob of soldiers, I saw him break a pane of glass in window o£ the Coach and Horses at time ; after breaking three winCorporal Ryan and the mob of ran down Manners-street ; I only recognise Corporal Ryan as been in the riot. H| By Mr Allen : When I first saw CorRyan on the day of the riot there two other soldiers with him ; I saw him at the Coach and Horses the day of the riot ; I can swear that were two other soldiers with him time. I did not know either of other men ; when Corporal Ryan tbe pane of glass" with the mob of I was standing at the porch- ? tliere was sufficient light ior me any one opposite the door ; certain ifc was Corporal 2lyan that the window. Levy, being sworn deposed : H|na shoemaker and reside at Wel- ; about a quarter before six on evening of the 6th of July, I was up the beach towirds Te Aro ; I heard a noise at Clay Point ; I reached there I saw a soldier stick up as if going to strike a the soldier was the prisoner Plynn) ; he was by himself, and not see any soldiers near him ; I to him, saying " Now, Jem, don't into trouble"; he said, right; we then walked away when we got totheCommerHotel we were joined by Drummer we then continued walking and when we reached Ritson's Plyun, who had hold of my arm, jhis | stick and dashed it through the windows ; Crowe said, "You not destroy the man's property"; Crowe, then ran away ; whenFlynn the window in Ritson's shop mob °f soldiers was opposite the Tavern ? I did not seen Flynn Wilson, being sworn, de- : lam barman at the New ZeaHotel, Manners-street ; I rea row on the night of the 6th ; on that evening Corporal Ryan into the bar in company with soldier ; he said, " They're

| coming down to-night; I asked him I who were coming down, and he replied, I "The soldiers are coming down, and we'll burn the b — y Coach and Horses down to-night; they then left the ; house ; I do not know the man who was ! in company with Corporal Ryan ; about | a quarter before six o'clock I heard a great yelling; on looking out at the door I saw a mob of soldiers rushing down the street towards Willis street ; I paid no attention to the matter as Ryanhad told me that the soldiers would not interfere with the New Zealander at all ; I went to the door, and saw them rushing towards the New Zealander ; I then endeavored to close the doors, bufc before I had time to do this a stone was thrown which struck me on ihe head ; I again attempted to close the doors, and while doing so some one struck me with a stick on the arm ; when I found I was pressed I ran into the bar to put the lights out, but before I could do this the mob rushed in and broke the lamps ; previous to this they had broken fche windows of the billiard-ioom and others ; they then went towards the barracks, but again returned, and broke more windows. I cannot recognise any of the prisoners as having been engaged in the riot ; yesterday afternoon Corporal Ryan came into the bar of the New Zealauder, and said to me, " I "believe you are going to appear against me to-morrow" ; I told him I didn't want to have anything to say to him ; he said he had had no hand in the row, and he did not know the parties who broke the iamps ; he then told me that if I would say nothing at all against him he would give me the names of two of the parties who were engaged in the riot; I told him I would have nothing to say to liim. By Mr Allen : When Ryan came into ihe bar I looked at the clock, and it was between five and six. This closed the case for the prosecution. Corporal Ryan called several witnesses for the purpose of proving an alibi, but failed in proving anything material to the satisfaction of the CourtThe Resident Magistrate said there was sufficient evidence against all the prisoners except Dowd and Ward. He would, therefore, commit the remaining nine to take their trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court. The witnesses were duly bound over to appear, and Inspector Atchison was bound over to prosecute in the case.