IMMORAL WELLINGTON CHARGE OF CHILD-MURDER. AN UNWORTHY POLICE STARTAGEM. Wellington, Aprl 14.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 256, 18 April 1888, Page 5

IMMORAL WELLINGTON CH ARGE OF CHILD-MURDER. AN UN WO RT HY POLICE STARTAGEM. Wel li ng ton , Apr l 14.

T>" 01 thieo featme- in the ea-e of alleged child nmidoi biouuhl airain-t the Chinaman \\n\j. ( honcr and hi- EnuK-h wite aic ot a somewhat uncommon naLiue. One ot the -tcp- taken by tht pio-ecution to identits the icmale piwinei with the child found oil the beach wa- to cmploN the matioii ot the gaol to mduec the woman to -l'\\ -ome pillow < a-e-, and call e\ i deuce to eompaie iioi stttihe- a- lCLraids clum-inc-- wah tho-e in uaimeiil-. round on the bod's. The -natagem Ijuiiim \nlnalk admitted b\ t-he Ciown coun-el. fli--Honoi, the C hiet .lu>ticc, con<lcmned it abighiy unpiopei, and -aid that -o tai a^ lie undei^tood Kugli-h (ouit-, the} had not come to that. In oihei pait-, ot the colon} he had -een what -a mod to him -tattling attempts on the pait ot the police to eUuitt -latement^ ot pii-onci-, and though lie had not had ueui.-iou to ?a\ much dbout it heie, ho buiiu\ed iheie •s\a^ the -tune bad tendency. Anothei -Man^e eiieumst mcc occuued m Mr Jellicoespeech toi the defence, in which heck -cubed Wellington as bcinji nci\ little ->hoit ot Sodom and (Jomouaii in \ ice, and a-ked v,liethc! it '\\a- at all e^ti.ioidiiKU> that the IvmK of child, -hould be iound on the beat h 11 a place ot -uch \ ice and im mouditv Hi-iemaik- ha\e occasioned no little indignutioi) An important qin -tton «.i^ lai-ed b> the coun-cl foi the defence, a-> to whether , a^ the female pii>onei h.id con-ented to e\ amination b> Dr. Collin-. ua-^ not to be i eluded a- hi- patient, com mumeation- to iiini mu-t be tieated a^ pihilc^ed Mi ">kc'i mil, foi the defence, a-ked the Court to ie]ect any cNidenee a- to le^ult of the ovmiin.'itiou, 01 a- to am communication made by the pnSonei , because '•he was i)i. (Jolhn-5 t patient, and had \oluutaiily .submitted hei-.-uli loi cNaminatiou betoie an\ chaijie had been laid, and on the ot public policy, a- it uas impiopoi that a detcctiso should -ugge.-t the examination of a pei>on chained with 01 su-pected ot ci ime, a^ many |)eo[)le mijrht be under the mistaken impre 1 — ion that the> weic bound to hubmit to it. Jn this instance, it the bubmi-sion was not voluntai\, it was, he aigued, induced b> feai. Mi (Willy, who lepie-on'.ed the Ciown, ai^uod that theie was no evidence ot -uch induce ment a-> <;a\e icason to believe that the woman wa- influenced by feai. He aiyued that she was not a patient in the .sense oi the woid that entitled her communications to be regarded ab privileged, and that the protection provided by Matutc wa' only intended to apply to the ca^e ot a doctor employed in the ordinary wa,y. However, he did not intend to a»k about any disclosure made by the woman, but would limit^ hi* questions to hoi physical condition. The iudgc decided that the woman was not \h\ CoHin.%',s patient and that hU evidence was theretoic admissible. The jury, after an hour's deliberation, acquitted the aceuhed of the moie .sciious charge, and cnteied up a verdict oi concealment ot_ birth. The Chief Justice .sentenced the prisoners to two yeavn' imprisonment each, but reserved the question of <j>r/>us dtkdl for the Appeal Court, and ordered that execution should be arrested until the decision ot that Court wab given. A peculiar point arose atfcei the verdict was given, it being ascertained that none ot the evidence had been interpreted to the male prisoner. His Honor said, if anything, it was only a mistrial, but he was not piepared at present to say what course should be adopted.

<»ottim himmell ! vahfc's dish ? Ah Mem lierr ! our Prince Yon Bismarck is now a hud murk mil dor Kaiser ! A (Uncv at, a restaurant, tirod of waiting what becmcil to be an interminable time between each course, called the head waiter, and inquired : " Who waits at thta table?" With aumilu, hoanbwcrccl : " You, air."