A FORGOTTEN CRIME.
THE MURDER IN THE REC. GROUNDS. , MAIIU KAI LIBERATED. Per Pros* Association. Wellington. December • Mabi Kai, a l'aranaki Maoti, was liberated from the Teriace prisou this morning, after serving lb jearV hard labour. In 1890 Kai mutdered an old man named Stephen Moloney. who lifed in a nut at New Ply mouth. Robbery was evidently Lie motive of the crime. Kai was sentenced to death, but on account of h s youth (he was on.y 17), the- sentence was commuted to penal scsvitude tor life. His discharge to day wa» due to his exceptionally good rccoid whib-'-io gaol, and in »omc measure to thefact that at the time of the murder he was unab'e to appreciate the gravity of bis crime.
Sepben Moloney, the murdered man, occupied a hut in the portion I of the Recreation Gmundfe near the racccouise. His body w;u hidden amongst dense shrubbery and wa- n»t recovered for some time. T'ie trial i>f Kai wa* a' the time quite- a cau.-e celebre. The defending coun.-el, Mi Oliver Samuel, who undeitook the defence gratuitous.'y and on his own ji.'.;.-.;:,-e stre-nuous'y protested 'iic \._. nan's innocence of the crime-
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81899, 6 December 1906, Page 3
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193A FORGOTTEN CRIME. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81899, 6 December 1906, Page 3
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