THE OHINEMURI JUMPING CASE.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1902, 6 February 1875, Page 2

THE OHINEMURI JUMPING CASE.

.A BLOODLESS VICTORY. I Second and Concluding: Chaptje of i Book One. ! Yesterday morning, the vicinity of Mr C. F. Mitchell's store and dwelling at . Paeroa were the scene of another and most exciting incident, followed by an : appeal to arms, andjsubsequently an appeal to the majesty of the law, as personated by two Armed Constabulary, under the direction of one who holds the Commission of the Peace. Oar readers have read Mr C. F. Mitchell's own account of the first phase of the jumping business, which may be called Chapter One. After receiving the information of James Rae, (which Mr Mitchell adver- . tised in these columns) the defendant proceeded to Ohinemuri on Thursday nuht. confident that he was in the right —inviting his opponent to " come on " in the sanguinary appeal of Macbeth to Macduff, and invoking a curie on the first who cried "hold! enough I" Being late when he arrived at Ohinemuri Mr Mitchell' appears to have goS quietly to his bed. In the mSning, however, the sight of Mr Kae's new store, in all its garish newness of calico and kauri, seems to have roused with tenfold intenseness the wrath, of Mr Mitchell; and his sense of right and title being thus glaringly outraged, he proceeded with two trusty henchmen to Mr Bae's place and once more deliberately chopped and hacked it to pieces. Mr James Mackay was appealed to, and he condemned Mr Mitchell's action. Mr Mitchell flared up and defied Mr Mackay and the Government, and at lengtH. was taken into custody and sent down to Belmont en route for Shortland, On the way a glimpse of " mine uncle" was caught by Mitchell, and he freed himself from the custody of the two policemen, made a dart, and twice assaulted Bae before anyone could interfere. Becaptured, he. was brought on to Belmout. There wiser counsels seem to have prevailed. The belligerents cooled down, and a parley ensued, and the end of an exciting series of incidents was that Mr Mitchell apologised for his impulsiveness, promised to make good all damages, aad never do so any more, When the case on the first information was called this morning, there was no appearance of either party, and the case was dismissed, and it is to be hoped that nothing more unpleasant will happen in connection with the business, the'only good of. which has been to provide a temporary excitement for the miners, for. a couple of days, but which might have ended in stirring up bad blood between pakthas and natives.