DUNEDIN.
Monday. At a banquet to Ministers, Mr Macau* drew said he was not without hope that public opinion might compe 1 Parliament to restore to the people Provincial institutions, perhaps not as they were, but more adapted to the circumstances of the colony. At a private meeting of the Bar on Saturday, the following resolution was carried by sixteen to three:—"That this meetiug, without expressing any opinion with regard to the circumstances and duration of Mr Barton's recent imprisonment, is of opinion from his statement' that a fair case exists for inquiry by Parliament in the interest of all the parties concerned." Mr Macaudrew leaves for the North to-day. This day. The. case of Whitaker v. Geo. Jones, junior, occupied the Court all day yesterday. The plea of justification was raised. Mr Haggett, counsel for prosecution, objected, as tuat was no auswer. The
Judge is to give his decision on the matter to-day. Latar. In the Jones JiboL case the Judge uphold the demurrer to the plea, and the case is adjourned till to-morrow to allow the defendant li'ue to plead over aga:u.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2831, 12 March 1878, Page 2
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