DUNEDIN.
Yesterday. The murder of Mrs Young. Judge Williams, in charging the Grand Jury, referred to the Kyeburn murder as
follows: —As to the prisoner Ah Lee, the case rests almost entirely on his own confession. If you think the confession, so far as it acknowledges his connection with the offence, is to be believed, you should find a true bill. The question may arise hereafter as to how far the confession is admissableas evidence at all, but with that you have nothing to do. The confession of Ah Lee is not admissable in evidence against Lee Guy. Ah Lee appears to have been examined before the magistrates when Lee Guy was charged with murder, but, on examination, he in effect retracted any confession he had made. I presume, therefore, Ah Lee cannot appear as a witness. Ah Lee's account of the transaction is not given in presence of Lee Guy, and is not receivable in evidence against him, and the case against' Lee Guy has accordingly to be considered apart from the statement by A.h Lee. The other cases on the calendar called for no comment.
This day. An Experiment,
Twenty-fire Maori prisoners, including William Sing, the well known chief, left this morning en route for Taranaki, where they will be liberated.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3675, 5 October 1880, Page 2
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213DUNEDIN. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3675, 5 October 1880, Page 2
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