NEW PLYMOUTH.
This day. Trial of Hiroki. Hiroki was brought up at the Police Court this morning at 10.30, and charged with having murdered McLean. Mr Standish with Mr Samuels appeared for the prosecution. The first witness called was Charles Messenger, who deposed he had seen Hiroki at Parihaka, and in the ooum of courersatiou with him, Ije (the
prisoner) told him that when at Momahaki the surveyors had been in the habit of killing his pigs. He had warned them, prisoner said, several times. On the day of the murder he heard the dogs after the pigs, and when he got up to where McLean was he had some words with him about killing the pigs. Hiroki said McLean threatened to shoot him and that if he (prisoner) had not shot McLean, McLean would have shot him. Witness said Hiroki paraded the gun at v meeting at Parihaka. Lateb. Dr Croft deposed lie made a post mortem on the body of McLean. Wituess then described the wound. The case waa adjourned till tomorrow.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4024, 21 November 1881, Page 2
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174NEW PLYMOUTH. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4024, 21 November 1881, Page 2
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