AUCKLAND.
This day. Paramena was sold to Mr Potter today for forty«nine guineas.
At the City Council last night it was suggested [that a number of streets by be called Maori names.
On receiving the petition from the natives for the commutation of the Sentence of Mikere Te Papa, his Excellency stated that but for the petition coming from the Maoris for the pardon of a Maori, he would riot have received it, as to do so was contrary to all legal precedent. A jury having, after regular trial, found a man guilty, that man is presumed in the eye of the law to be actually the man who committed the deed, whatever may be the doubt in the minds of individuals, and the only grounds for a reversal of the sentence is arising out of now evidence which would upset that on which the verdict was founded. When such is the case the condemned man has a regular course, prescribed by law, open to him for procedure. His Excellency stated, however, that he would lay the petition before the Cabinet at Wellington on his return, with the view of having the whole matter inquired into.
(Pee Pbess Association.)
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4477, 11 May 1883, Page 2
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199AUCKLAND. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4477, 11 May 1883, Page 2
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