M'KINNON v. LANCASTER.
(To the Editor of the Ttcapeka Times.) Sib, — I seldom visit the Courthouse, but, feeling considerable interest in the case of M'Kinnon v. Lancaster, which ■was heard on Monday last, I made it my business to be present, and of all the groundless charges made by one' man against another, I never read or heard of such an absurd one. I need not go into the details of the case, as, no doubt, you will have a full report of it ; but a man who will bring such a serious charge against his neighbour, without the slightest ground even of suspicion, deserves — to speak in the mildest manner possible — a good sound flogging, and it would be a great satisfaction to me, either to take part in the operation or 13 witness it. So groundless was the ch't-vo, that every one who heard the case ~ '■•.■* inclined to believe thai the cow had 'f.-'-l from some natural cause, and the wo.;. I had been inflicted niter its death. Magistrate, in strong language— an stronger than was justly deserved, the prosecutor a good talking to, said that Mr. Laacaaivr l«ft the <'oavb without the slightasl <.rigi tl a o:_ hid character. — lam, &c, Yixdix
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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 133, 25 August 1870, Page 5
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205M'KINNON v. LANCASTER. Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 133, 25 August 1870, Page 5
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