SWITZERS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume 21, Issue 216, 21 March 1872, Page 7

SWITZERS.

•' (From an Occasional Correspondent).

After peering week by week, into your valuable and interesting columns, j'and being wpek by week greatly disap-

pointed in not perceiving one Jine from Switzers, 1 Lave at last been led to the conclusion that our correspondent of weeks gone by has retired from our social circle and gone elsewhere. Perhaps you will inform me as to -where he has gone. lam positive of one thing, and that is that he is not here, but has left the district, or I am sure he could not rest quietly .or happily in his chair and see and hear all that is passing around him and not write to you. The (i our own correspondent " rage has died a natural death in Switzers. A few mouths ago your columns were teeming with effusions from us, showing thereby how uncertain life is, even as regards newspapers, for I assuredly ' only thought, at the time I ordered your valuable paper, of the interesting local letters one would peruse,

The first incident out of the of incidents " is that we are gradually sifting the bad from the good and the idle from the industrious. Two weeks ago, a man named William Aaton was brought up on the information of H. N. Simson, for that he was found by night without lawful excuse on the aforesaid Simeon's premise?, with felonious intent, for which offence he was sentenced to nine months imprisonment,with hard labour. In consequence of two of the witnesses evidence, being .unreliable, the Bench at the request of certain of our townsmen, granted a re-hearing, which came off on the 4th inst., when Mr. G-ooday from Lawrence,- appeared on behalf of the prosecutor ; and Mr. G. Bailey, on behalf of Acton. After hearing the case, and sundry arguments being discussed and surmounted, the Bench amended the verdict to one month's imprisonment, showing how necessary it is for ignorant people, who are ignorant of the law to have somebody to state and conduct their case, as it ought to be conducted. On the other hand, it is to be questioned if they get' fair play — in consequence of not having their case brou<?h forward as it should be. Great credit is due to Mr. Bailey, for the able manner in which he conducted the case for Acton. May bis " Shadow never grow less."

[Our correspondent gives a report of the late Cricket Match, between Tapanuiand Switzers, hut as a lengthy report appeared in our last issue it is unnecessary for us to repeat it. The return match our correspondent informs us, will be played at Tapanui on the 23rd instant. Ed. "T. T."]