THE CONDEMNED MAORI.
DECISION OF THE EXECUTIVE.
LAW TO TAKE ITS COURSE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.; WELLINGTON, Last Night. A meeting of the Executive was held on Saturday—His, Excellency the Governor presiding—to further consider the cassr of Tahi Kaka, the young Maori now under sentence of death at Auckland for murder. The decision arrived at by the Executive was that the law must take its course. It is officially stated that no circumstanecs which could be considred favourable to the prisoner were excluded from the Council's deliberations. KAKA'S CONDITION. Tahi Kaka is said to be terribly dejected. His counsel paid him a visit in the condemned cell, the pitchy darkness of wtfrich was only relieved by a guttering candle. His brother, who has been ill in the hospital, had a painful interview with the condemned youth, ' who scarcely sleeps, often being awake more than half the night. He does not smoke, and scarcely touches his food. He constantly pores over his Bible and prayer book by the dim light of the solitary candle. According to the gaol officials, the unfortunate youth is in the depths of despair, suffering most terribly, and far from callous in view of the fate before him.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10266, 19 June 1911, Page 5
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200THE CONDEMNED MAORI. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10266, 19 June 1911, Page 5
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