Ruapekapeka Pa.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 December 1938, Page 4

Ruapekapeka Pa.

The newly-constituted Ruapekapeka Pa Scenic Reserve Board is considering the question of restoring the pa to its original condition, and the extent of assistance that would be forthcoming from the Maoris is being investigated. An estimate of the cost of palisades and carved entrance gates is to be obtained. The board considers that if the pa was restored to the state in which it was when the battle between the British forces and the Maoris was fought, it would attract a large number of tourists on account of its historic associations. Juries and Witnesses. Some factors which may very properly be taken into account by a jury when deliberating on evidence given at a trial were referred to by Mr Justice Kennedy when commenting on a motion for a new trial in the Supreme Court in Dunedin. “There are so many things that a jury has to observe,” His Honour said. .“It must not only count the witnesses. It can see the witnesses and tell from their attitude and demeanour what manner of people they are. It may then conclude, as a Judge may conclude, to what extent a witness is to be relied on in preference to other witnesses.”

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