SUPREME COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1177, 5 July 1882, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

From thfl & 2. Times. , James Wiliam Ellis, aged 22, wasohargeo' witK haying,' on/the I7th.Auril last; aj. Grey, town, pii§ Maty Mfi O'Connor, ageaViryea'rs.V "'". :: '''/.''■' MrJaardappeaM as'prosecutor' fb'rine • Crown.': Prisoner, who was undefended,' pleaded not guilty.' By direction; of his flonor.tha Ooiirt Wfl9 cleared of all faniale'a and boys,'"•;.'' '•,"' '' ,' - ;"■ Mr Izard' stated themainfabVa'of'tho em dwelling particularly orilthe 'heairtlega and bnital manner in .which the .victim m been treated.- ;" f .'.;;;' .',' ■ y ■■'■■■ ■■■>■'-■ "^ ' ; gent looking little girl, aged 11 years,.' was 1 dence;Weflajorjbrtiotiofwhich js,entirely ' unfit'for a'vary lucid! Winner ' ; occasionally" Mlpplyitig, important'.: 'facts } wbioli.rrijght' dther.fl?ig9 have ljodri over- :i ' ldbked^VpShe.Baid that.'pn;the'.'afte'rdobn m 1 CLueation,' aftersiliool/slfeW'qeht id bring' ' in Bome.cowsVhicK'wer'e grazina.ai .diatanc6,fromberfather's, hp'uje'in'(Jrey.' ( i town,' carrying[ter'.slak;;and;SoLpoi''J'bbb!tswith'her.'Prisonerwen.t"up' behind'her, ' pusMhferdbwn,*kne>ltpaVher/^Klled,!hia : coat off, .and'..wi'ap'p j ed,'it ; ,.' fpundher • head, her'4o^n J dark, when 'Mm. 'bush,' < : ? a . a v a through, a wire \ .'. pushed'a,Bt6naintp; 'her,,'inonth.. u and ( 'ti|d ( •' Lis woolley.cprnforter ] to keep sorliam- | ingi a seolu§ed',spot,'lie put ; hei dojyn and,' as''s|e; had .gnawed through' r the cgnjfprt,er''atfq| 'lie- beat , her yer|f|e.ye]tely about, MTm, mk Vftia .' fißts.ttftej.whijh, i stuflejh portipn' ij( it into M "mbulE Be ( aptisedllfiJ? Ift.^mqa^rfl^qlfcingtr)annej:: ! Hearing a \ •telling, her. very f J|s .hense '.of \ ■. :Dr Keyaris,' "whbse'-daugh'ter'" stppliojj '%i \ with wraps, while Dr Eeyans' acquainted \ the witness': father'and mother with the ] ■fact tfcat B^sl)|d v arrived at his house. ( T s Mw4 wked jjo Msfcibris. ■ . ~;• JSse^BbbiofonV^laVibrifid'^at ; Grtytowri^ep6sed'--!that' i oi}4tlio''i-night In ? question he was called to'MJifteVahs' house, and having; heard-' ! Mf liadibcbdrredjjto; her, and } went '» 111 pursuit, assistedby;tfte s to !^sp'QO> p : le ( Wo

promptly. : turned, : quk;.'j%:^nght''-.'.the prisoner, who ; waswithout ■■ acoa); on/wie Mpria Plains, on...the;;;'{oilpwm|-v'aorning. PS'ty/?^ 0 -^ 8 psom'e,.HoruS; 'ancTafter •being Williams, but'he afterwarda "^'ftid' H tliat *ag' 'n&V • }ii ß naine, . '■"' "'' '■":'-,-;".-„-"'' V*"'-"'' ''•*::' k.: E3W ty.iscje;'»Gi)verMejt''snf ye'yi)r, then plan' <jf JJ» IMfa l'showmi}. 9l jibpoWtig-e. : ftom thi ,it ; apD'jareta.k,ji|-e prfsoilertat is oa? rdpjnfiebf'atoui'SljO yaris 'EoglejQh. OQntmfaiiitf 'his''^ldt s ' WitneiS ; ,ftl,'ffie -plage' MrifsSi ' m«re'Ben6^irf'ofr^a^:liM;^^& t ' There wasno;di#iM^^ 'toMajj'p^ had ibeer/outdff lying lMf% ™g f*-V ;,6t the child whefi he m*mii\U ■ honse>n the eVeningof' " : face was ■tyW:sowsji§?W*Ww' her'teet had beeh r 'knoblied in clui;^ , ffi fofind poAuj. her btwatVlwlMlwC, jpTiYat other, wise in'A in' o'ne'respect?ruined for life. 'Mhad'Afeaßd Jier.up tq:the!lsfcinßfc, ; . ,'„'.'!f""'"' ,"."(."! . H '''Mam ' Ing been wjtfl ""od' ''flid 'afternoon ,of the, jccuifenoe, and. 'ffatifjeo/ prjsdfreß ' hat, ' .eyftence %. j the e#ect fiat ha was one" of the search < P?r.ty. ana that prjtonjr ran away ■whence 1 M to and a ,oomp_arnon'apprdashipg.'' 1; . j Dr Beyahs.%.oribeo;''the.'firll'' : witness' i condition wh&>he arrived'at Kis House',''"' : DrHootor proved"tliaUh'e stairiß 'on the clofhej of the flrst witness fere' of 'blood. '' i Mwv.O'Connijr, mdthefqf {helrst wit. \ ne?s, ajso gave oyidence.-baf it was of no im'. ' portance, Several other witnesses had been l snbpJßna,ed, but Mr I?ard intima'tf he l did.nottlimkitneeess'arj.to.calliheW' si 3 Prisoner,hadnVwithessesto'cll,'anddid ( not address the jury. His Honot, ra'safflming up,[ said he 1

~r~ ~■ '.-,~ —...jk... .. —. ■■ ■""'.' ■ roarcelyinewwtatto The. t'denoe before'ithem atoeawft'tfebe: very, tewdcilpd,audit m ifjph, the. Mude, : ftpit whioh|wM3|^'w ; •atmiion : iiwiwiMj that"stogm sim M the :Q'»noi||ioi|d.with6DthMlw|ib&g' *m thepßoner. as had assaultedJierj it was further-donflfhied by the'hat, whiob. the 1 his property, when ■-lfcivas hiii^^m^'limr&ii'iSMm; that the evidence of the chief witness, had been corroborated in every point. • ' ( -^'p»Tirpßti^iat«lj2o.'p,ia.^M-tt'M?; ! minutes later; burned .with .a .verdiotoj "guilty." ;itf*| jifX'n ut ' \ verdict, although he had during, the early, part of thehtaring of.the caseßhowjihiinMli. as;-little as poßßible l .Bßiihe.ha4.nftth)n^to~ say?why. sentence shouldndtbe passed upon' . Wnt .•.,.'.,».<,&..■;,. 4^;., His Honer i tid prisoner could not do better than be silent—it was the only tiling about his conduct in the. case that'he coald commend. . The prisonerfiad'beenrconVidtfliof': the mpsl brutal offence that he hid ever and it there* fdrt be'came/neoeWry'to make aV'exajnple. ; 6f him.. The crime was one which disgraced human wtrire.i> ( iThe J ;or|raei : was;thatioi;ft brute and he would receive the punishment;, ofa brute. The'sentence .of'the Court'was' that;. prißon.ej.be kept ia;,pehal servitude in : the Zealgndfor' aj period} pT twelve years,' and tbit he receive two private' flngginga of thirty 1 strokes eaob... He 'ifchSnprisoner .to be removed. ''Theiienteiicei was":%!e'rM' with"so'mei applaule? which' nasi hOTfever.checked. 1 - '•' V.' The Court then adjoumed_tilivlO'a.m. on' the following day % .: ■■%'■"-W.-'-. ■ ,r ■■.QAliaijli:thil4py.?V' Alexander Beattie was formally charged. at the Magistrate's Cdurfr;to-day, with -the rdurder of Sarah Adams, wh'oße.Vody'#S' found in a creek at Papakaia on Sunday.. ' HBpwremaaded-at thfl'reqheßtTof'tlw.' pblic& for a weefe, till after the inquest on 'the body... ' >'-' ,v '. V; Vir^:<ft£ The police'will not''give ! any'idforniS-' tion, but. : from.w.h'ali..fell.from {Sergeant ; Thompson iiub'urtj the infereaW'iti thai' ' the die of drowning and that there had been foul play.' "Eti'said' , very, plainly ,eyidebce<that the woman had been k»lled.;pjf.Bomgp'err Bon, but declined to go' mortenventoination'was'held:'yesterday, dn'l pi obably Thompson's remarks iwerebased upon discoveries made tlftreaV'7l