TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1127, 17 July 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

,<;}'-■ ~■ -.<■ .'jf®Nas . ;'..''■; MORE HRES.AT,'biE[RISTGHUIiOH v -" v '!''^ : igste •; ; .'"■''" '•■: '■'■ • Ohuistohurgh, thja'.i(ftyj.?.'o was aestfoyed.bytfire'pn'Satiirdayi./- fvi ..jA narrow escape from a serious fire: ,ticourredj ye&terdiiy' Bveajng.. Constable 5 ; flerlily, while' on duty ffljDolutnbd^trsat^; discovered a large box ,us'ed y ior'-mi{?in{' aShea in at 'JSh«: , .P.ack;pf.the; i Gi)y;-hpt'el : 6n .fcl'e. Before,the flames',eould''be : ex-" ;.tinguished they'had: .communicated with ;an adjourning fires ,'»(9>upppjed to .Mje resulted from'native coal'ashos. ■•'/£,.. ■i;yi&~\;. i r

■' ■' THE , v V'. ^ —* —' " v '' : .;"" •PRISONERS FOUND GUILTY; AND y l'-... ■ SENTENOED TQ DEARTH. ». ."'•."''•./ ''AuoKLAMDi'TnlylßiTt ;■■ On reSuhiptidn of Winiata'B case to-day 01emenfNe>toh','a : n'aifcM,-depT«efto. Winiata confessing to him in 1880, at 'Hikurangi, that a half-oaate : colied'Harry killed Packer, rand; he assisted in the murder. • Robert Barlow a half-dasfe,antl .Constable. Giließ deposed to Winiata's capture/. -■■" • . . '•/;; '; : Mr Dufaur,-counsel for JViniala, called, 'no.winie/ieegrpr'.'thK'dofensej'but made'a" brief address to the jury, he said Winiata's:' confession was"; untrue, and that it was ; only Maori bou'iioe. v Accused: was only'connected with'the murder through I Mrs; Austin's evidence. The Crown Prosecutor addressed the' jnry at length,' reviewing,the.evidence.' The Judge's summing up laßled an hour. j He asked the!'jury to consider the whole evidence dispassionately; "The jury were out'half-'an-hour considering their v.erdict, and returned with a.verdiot'of." Guilty."' The Court was crowded, to excessi.and received the verdict 'without' visible emotion. "-""

I. Iri 'reply to a challenge-why .sentence of deathishouid net be.paßsed on him,,-he made a statement of an hour's duration, identical with that already published, as 'to the half-caste; Harry committing the deed, and that he ran away from fear of being charged with the : V! orime. His Honor, in pajsin'g sentence of death; saidthe .evidence Was so/dear that no denial 1 could affect the mind of any one who heard it; ;'lt..wns;a r ; fpul;: and unprovoked Prisoner had long-. justice,, at length overtaken him. TheWwas but ofie'punishment for his : .'■'■:'■■'"-. ' ■ The prisoner,.who;appeared'agitated, l . held up hisliand.ras'iffhe wished to Bay Bouietliingin reply,-tout-he wV'hii'rried nut of the dock by. the. attendants befoie he cquld speak, and was, got into a cab,, .accompanied by two warders and O'Brien, •the-gaoler, before (he crowd 'could'get round to the av6nuei and driven away'■to Mount Eden' Gaol "•,■::.•;;; •-.- ; --

. SUPPOSED SUICIDE. ' Blenheim,- tbfsday. , News was brought lo■ town 'yesterday, -thaf John Campbell, manager of the Gladst'ofterdn", and brother of Sir. Ijojtf ;.n)an Campbell, shot himself through the head ; with a carbine yesterday. 1: The in-i formationconoernini! the affair'is'of'thV most soqnt nature at present, but full particulars'will probably be in to-night'or to-iwirrow. ■--.-•-■' : ••■■.%•«•-. ✓--

.: 7! POUND DEAD.. .. ■■. ' INVERCARQILL, this d>y. David Campbell, a settler at Grey-' mouth, was found dead in Mb hut ye.Uerday.