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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1589, 22 January 1884, Page 2

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UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION,

CußisTciiUßcn, January 21 ■> ■•■ ; Tim Sijrftji' W, Hunt seamen positively, refuse, to.' tijat yessel, and are'endeavoring to obtain work it> Ghristchurchw Tho American Consul intend holding an inquiry into the ; complaints made by the men against the captain of the vessel. John Phillips, of Kaiapoi, was thrown from a horse on Saturday and W'■_____

Wellington, January 2J, A hard southerly gale is Mowing,accompanied with heavy iain, At the Wesleyan Conference, letters of sympathy were sent to the Reys; Gv Staimard,' Wallis, and Aldre'd, ss9

were unable to attend the Conference through.- extreme iige. Arrangements .wor6;.;madb'to - receive a temperance. Mr Jougn.iujwasiceepte'd as a student candidate forministry/ ■"fmDTOEDIN MURDER. ioNVICTIOKotf the PRISONER.

SENTENCE-OF DEATH.

','■' ...',. ' Puhedin, January 21. • > The second trial of William Pearce for murder commenced to-day. The iCrown Prosecutor ordered two -jury--to/statid? aside, and: prisoner's counsel, challenged-Vtwcivo- jurymen. The defenco to-day will be an entirely now one—that the deceased accidentally inflicted the wound on herself, an open knife being carried by Pearce. "''■■. . Later. The second trial of William Pearce for the murder of the woman Hancock was held to-day before Judge Williams and a jury. The'same witnesses were examined, and the prisoner was again defended by Mr D. M.Stuart. The jury retired at 4.26 p.rn., and after an hour, returned into Court with a verdict of guilty, accompanied by a strong recommendation to mercy. His Honor said he would forward the recommendation to the advisers of the Crown, awUuen ..passed sentence of death on the'prisoner,