EKETAHUNA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2970, 7 August 1888, Page 2

EKETAHUNA.

(Frora'an Occasional Correspondent.) The case that I mentioned in my . ' last letter,: Itobcrt Murellv. AlexunAr . - Penney, was heard in tho -Magistmi .■:> ;/s Court, before Mesats Andeisnn and You Ueden, J.P.'s, The father of tho boy ' prosecuted, and Mr Tosswill appeared for the defence. The evidence ✓ wont to show that tho,bovMniA with wwj two others so conducted the school that it was ft caso of should li 6 the master. ■ The; lads wore . otdered out ,for punishment, but - Murell lefused to hold out his hand, laughed in his uiastei's face, and threatened to bring his.lather,- with the vdS result that he was taken by,tho collar/" '* nml given several cuts across the - back with ii rune. Tho cane was pioduced into Court;, and was about tho thick-;v •.ness of two pipe' stems.. -One,witness < stated: tint ho examined the boy, and -,- t saw throe marks on his leg, ono about n* , three inches long, and the two others ho could jUBt seo, The father of theboy; who evidently thought that' the •■".v-l larger he made the wounds, the better his caso would look, slated that; the'

.hoy liuil one bruise on Ins leg as big as < w this (holding up a rather large sized: hattd), aud the other two were as large • v <iß eggs. Mr Tosswill: . 11 Pigeon egwf . v'.'V " No," exclaimed the witness, ex A, v.- " they wore laiger than pigeon eggs, they wero as laigo -us large as—ei—" I thought he was going to ■ eggs, hut he couldn't think of^bicd'a

egg large enoiHi, so he lesumed his sent, The Bench veiy piopeily decided to dismiss the tase on tho ground that it was quite impossible for the cane '- produced to havo inflicted such wounds us described, Each paity had to pay their own costs. * I could not understand why Bucli'nv" 1 ..":."-!.*: frivolous case was taken into Coin t, until Mr Tosiwill, in the cross examination of the father of the lad, let a little light on tho subject. It appears that - -i. previous to tbo summons being issued-- vv; : " Mr Murell bfleied to sell to Mi Penncv a section of land foi tlio sum of £lO, Penney agreed to purchase, but shortly ■ ~'; after found that the section was not" • . worth the inonsy, and declined to.-- - • completo tho purchase. Hence the foregoing case. But I hope, tbo.next time young Bob misbehaves at school, - •and receives a thrashing, und then goes: ,n .■? crying to his father, lie will take my , r advice,-and giving linn tinAr ono, It would savo a deal of troubflfc the : V illi future,;' It is .rather amusing to listen to .. i: some of . tho individuals who .voted for ■ an increase of pubs, They really thought that the wliolo of tho money f would be spent in the township, and / now. t|i.6y aro disgusted with them-. selves, They talk about calling a ' "(! piiblio meeting to see if thoy cannot" -! form a' Town Board. I hope they may o et ; ■———wmmmmmmm ..