TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3193, 1 May 1889, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

;\ i;vJ i'atal Accident-' ; ":V_ • Marion,; Wednesday.;-*' : A fatal acoident occurred at Barigitikei River, seven milefl from. hero;A Maori woman was driving'/.a/pair of horses in a waggon when the. horses jibbed and backed over a oliff. The woman sustained injuries from , which she died in a hour.' A child.) [who. was.in the wagon escaped- unhurt ;."'■■'-'

Supposed SuicideWaipawa, Wednesday. John Murphy, once a member of the Blenheim police, and latterly barman'at. Scrimgtown Hotel, was killed on tlio railwaylast.nigbt. It is believed to be a case ofeuioide, and that deceased laid Iris head on the rail in front of an approaching train. He, had been taking.

Escape from GaolWakoanui,'April 80. A man named Jackson, who was sentenced at the Supreme Court to three years' hard labor two days ago, escaped from gaol this afternoon, He was at work on the sand hills with the gang, when, taking 'advantage of tho warden having hia back turned, be jumped over tbe fence, and ran toward the river,' The warder in charge fired hia revolver nt him, but missed his aim. The man then •went-down - to the river, and, taking bis boots and socks off, swam across to the Maori settlement at Putiki. The police were immediately on bis track, and succeeded in. re-arresting | him about two hours after his escape. Great credit is duo to tho police for their promptitude, and, no blame is attached to the prison authorities, as the attempt by. the prisoner was very daring,, ■■ Wanbanui, Wednesday. Jackson, who escaped from gaol last night, was committed for trial at the District Court'this morning.

Supreme Court. /

Timaro, April 80. In the Supreme; Court to-day, Judge Denniston was welcomed by the Crown Prosecutor' ou behalf of the local bar. There ate only half a dozen criminal cases for trial; none of unusual interest. . Four were disposed of to-day. W, Houston, forgery and passing cheque, pleaded guilty, sentenced to 18 months. Duncan Gilchrist, shooting with intent, at Oamaru, was acquitted, Elizabeth' McKenzie, keeping a disorderly house at Oamaru, six months' Jiard labour. Albert Hobkins, breaking, entering, and theft at Geraldine, acquitted. Wanganui, it the Supreme Court John Fitzgerald was sentenced to 12 months for robbery with violence. The Court then adjourned, as his Honor the Chief" Justice had to go to Wellington to swear in the Governor. I'he Court resumes for civil business on Tuesday, Duneoin, April 80.

In the Suprome Court today, in Chambers, a rather interesting, case was decided. It came up in the form of a summons, calling on the plaintiff Wilkinson, in the case Wilkinson v Johnston, to find security for costs, he being an undischarged bankrupt/ Wilkinson, who is' an ironmonger,; after hie bankruptcy entered, into some arrangement with Johnston about carrying on a business/but the latter, it is alleged,' broko the agreement, and Wilkinson brings a olaim for £2OOO damages, with the consent of the creditors, whoagreed to forego' any claim if he succeeded. Mr Justice Williams decided that if the action had been'one of tort Wilkinson would have been entitled to proceed without finding a but as in this case the damages, if. recovered, would go, to the creditors, if they or any oMhem choose : to claim it, the surety must be provided. 'Mr Mouat,' for Wilkinson, said, in view of the decision given, he would advise his client not to proceed with the action.