SUPREME COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4289, 1 December 1892, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

The Wellington Shooting Tragedy. The ease against Henry W. Finley is still proceeding, A good deal of yesterday wbb taken'up id legal argument nod cross-examination. The whole of the evidence so far is much the same as already reported. Daniel McDonald, who wall, at the time of the last enquiry, in Wellington Hospital, suffering from the effects of a bullet wound in tbo groin, was examined yesterday. v He stated that he was on the W. B. '* Flint between 9 and 10 on the Sunday morning, and was also on the Waimate that morning, He met Finley and Seel coming down tho quay as he was walking off tho wool wharf in company with Lynch, Peterson, Johnson, and Albert Btobr. Lynch and Greentose were in front of witness at that time, Greenrose went towards Finley and Lynch towards Seel. They squarod up to one another with their bands up. He saw Finley fall, from some reason which he did not know. Ho did not hear anything that was Baid, After Finley fell the next thing he beard was a gunshot fired, and he know at once that be was shot as ho felt tho sling of the wound. Finley was in a stooping position as witness came up to him, and it was immediately after that that be felt be was wounded, After that be saw Greenrose fall, and lie went down then to tbeWairaate, Dr Collins had given witness the bullot which was in the wound, and which he retnombored j. being extracted. Ho produced the bullet. After a lengthy eross-examination by Mr Jollicoe, the next witness, Willium HutcbißOD, a clerk employed at the Petone Freezing Works (called by the Crown Prosecutor at the request of Seel); examined by Mr Jellicoo, said he was about to speak to Seel, who was with Finley, on tbo Sunday morning, when bo 6aw somo I men come up. As he saw there was some trouble on he did not Bpeak. He beard Seel say to ono of tho men, * Well what do you want ?' and tha man, who was in a fighting altitude, replied,' Any thing you like,' Thereupon the man BtruoK Seel, who staggered back five or six yards, and bia hat fell off, . There was another man in front of Finley, and he seemed to be waiting for a cue from the man who was faoing Seel. As Boon as Seel was Btruck, this man struck , Finley, who staggered back, He had both his handß in his pockets when he was struck, but as he fell be took them* out in order to save himself. As toonVas Finley fell, the man kicked him in the face. Seel then called out to tbo man who was fighting him," Look out, my band is sore." As Finley rose he put both hands in bis pockets and witness saw the barrel of a revolver protruding from hie righthand coat pocket, through a hole in tbo lining, Two shots were fired, one immediately after the othor, and after one of the shots, ho saw one of the men who attacked Finley and Beel stagger and fall, He conld not see which one it was, as his horse had become restive. He was absolutely certain that Finley was Blruok and ■ kicked before tho shots were fired, i The Cgurt roso at 0,10 p,m,

LAIER. No Evidence for the Defence. (By Telcgrupb,—Press Association), 0 f Wellington, Friday. ' Tho evidence for tho proseoution in the murder trial was finished this / morning, Several of the later witnisscs have deposed to Fin ley boin» hooked down or falling down before firing. Mr Bradford, Government armourer, niado somo experiments with llio revolver in Court, which showed it could not bo discharged unless tho trigger was pulled. Mr Jrlliooe asked the judge to di:cci the jury that there was no ovidenco for tho clwrgo of murder, but His Honor declined. Mr Jellicoe then quoted a case in which Chiof * Justice Cockburn, in a somewhat similar trial, laid distinct issues bofore the jury, and asked him to follow this cxnmplo. Thi? was agreed to. Thero will be no ovidonco lor tho defence, which is somewhat of a surpriai', as it was thought Seel would have been called, yk =====