SPECIAL TELEGRAMS To "The Waikato Times." (From the Anglo-Australian Telegraph Agency.) AUCKLAND Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume VI, Issue 310, 9 May 1874, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS To " The Waikato Times." (From the Anglo-Australian Telegraph Agency.) AUCKLAND Friday.

The charge against J: S.* llaefurlane occupied the wholo' Jay, and is not vet concluded. Thomas Craig, the principal w ittiPH-*, defjoned : I remcniber,ne.v« poming,u|) at t)ie*nd of October, 1870, that Harris had seised certain log's at Wau^a pcn.H. fciaw J S. JVfacfafTario about the matter. S.i\v Inm daily nbout'that time. Had a, conversation witli hjm about leg«, in liuoffifo McQueen street. Mm- consultation we came to the conclusion -that it was best -to 'got a good many men and go dorm and take possession, of the Jogs bj force. Reference waa theft made to joiing Harris. If he was there and obstructed, wo vsero to- shoot him down (trie). Youn^ Harris was particularly mentioned. It was defendant who made the suggestion to shoot Harris ; it was often mentioned. Ha said ho had /uade power *yth bank, jury, and government that could get me off. TJie propotition was mado frequently, and was laid seriously. '.It wan brought up too frequently to be in a jokinjj way. I was to go down with men who were to be hired. I was to tell them that if they "would not* fight for logs they were not to go. At this tune I was bankrupt, and. had signed all my property over to J. S. Aliicfarlnne.