R.M. COURT, HAMILTON. Thursday.—[Before Captain Northcroft, R.M.]

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1484, 7 January 1882, Page 2

R.M. COURT, HAMILTON. Thursday. —[Before Captain Northcroft, R.M.]

Alleged Horse-stealing. Te Rewiti, a native residing at Waikato Heads, was charged, on the information of Taherhnutua, a native woman, with stealing a horse in the month of November. The prosecutrix, who is a relative of the prisoner's, deposed she had given the horse to a native named Hukuru to break in, and the latter reported to her shortly after that the horse had been stolen by the accused. She had never given the horse to the prisoner or given him authority to dispose of it. — Mr Calder, a settler at Whatawhata, deposed that he had bought the horse from the prisoner for £2 10s. — Several natives deposed that the prosecutrix's husband, now dead, had willed the horse to the prisoner, and that at the time he took it she made no objection. — The Magistrate discharged the prisoner.

Yesterday. — [Before Captain Northcroft, R.M., and His Worship the Mayor.l

Assaulting a Child. Robert Hill, a carpenter, was charged with having on the previous day assaulted a child named Nelly Smith, five years of age. Sergeant McGovern prosecuted, and the accused pleaded not guilty. — The evidence of three little girls and the mother of the child was taken, and went to prove that the accused had taken her into some ti-tree near Davis's brickyard, though no proof was forthcoming that he intended any violence, though he detained her against her will. — The Bench came to the conclusion that a common assault had been committed, and sentenced the prisoner to 14 days' hard labor in Mount Eden gaol. ' -

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