LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1990, 9 April 1885, Page 2

LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS.

[BV TKLMIRAPH.— oW\\ CORRKSPO.VDKNT.] Supreme Court. AffKLVM», Wednesday Niejht. I\ charging the Grand Jury, Judge Gilliessaid -.—The calendar on thisoccasion is not one of unusual length, there being only 10 prisoners charged with 19 offences, nor with the exception of one or two cases are the offences of a very serious nature. The most serious offence is one of wilful murder, a c.ise in which a man is charged with the wilful murdet of his wife. The facts of the case, however, are so simple that I need not refer to it further, except to remind yon that you hive nothing to do with the state of mind of the pusoner wheu he committed the olTence. If there is any doubt as to insanity on the part of the pi isoner or his responsibility for his act, that will be a matter for the petty jury to deal with, but not for you. Your duty is simply to find a true bill if you are satisfied he committed an act of murdei. There is also a case of attempted murder— a case of shooting — in regard to which you will remember that a m,in is considered to contemplate the results of the acts with which he is charged, so that if a man fires at another with a loaded pistol, then it is presumed, m the absence of ewdence to the contr.uy, tint he fully contemplated the fact th it the natural result of this act would be the taking of the life of the other, Takn te Huhama was found not guilty of breaking and eutcung the house of Willi.uu Whitehend, Omaiti, Mongonui.

Colonel Lyon's Appointmeut. The first step i-uiiseqiieut upon the ap poiutment of C'oloi.el L\m\ to the command of the volunteei foiee of Auckland I'lowncial Distnct will ho to miuirt .ill the compinu'S to he made up to their full numerie.il strength of 63 men. At piesent some eompames consist of not more than 40 men.

The Cambria Claim. Holdcis of 10,000 Cambria shares have protested ng.unst amalgamation with tho Moanatniri,

Sickness in AucklandTwo cases of typhoid fever .and two of diphtheria were reported in the city during the week.

New Arms for the Volunteers. Government piopose to arm the volunteers with Martini Henri rifles.

The Te Aroha Springs. Dr Murray Moore, who his just returned from Te Aroha, recoinnieiidh the springs as a cure for rheumatism and paralysis.

The Rotorua Railway. Tenders were opened to day by Messrs Stew ait and Hunter, for the election of 40 Ihjjli and low side triifks for the Thames Valley Railway. Messrs Hoetf nnd Mcl'iierson were the successful tenderers, at £Ch>'2.

Suspected Incendiarisn. William Aitlmr Tliomas lias been arrested on suspicion of incendiniism im cotmection witli the fire in VictoriaStreet.