RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3091, 7 May 1892, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, CAMBRIDGE.

Thursday.—(Before Capt. Jackson, R.M.) A special sitting of the above Court was held at Cambridge, on Thursday, by Captain Jackson, R.M., to hear a case of horse stealing, in which Tairi Teroiori charged Wirimu te Whitu (alias Paddy Regan) and Tauriki, with stealing and driving away from Mangapiko, a bay filly of the value £2 10s. Mr W. M. Hay appeared for To WlTitu and Mr Dyer for Taurikn Constable Brennan conducted plaintiff's case. Mf Hay said his client had only just come out of Mount Eden gaol and had not had time to get his witnesses. He should therefore ask that the witnesses tor the prosecution be examined, to save expense, and that the case then be remanded. Constable Brennan objected to a remand being granted, unless the case was remanded in toto. The prosecution had a large number of witnesses who were all present, and he knew that Te Whitu had consulted his solicitor three weeks ago. Mr Hay said the consulation had taken place in gaol, and his client hud not had time to get his witnesses. Te Whitu wished to exonerate Tauriki from the charge of theft, and would state that he had given the horse in question as payment for services rendered. After a lengthy korero, in whish Mr Master, theinterpretor played a prominent part, the case was remanded till Monday, the 9th, at 11 a.m. Both prisoners were admitted to bail. The Resident Magistrate will have to be at Pukekohe on Monday, so some of the local J.P.s will have " a picnic," for the case will be sure to last a couple of days. Friday. The case Murphy v. Browning, an action for £15 damages, alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of an assault, was held at the Cambridge R.M. Court, yesterday. There was also a cross-criminal action, but this was withdrawn after the decision in the above case had been given. Mr Dyer appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Hay for the defendant. The court-house was literally crammed the whole day, very great interest being taken in the case, as it was considered, as Mr Hay said in his concluding remarks, nothing mora nor less than an attempt to black-mail the defendant. Mr Dyer conducted the case most ably for his client, but notwithstanding she was beaten all along the line, and a verdict was given for the defendant with £3 17s costs. —As our report of the case is rather lengthy, we are compelled to hold it over.