SUPREME COURT.
SITTINGS AT AUCKLAND.
TPeu Press Association.! AUCKLAND, Nor. 24. At the Supreme Court to-day. John Fisher Skipper, charged with having on November 25th, 190 S, stolen 20 heifers, the property of a co-partnership, was found' not guilty. A Maori, Matu Ngatimo Hohepa, was charged w*h the murder of an infant named Mekerena Ngatimo Hohepa, and the attempted murder of Manaeri Hohepa by throwing them on a fire. The circumstances of this case? have already been detailed. After hearing the evidence the jury, the box, found that the accused w&s, insane when the deed was commind His Honor ordered that the prisoner should be kept in strict custody in Auckland gaol until such time as the pleasure of the Minister should be known.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2668, 25 November 1909, Page 4
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124SUPREME COURT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2668, 25 November 1909, Page 4
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