13th June.
Arrer dragging along a weary length of nine weeks. the proceedings in connection with the assault on the Misses Campbell at Jessfield came to the most satisfactory conclusion possible in the Mixed Court yesterd It will be remembered that the ladies ere driving in Jessfield village when they accidentally knocked down a child. They stopped, picked the child up and took it at once to St. John's College, where it was found that no serious injury had been done. In the meantime, however, the village had been roused to a high pitch of excitement, and on their w back the Misses Campbell were set upon by a number of natives and handled with some ronghne: proper ug up the Iman of the village before the ed Court and make him responsible for the occurrence. This was the -vore desirable since, as it turned out, he was identified by Miss Campbell as the man who act ally assanlted her.
It was not, however, until his attendance was cured at the Court. In the meantime four other men, who seem to have been more or less. implicated, been held two months in custody.
As the whole disturbance was caus the uni has probably been met by the manding of a full apology from the headman and tipao to be made at the complainants' house and a fine on the village or. however, very properly took the opportunity explain te the headman that. the village 1 adopted an entirely wrong © had there be ch attempts to take the law into their own hands could not be tolerated in the neighbourhood of the Settlement.
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