His Honor made the note as requested. Willing Longley Fowler, the plaintiff, deposed, in answer to Mr Joynt—l am a runholder in the Amuri prjvince, and was tried before the Supreme Court on the 6th April, on a charge of stealing sheep, the property of M‘Arthur Brothers. I was arrested at my station, fifty miles from the Waiau. John Corbett arrested me, and took me to St James’ the next morning. He said he arrested me in the Queen’s name, and then left me in ray own house going to his whare. On the morning we went to St James’ Corbett came to me to tell me I must go with him. On the day previous he told me he was a detective, and would take me in charge. He charged me with stealing a sheep, the property of the defendants, McArthur Brothers. When we got to St James’ I saw John. McArthur. The latter came over to the woolshed, and said he was very sorry ; he had nothing to do with it. This was after he and Corbett went away together. While we were at the dip Corbett saw a sheep lying there which I was going to kill. He claimed it as McArthur’s, but I saw my ear mark on it, and told him it was mine. He called on Robinson, my shepherd, to assist him in the Queen’s name to prevent me from killing the sheep. I cut the head off, washed it, salted it, and sewed it up in a cloth. Corbett was with me the whole time, and while in the house getting some thing to drink Corbett snatched it out of my hand and went away. We went to the Waiau, Corbett taking me before a magistrate there. Corbett came to live near my run in August, 1874, and was very friendly at my house, coming up for milk, butter, &c. It was not until we were at the dip that I became aware that Corbet was a detective. The witness then proceeded to give an estimate of the costs he had been put to on account of the prosecution instituted by McArthur Brothers.] The witness was cross-examined at some length by Mr Garrick,

On re-examination by Mr Joynt the wit ness deposed that he had not heard in any part of the district that he had been accused of stealing sheep. 