THE ROBBERT XT TB AWAMUTCJ. Aparo, a Maori, was arraigned for having on the 24th Mui'ch feloniously stolen ft nil earned away from the hoUMO nf Mr. JO. J Yon DadeUdeu at To A vva inntu, one printing prea, value £100, the pro-jerky of Hue Majesty the Qneon. Prisoner pleaded nut guilty. Mr. Merrimau appeared to proieeute: prisoner was undefended. Mr. Tiicy Olnrko was sworn ai interpreter. Mr. Merriman hnviug opened the cuss to the jury, called the following witnesses : Edwiird Julni Yon Dii'lulmle-ii examined l>y Mr. Meniman said: On tlie 24th Match 1 resided atTe Awamutu. I did not at that time know the piisnnor. On the ihvy stated I was engaged punting the Maoii newspaper, To Pilunhui. Between two unit three o'clock in tho afternoon a party of natives nearly eighty came up. I •tupped piiutin<r and camo outride und locked the door of the hou<e where the pi ess was. I lived in the house that the printing press wuh in. I left the premises and went and stood at a slioit distance of! for u little while and then went away. I hrat stood outside the door, the natives coming in front of it. I then went twenty or thirty yard* wny. The natives xseie in fioiit (if the homo at this time. 1 did not nee the piisouer amongst the natives. I remained peihaps 20 minutes oi half an hour at u diHtauce of 30 vaids fioiu the Imu-e, I then went a«ay to the main luiilding, peihups 10') yards off. I letu'riied to my Ikmi~o in the evt*nin«r after 5 o'clock. The iiativn weie there then. I doiifc remember seeing the piisoner amongst them. He might have been without me seeing him. On mv return to my house I found the inner loom in which [slept untouched ; lmt the innm in winch thtspits-t stood was quite empty ; the picst) had been taken. The press was worth about £±Q. I siw the piisoner at the house naxt day. I saw John Spencer the blacksmith on Die Hist ilav. Some few week* uftel wards 1 went to a native village six miles off, mid Raw the press and tlie other tilings wliich had been td<t>u fiom the house tlieie. Tlie natives uf th.it vilhwe handed me over the press* ami materials. Apuro was not present. 