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white man, said Smith wished to return. He was told, if he returned, 

 the jacket must be returned likewise. He (Smith) went back and 

 lived with the girl some time, till one night she again cried and called 

 to Tagi. Smith never beat the girl, but she was not come to the years 

 of puberty. He gave a long statement of the grievances of the girl, 

 not being able to live with Smith from the cause above-mentioned. 

 Smith departed with three axes and six properties. Next morning 

 Palasi went and demanded the articles. 



Tagi questioned, said : that they were in anger at his house at the 

 loss of a piece of siapo, which belonged to the girl, which was missing; 

 then he took up an axe and went in search of Smith : his wife fol- 

 lowed him with a child. 



Questioned. When you took up the axe, did you intend to kill 

 him? 



Answer. " I did." 



When he came along the road he told the woman not to follow him, 

 but to go another road ; but she persisted to follow him till they met 

 Smith : she then turned away. Tagi twice asked Smith for the siapo, 

 and Smith twice denied ever having it. He then took hold of Smith's 

 hand, who wrenched it away. He immediately struck him with the 

 axe, and killed him. 



Why did you kill him ? 



Because I was afraid he would steal all our property. It was my 

 determination to kill him outright. The woman fetched Tui and 

 told him to follow Tagi, for he intended to kill the white man. He 

 ran, and found Tagi attempting to strip the body, in which he 

 assisted. They dragged the body to the stump of a cocoa-nut tree, 

 where they left it. The woman, in the meanwhile, went to Palasi, 

 and told him to follow Tagi. He met Tagi and the boy Tui. Tagi 

 said, I have killed the white man. Have you buried the man of God? 

 No. Then let us go and bury him. They then went and buried him 

 in the taro plantation. 



Palasi, being requested to sit apart from his relatives, who attended 

 him while he was examined, stubbornly refused, and consequently 

 the examination was put a stop to, as he, being informed by them of 

 all the statements made by the confession of his brother, was directly 

 on his guard not to implicate any one by his answers. 



From circumstantial evidence, and the result of examination, it 

 appears that Palasi, being acknowledged the head of the family, made 

 the agreement with the deceased, came and demanded him the morn- 



