The government , claiming Statement that one of Volkner 's killers was being given Giving sanctuary Preserving by Māori in the remote Urewera region , confiscated Removing northern parts of the Urewera land in January 1866 in a bid to break down Destroying Māori resistance and confiscated Removing additional land in Hawke 's Bay a year later after a rout of a Māori party Participation it deemed Coming_to_believe to pose a threat Warning to the settlement of Napier .

The jury returned Giving a verdict of 'not guilty ' and the Lord Chief Justice said Communication in his summing up that `` ... he could not but think Coming_to_believe that the railway company was seriously to blame Judgment_communication for having had in use Using a brake which not only was not the best in existence Presence , but which was known Know to be insufficient and liable to break down Destroying '' .