SUPREME COURT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1402, 11 December 1884, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

Invercargill. The Supreme Court was occupied all yesterday with the hearing of a chatge of perjury against John Meikle. .Fresh evidence for the Crown was adduced, which strengthened the case against the accused. The defence took the line that the assault on McAuiay was not committed by the accused, out by Garrie, who will be tried for perjury to-day. Garrie deposed that he pushed McAuiay through a barbed wire fence, and he fell with his face on a heap of stones. Counsel for the defence ex plained that this evidence had not come out at the R.M. Court simply because Garrie was not asked if he assaulted Me Aulay, and it was not likely that he would volunteer the evidence to criminate himself. The jury failed to agree, and were locked up for the night.

Timaru. (by XELEGHAPU ) iiMAitu, To day. At the Supreme Court the charges of coining against T. 0 and G. W. Bedman, father and son, of Waimate, were heard. They were charged (1) with making three false coins, (2) coloring two sixpences to resemble half-sovereigns, and (3) uttering the false and counterfeit coin. The Judge forbade the prisoners to be tried on the first indictment, holding that it comprehended three felonies. The trial then proceeded on the others. It appeared that the younger prisoner had passed to thiee Wainjate tradesmen counterfeit half sovereigns. Subsequently on the police searching the residence of the prisoners they found pieces of lead stamped to resemble shillings, lead ladels, ammonia, gold leaf, plaster of Paris, coaguline, Judson’a gold paint, cup, and a brush used for the paint. The trial is proceeding. I