MEIKLE AND THE POLICE COMMISSION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 4

MEIKLE AND THE POLICE COMMISSION.

■ ':■',. -\ ■•"..; 'A, DENIAL. •' ")'.'•;..: ' Sir,—ln your today's issuo I am more';thnn surprised'at tho remarks of Mr. ; Bishop, S.M. Ho, stated that the allegation against'tne constable' nlcnliOncd by Mcikio Is urie. of, perjury; Sir,, such is not'the case I have not filed a |casp of'perjury, against tho constable". What I wanted llr.i.Bishop tojnquirc into .was: First, 'was'it right'to allow-a constable to-employ ; a private'detective for a'loan company nnd' re- ' commend a bonus of ,£SO to get a conviction, nnd : recommend'n man/liko Lambert,'who had. ■a .bad' record,.seeing"'tbiit 'lliV J i)fenieU-v : iiii tho • lower- court .'that/ Lambert? was' ttf 'get ':£oo,-' and that he never, spoke to. Cameron 1 and;, 'Troup about it at' Jdaldura.."'l; pointed out that Cou- ' stable Xeeco denied- before'thc Police Commission in 1838.that-he was in lcngi\e*w,ith-.Lam-bert. -The .-commissioner,.ruled' that J-could notbe lieard. I was given: to.nndbi'stand -that,tho commission was sot up to .inquire .into, tho conduct: of any member of the.-polico, force. -'Tiim) :has""been'spent to inquire into a constables conduct for dropping a crab into .a.lady's basket before ho was a • momber. of tlur police' force. :i. have,laid;serious .charges, to tlio JusticoP/e- ---' partmont 'about a- constable, and tho ■ matte? ! is vory important for the protection of society. '.To; show tho weakness of the,.latter part .of. ;the'commissioner's statement referred to, , he; states, if. tho constable concerned was.'found guilty ...of- perjury.' by., a competent-Court: of jurisdiction, and.was retained in tho service- of ■the police, then-it .would be tho'duty, of.any Pplico Commission to deal with the matter; 'Sir,- this 'is : entirely-wrong. If, ho vtm'. conjvictod . of-perjury .he would be iii, gaol.' Sir,, ibv inserting the above yon Will oblige.—l am,\ ■etc., "■"'■' .- ! ■'■' "'.•''..:'"'. " ■ •■■'■ ■'-..'. ;'.,.. .... ~..'.',-.: .'■.-',■ .J. J. JIEIKXE.-.;. ■/Wellington, September 20, W..."■'.-