THE KNYVETT CASE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 856, 30 June 1910, Page 6

THE KNYVETT CASE.

CAPTAIN BOSWORTH'S STATEMENT. "SOME MISUNDERSTANDING." Messrs. Black and Armstrong, of the Knyvett Defence Committee, left for Christchurcii last evening. Prior to their departure, they wiled at Tub Dominion office with reference to Mr. Black's statement . that Captain Boswort h—a member of the Court of Inquiry—had said that "Captain Knyvetl. was a doomed mau hefore the inquiry commenced/' Mr. Armstrong (secretary of the committee) said: "While not responsible for Mr. Black's statement, the committee does not doubt that he had good reason to feel quite satisfied that what he stated was perfectly true." The statement, he continued, had come as a complete surprise to him. Knowing Captain Bosworth, lie (the anrsiker) accepted his denial as quite suffrient. It was highly improbable that an officer, of his standing would have made such a statement as had been attributed to him, even supposing that he privately held that opinion. Some misunderstanding had evidently arisen. Referring to the meetings to be held in the south, Mr. Armstrong stated that reports from Mr. J. S. Dickson (chairman of the committee), who was at present in the south, went to ntiow that good meetings were to be expected in Christchurcii and Dunedin. The committee hoped to have a very full and respectable meeting in Wellington. lu connection with the meeting which was held at Palmerston on Tuesday evening, Mr. Wilson, who was reported to have opposed the motion for the advocacy of a new trial for Captain Knvvett, desires us to state that his attitude was exactly the roversi'. He supported the motion.