AN EXCITABLE WITNESS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1218, 29 August 1911, Page 4

AN EXCITABLE WITNESS.

INCIDENT AT AN INQUEST. During the hearing of the evidence ye» torday at the inquest concerning tho death- of tho man Long, one of the witn.fs?s. Mrs. Cochrane, became rather excited. When her husband's evidence was being read over, he remarked I hat he was not sure whether he had said anvthinff about "a. knock-out" to the detectives, but, if ho had signed the statement, it would bo correct. "Seo the statement, Willie! Don't say anything without seeing it!" said tho wifo from tho body of the Court. She was told by tho Coroner "not to interfere." "My husband is not to bo made to tell lies,' sho said, and then subsided, until sho was called on to give evidence. When the oath was being administered, sho was told to say: "I do." "As far as I remember," was her re-* Pl.v. On being told that sho was only lw quired to tell the truth, sho replied:— "My memory fails." "Why do you lako up this attitude?" asked the Coroner. "Because I have- been so annoyed," sheanswered. "My husband may lose, his billet through being away from "his work." Finally, after taking the oath, the witness said: "I have as much fear of ray God as anyone in this place." She then went on with her evidence.