R.M. COURT, WAIROA.
A AVITNESS COMMITS PERJURY.
At the R.M. Court to-day, before Captain Precce, R.M., Mr Elliott, a sheepfarmer, sued a native for £7, tho value of a sheep killed by defendant's dog. The case Avas proved and judgment Avas given far the amount Avith costs, in all £9. During the hearing of the case one of the native witnesses for the defence committed a barefaced perjury, but the clerk's rendering of the translation Avas so defective that the R.M. said, Avhen Avitucsses are called to give CA'idenec in Court, they arc to tell the truth, and if they swear falsely they can bo punished by imprisonment for so doing, lie Avas quite sure in this case that the Avitucss had sAvorn falsely, but the interpreter bad not translated the question very clearly, and for that reason only the law would not be enforced. If it had not been for the. defective translation of the interpreter he Avould have ordered the police to take the Avitness into custody, and ho (Avitness) Avould have been severely punished. There Avas not the least doubt in bis mind that the Avitness had been guilty of gross perjury.—(By telegraph, own correspondent.)'
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3652, 29 March 1883, Page 3
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198R.M. COURT, WAIROA. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3652, 29 March 1883, Page 3
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