Perjury
Ik a short article under this heading, published in the Stab on the 16th inst., we said, " It is within the memory of many residents in Feilding that our courteous and urbane R.M., Mr Wakd, actually congratulated two witnesses on the boldness of their testimony." In order to prevent any misunderstanding we may state at once that this was irony pure and simple. It is impossible that any one who knows Mr Waed would imagine or believe that he would under any circumstances treat the serious offence of perjury in a frivolous and jocular manner. He recognizes too well the gravity of such an offence. The case alluded to was one where the mental reservations and equivocations of the witnesses were very interesting, but where no direct charge of perjury ceuld have been sustained.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 42, 20 September 1884, Page 2
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135Perjury Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 42, 20 September 1884, Page 2
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