ALLEGED PERJURY.
SENSATIONAL ENDING OF A
MINOR CASE.
Further evidence was taken before Mr Barton, S.M, yesterday, in tho charge against John Hall for rescuing a horse from the Ormond Pound. The real point at issue was whether or not the horse had born taken out of the pound, the defendant drc'aring that it bad not, but bad been found wandering on the road some distance away- The fuuher evidence taken did not bear out the defendant’story, and Mr T. A'ston Culeman, who had appeared for the di-finee, stat -d tb«ttho case had developed in a way that w«a surpiise to him, and he a-ked leave to withdiaw from it His Worship, in consenting, observed that Mr Coleman had dore tbe proper thing. DeftndaDt was fined £5 and osis, £6 7s 6d. “I am satieCod that you are guilty in this oase,” said His Worship to the defendant, “ and that you have couunited meßt deliberate perjury. I shall ha' e the cine thoroughly enquiied into, ard I th >ll di-eet a charge of peijuiy to be piefrrted agaiost you From the way you gave your evidence at the beginning I had some suspicion that you were not tiling the truth, and so I adjourned tho case to obtain further evidence. lam now very glad I did so,”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1722, 12 April 1906, Page 2
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217ALLEGED PERJURY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1722, 12 April 1906, Page 2
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