ALLEGED PURJURY
CHARGE AGAINST CONSTABLE DISMISSED. Dunedin, January 31.' Ai (he Police Court to-day, Mr. H. ,W. Bundle, S.M., dismissed a charge of perjury against Constable George MacCartney, arising from the now notorious Lockett case, in which Lockett obtained in the Suprcde Court damages against MacCartney for wrongful arrest and assault. In holding that, a prima facie case had not been made out, the Magistrate commented that the evidence of two witnesses, Lockett’s stepbrother and his companion on the night Lockett was alleged to have been drunk, was, in bis opinion, impregnated with falsehood and flavoured with malice. These witnesses were fortunate that the position of themselves and the accused was not reserved.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3593, 1 February 1927, Page 3
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113ALLEGED PURJURY Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3593, 1 February 1927, Page 3
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