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Otago Daily Times, Issue 317, 25 December 1862, Page 6

Opbh^tiox of thblLand Acr—The fiivsVof tli3 Government prosecutions-fof tie evasion of tha Lnad Act, was heard yester Jay, at the Police Court; Ifcia a charge of conspiracy. "Mr II. P. Taylor,, a.sjlicifcor, and Matthew Curtis, achrk ia the employ;nsnfc o Messrs B. B. Nicholsba an! C6;V Mr Adamson pr> secuted. FrJm the evidence it appeared th t the defenf)ants)i^,tj- offers of money induce J two Persons, J.irae3 B,;ie, a clerk, and Andrew L. El^ar, a storemari, .to sign several applic»t!O:i« f.»r 1 md ori th" runpf air John l^offatf;, a squat ter nenr 'amper |.»w • and on wiraa of the appluuti ins proving sue -e*if i * transfers were.mode co-ivfyiog the prope ties t«i i,oiua otuer person. In one cas^ upward* ol GOO acre» had teea so dealt wiib, and in another 150 acres. R\a and Elgar pr^ndeJ tint they w?iw i^noiaut tliafe iliey hal made tljem^lycs Jbible to svore punishiudit for what they had done. a»id ns«erte>l tiiat they h*l a;iei entiieiy by the advice / .urt^', Su^'ieut Avidence was ad ucei to C /v Mei^/s* at aTH *i*n»*nlt »nl Co ,as ageujjior Alrfti naf, |ift_i been open.ting'avelv ine*idetv utiag t gvt4i,i,d Ur KliJtgt'tid*>rii>iini<tei tbit hdiia'l Hufui>er of -qu^tit.le mortga.e^iu \iU oriice, bttuiJar to those which iUe ami B iy'-r iia J given, »nd,t>»At what hai bet-n done Iv th^t resp -tt wsw by eounnsl'a auyjce. „ Mr Utiw-on argnctl for the <2ef«n<v th it the .papeis conveying the propaty had In t been w'gied pnor'to ihe of the ian«l,- tU«Mi? was consequently, no false declaration on tJie^p^xt of llae and Jttgw, and h*nce no 'ease* of< conspirncy' a^tiiui his clients. •, The bench committed ihitti tp tth\, laking bail iatwosur:ti&sof ,400 ea"h}-*na^*l»ea^elves in L2OO. The ohief witneßsea Rie and Iv^wr, were olaci bound over in Lx;Q«»ch totippcar toyry^u^