THE MEIKLE COMMISSION.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8712, 11 January 1907, Page 2

THE MEIKLE COMMISSION.

Press Association;! 'M , ■Wellington, January 10i' Counsel for the appellant Continued his address before the Meikle Commission to-day, Mr Justice,Cooper asked counsel for the Crown 1 what reply the Crown made to the question that, if Meikle was cunning enough to comb the brands from the sheep, which Lambert saw taken away, why did Meikle keep the brands on the two sheepskins that were found in the smithy ? Mr MacDonald said that this was exactly one of those matters criminals so frequently overlooked, and which led to the detection of their crimes. If sheep stealers and other criminals always did the sensible thing in the way of concealing guilt they would never be found out. January 11. Counsel for claimant concluded his address before the Meikle Commission to-day. Justice Edwards intimated that the Commission’s report would go to the Governor sooner or later. Remarks by a Dead Man. Goee, January 11. With reference to the statement (as telegraphed by the Press Association) before the Meikle Commission on the 3rd instant by J. J. Meikle “ that when he came out of gaol in 1892 he was told by his son Arthur, now dead, that ho (the son) had said in conversation with McAuley that the Company made a good job in getting (he old man away.” It is pointed out hy Wyndham papers that Arthur H. Meikle died on the sth June 1890 and was buried in Wyndham cemeterj three days later. The official death and burial certificates confirm this.