A VIGOROUS WOMAN.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9438, 7 May 1909, Page 7

A VIGOROUS WOMAN.

In the course of the lively scene at . Auckland, referred to in yesterday s telegrams Mrs Nicholson, who had alleged that some accounts had been Said, and‘that people were trying to efraud her by demandingrpayment ■ again, because she had lost the receipts, was reminded by Mr Mays that four charges of per]ury were held against her. , Mrs Nicholson, then in great excitement, rose and exclaimed : ‘ You want me to go back on my oath, ana Fin not going to stand it. You can • go on with your perjury charges and anything else you like* yon —— lot of scoundrels, yon!” Mr Mays; Take it calmly, madam. We only jvant to give yon every -chance. ’ These pacific assurances, however,, only added fuel to the flames of tha i bankrupt’s wrath, and stamping her foot, she screamed: “He wants to suggest to me, to withsdraw my oath to protect these eoonndre'e (the creditors! Yon lot of robbers, you scoundrelly villains, you ! You know the receipts for your rascally accounts have been burned, and now want to come onus, and 1 won t -stand it, from yon Tor anyone else. 1 won’t stand it, do you hear, _you -robbers I :How dare you suggest to me to withdraw my oath! 1 know Who I paid. I paid yon all, and you knew the receipts were paid; «tbat I had to post the money on the steamer because I was being robbed by the Auckland Post Ofcoe. I vebeen surrounded by robbers!/ You •can put me,in gaol. I don t care— The woman breath, bhe was plainly becoming hysterical, when a clerk in the assignee’s office tried to induce lier to resume her seat. « i 4< l won’t budge for any of you, she fiercely told the creditors. “I see it all. You want me to withdraw my . oath so as to save your faces when yon know I paid all your accounts, every one of them, and now yon re trying to rob me again !’’ . Mr Gerald (Deputy Official Assignee) : Sit down, Mrs Nicholson. Mrs Nicholson: “I won’t ait down ; yon. Can send me to gaol for a lifer if you like, you and these scoundrels. I have Irish bloody in my ’veins'and'l won’t stand it.” Mr Mays: Do yon still say you -paid these accounts? Mrs Nicholson: Yes, I paid them, and if I died this minute I paid them. If I have to go to gaol I don’t care, I did pay .them. and these people want to rob me. I’ll g°_ t° gaol for my life before I will withdraw my oath. ■ The Deputy Assignee (to the creditors): Is there any resolution in respect to this case? There is no doubt it should be sifted to the bottom. There are charges made here agaius^ ' you, and the bankrupt has told you in very strong language what she thinks of yon, and it would be only allowing reflections upon yourselves if you don’t see the matter settled. Mr Mays : We brought her here to give her every chance to retract those statements in a'calther moment, but,sbe doesn’t do so. . Mr Ferguson (Burns & Do.) moved that in view of the very unsatisfactory character of the bankrupt’s evidence the Official Assignee be insrtuoted to take criminal proceedings against; her for alleged perjury. Mr, Kendon (Abbott* Oo.) seconded the motion, which 'was carried unanimously. ,