DRUCE AFTERMATH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 97, 13 April 1908, Page 3

DRUCE AFTERMATH.

THE I'EKJLU* CASE, •'iliib'' KOJfIXSUX tiKTS lULU Yl;.U;>\ ) J.oiid"n. April 1". i "Mis?" Kobui.-on. wln > came fiv 'in ChrUtchurch. New Zealand, m give e\i dence in the recent Diikv Portland and who ha* >iikv pbad<d guilty to a tiiarge ui perjury in connection wilii tlie tax*, Urn >culcjßcd lu tour \eaiY impi i-onmeui.

••-UUXMiiUIr; CLAIM*." J L DUE ft XiIEXCIiAXT KEiLUliiij. Keceived April 12, 4.12 p.m. London. April 11. _ the trial of Alary Kulun-on for perjury m connection w im a,,. JJtllc( , lias concludedMr. Avory, K.C., declared that the offence with which she was chare d w.ls the worst possible, and committed solely lrom sordid motives. Mr. Marshall llaJI. lur the defence, pleaded that prisoner iiad l>een cruellv and wickedly duped. She was a mere puppet in the bauds of the master niiud guiding the conspiracv. j|er crime was indefensible. lie asked for leniency only in view of the special circumstances ol the case-

Justice Walton said he did not wi-n to make any imputation against am particular individual in relation to tlie prisoner. He was satistied she was tempted to commit perjury. He emphasised the very serious min-hief arisui" from the promotion of comi«nies for adopting and maintaining -hadowv claim, „u projHTty, «„,[ ltll . Ol the public to contribute iin.uev tu such schemes. l( c al-o (oniiiiented on the m-tuutinu ~f C iiinii,a| j.r.|iin >uji|»'»it ol tJic mji 'ii•»(ji• ii•» (!.iii,i ~^i added ihat pri-on.'i. acting d<nil>i | r ., on j pies-ure, yielded to temptation. ||er age was tiie only mitigating circumstance weighing with hi,,,. Otherwise :tie would have imposed the maximum sentence of seven years' imprisonment, ue would .sentence prisoner to four years imprisonment.