ALLEGED PEPJURY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 938, 15 April 1882, Page 3

ALLEGED PEPJURY.

, At tho Resident Mag' tvatos Cor , Tlmavafi ycs.eid-.y, before E. G. Si a. cker Esq., J.P. Joseph Basely was cl -ged, on the iiforma' ion of Peter MeCvlr ’I with v - ful and corrupt perfaiy on the occafitun of the Magisterial exp. v’ ation ‘ ito the c’ ’ge cf larceny of wool, hell on 31st March. Mv Hams; jley for the prosecution, state 1 that the cv e arose out of the cb- gc of wool stealing roe; atly he ; J. Tne aver ed‘ was charged i.'th stating tint tho defendants in that one Ir. 1 sent away some of tbe Ur ion Company’s wool, bearing their ov i hr. id, whe.oi ■ w I \e:33S from Ouristchureh and ehewbere h. 1 sworn there was no brand on the wool co sent away, A miner a sensation against Basely was that be bad fakely sworn that cer.ain wool was the property of the Irrura nee Company. Besides some tec] 'cal evidence, John McCaskill swore tl .t the six br es sent away on tbe 21st February last were not branded as sworn to by the prisoner. Archibald Mae' flyre said he was in the employ of the firm a; a wool sorter cn February 21. He knew wbat wool wrs pa.-led and ready to go in the sh:l then. There were 14 such bales. Sin ba’es were sent away on February 21 belong’ng to McCiskill and Rooney. It was the 18th of January when witness joi.ui the works. They had a lot of wool • then, 20 pressed bales. They were mak’ng re; y for the City of Casi mere’s wool. There were about 40 be es of unscoured wool ly'ng about ready to be scoured. Witness remembered the Cli y of Cashmere’s wool confiag to the place ; there, was some at the wo;ks when he arrived there. There were skins besides wool on the premi es. The six bales that went away on the 21st belonged to the firm, as well as the six that went on the 22nd. The Un'on wool had gone a day or two before. Only a little was left in the sued.

To Mr White —The 20 bales in tbe shed and the 40 waiting to be scoured were damaged by fire and water, I saw the six bales on the 22nd February. They were not branded, they had a raddle mark. Some of the firm’s wool would have fetched first-rate prices. I never saw any other wool sent away v. nbranded. Re-examined —Witness knew there were 12 bales of MeCask'T and Rooney’s there on the 21st, They sent away aU they had except or.e. Mr Hamersley applied for a remand to Wednesday, in order to produce certain witnesses, The case was there remanded till Wednesday.