The Perjury Cases.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3293, 27 August 1889, Page 2

The Perjury Cases.

Tho examination of tlio witness Louis Ohemis was continued yestorday. Witness went homo to dinner on llic Saturday, Ist Juno. Took ft sovereign and a few shillings from the tin. There was also a fuse, a little ointment box, revolver and ammunition, the latter being in a Hot tin. The tin was liore produced andtlm witness identified it.' There were also two boxes of caps in the drawers. Ono of tlio boxes was produced.- The other box was larger. Tliero was also a No IS wad cutter in tho drawer. Had obtained tho cutter from William Dybell, a blacksmith at Kaiwarra, who had purchased it for witness. Had received the cutter from Dybell on tbo Monday morning before Good Friday. Identified the cutter produced. The cutter waß in ■ the drawer when Benjamin and Campbell looked into it. After getting the cuttor from Dybell bo had cut wads with it, using a piece of tlio bandbox produced. Had not seen the box, or any of the other articles since his arrest. The box was kept in the sitting room on tho top of a little shelf. Ilis wife had seen him cut the wads, There were some of the wads in tlio drawers searched by tho police. Tlio drawer was' produced, and the witness described the position of the article. Tho wads wore in the left hand corner of the drawer, and the cutter was alongside the stillcto. He believed tho wads wore lying loose in tlio dmwor. l'kd used the gun on the Wednesday and Thursday mornings, _ Had shot two quail on each morning, Witness stood a few yards iroui tho house when lie fired, and the quail wcro about 40 yards away. There were two tins lilto the biscuit tin produced, and one of these tins was on tlio shelf on tho right side of the fireplace, and the four quail were in that tin, Benjamin took down tho tin containing the quail, and looked in. Benjamin said nothing, and lie put tlio tin back.on tho shelf, Had obtained the bullets found in the drawer from a man named Gibson.

Was present when the gun was taken oir Sunday morning. Just after cutting a tub of mangolds Benjamin came up for the gun and witness said he wished ho had taken it away on the previous right. Benjamin replied that " last night and this morning " were tho same; but witness said " No. Last night no one would have seon you, and this morning there are a lot of people about." Benjamin asked him il he was anywhere on the Friday night, and witness said "No." When ho (witness) came home every night ho had about an hour and a half's work before him, He had to cut up some mangolds, and look after tho cows and horse. Benjamin said " Never mind, come up and givo us that gun" and witness said " all right," Witness brought out the gun, and Benjamin said " Is this loaded?" and witness replied " No; don't you know that.l have got no more shot to load it." Benjamin was not satisfied and lie put the ramrod down the gun, lie then asked witness when ho had fired the gun last, and witness said •' Three days ago," mid lie showed Benjamin tho spot where lie had fired it from at the quail he (Benjamin) had seen the previous night. When witness returned the revolver to the drawer tho box of dynamite caps, wad-cutter, box of caps, fuse, wads, and other articles were there, Was cutting mangolds on tho Friday night after ho returned home. Left work on the Friday about half-past 4. Was' wearing the same clothes that night > that he wore on the following day and tho day he was arrested, Helped Lee to put some sacks in his cart, and lie reached his gate at about ten minutes or a quarter to 5,' Then went up to his home. Saw his wife in the cowshed. Had to pass the shed to get to the house. When ho got to the shed he leg-roped the calf so that his wife could milk the cow, and then he pulled down a handful of hay from the loft for each of the cows, MrJellicoe: did you go away from the premises that night ?

Witness ; No. Mr Jellicoo : Did you uso your gun tlwt night ? Witness: No, sir. Mr Jellicoo: Your stiletto ? Witness; No,sir, Mr Jellicoe: Or your shot pouch : WitNo, By Mr Boll; Was in Kaiwnrra on the" Saturday morning. Went out and delivered tlio milk as usual that morning, Did not think that lio had collected imy money that morning. He was told by a man jiamod Jack Mack that liawkmgs gm killed on the previous mglit. tVitness, asked how he was killed, but Mack did not say, Did not understand that Hawkings was murdered. A man named (Jharlic Collins also told him that morning that Hawkings was hurt, and that Dr Cnhill bad gone out in a hurry, The boy McG'allam also told him that Hawkings was killed. After leaving Mct'nllmn he went home and had his breakfast. Could not say if ho went into the bedroom, Went to work as .usualaboutß o'clock. After some cross-oxaminution, the Court adjourned till to-day. The cross-examination of Ohomiswas resumed this morning. The righthand drawer contained no newspapers, only bills, Italian letters and documents. He replaced a number of articles in the drawer after tlio police had made their search. When tho Inspector took the stilleto from its sheath he remarkod, "Tlio thing is very nuty, wo will see it better by daylight,"

f -examined said his statement lo Sovernor was written in the [ n language. Was not aware who translated it. Had not had a private interview with Mr Jellicoe before that statement was made at the instance of the Gaoler, He only put Gown the more important particulars, it was not a full statement. He knew nothing of tho present case nor what they were' investigating. After he was informed that Hawkings had met with foul punishment he fully expected that tho houses in the | neighborhood of the scene of the % murder would bo searched by the police. Ho did not understand the evidence given at tho trial by Tusker, respecting the piecing of the paper, thereforo m his statement to the Governor ho had not mentioned anything about fragments of newspapers. There were not newspapers in tho hankerchicf when handed by Bonjamin and Campbell to Thompson, in fact Thompson said," There is nothing wo want from them, theso aro only letters, bills and documents." I

Messrs Lowes and lorns announco tlio nalo of pari town acre 78 ami mill plant for Saturday next. A French paper states that at Cherbourg a short time ago two sailors wero from 9in the iiiumin" till 2 m the Dvoning under water at tlio deptli of ton meters in a submarino torpedo-boat without experiencing the least inconvunienco. They wero constantly in commuuicatioh by telophuno with a commission. A writor asserts that each man who attains the age throe-score and ten contupics, during the course of his life, waggon loads of food, solid and liquid. At four tons to the wagon, this would correspond to an avura'.'O of about lOOozoffoodperday during adult life, and about SOoz during infancy and youth.