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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5197, 3 December 1895, Page 2

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THE DEAN CASE.

Received Deaember 2,10.20 p.m, Svdset, December 2. The trial of five accused for conspiracy in the Dean case began to- % , Dean's counsel pleaded the piirdojß as a bar, but this was over-rule(H and in common with tho others tho plea of not guilty was entered. The question of admitting the depositions in the preliminary case against Dean, in order to show that Meagher failed to ask Smith, the chemist, the vital question aj to tho poison, was raised by counsel for the defence, who contended that the evidence was immaterial. Mr Justice Owen held that Meagher was perfectly right in not asking a dangerous question, Ho decided, however, to admit the depositions, because they must be taken in conjunction with tho facts which came out later on in the case. CRICK'S RELATIONS WITHTHE CASE THE EVIDENCE OF A JOURNALIST. Received December 3,0.45 a.m. Sydney, December 2,

The Judgo said that right up to tho time of Dean's conviction, so far as guilty knowledge was concornedJ it did not matter whether MenghefP knew anything about it or not, thero was no conspiracy. The Crown was conducting Dean's prosecution in the original instance, and surely it was their duty to ask tho question of Smith. Affairs took a sensational tarn when Mr Norton, journalist, wont into the box. He admitted that ho was not friendly with Crick, and detailed at length, conversations with Meagher. He asked tho latter how he came to allow Crick to crawl to the top and extort a sworn confession from him. Meagher said, "1 have been damnably or diabolically trapped." Meagher then told him tlmt he had visited Crick after tho exposures, and asked him how he felt. Crick said, "Dont ask, I'm nearly dead, I have had au awful night. I folt like blowing my brains out." He was lying in bed in the morning groaning and saying," We shall both be sent up." Mcaghor suggested that an informationshould he laid against Sir J, Salomons for endeavouring to bribe n guilty to become a refugee from Crick replied, "It's no use, we're both bagged." Next day, Crickwent into Meagher's office and said, " Its no uso boing at variance, one or both will have to go up," adding, "If you don't help mo to get out of this, I'llgo to Darlinghurst (tho gaol) aud admit the whole truth. I will not bo chained to a nnmleror. But if you got me out, I will deal fairly with you in the partnership accounts. If you don't, you wont get a ponny." Meagher admitted that Crick knew Dean's guilt many weeks before April 29th, Crick is not allowed bail.