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As Constable Christie was entitled to twenty-four hours' notice, the further consideration of t ?*T? to - mo !; ro T- Mr ' kacdonald Baid, with regard to the charge as to the child Mr. Christie s child, a month old, died. Mr. and Mrs. Christie desired that it should be £ c S n f' K?T ° ther Of , theil : children were buried ' «?« in a coffin, and Mr. and Mr T 8 V;, WapPed S b *°T pa T Pei ' t0 Dunedin ' in a firBt : claBS railway-carriage, wa's the faCtS ' * WaS aWh ° f the & Suggestions :—Ward George Wohlman, police-constable, Dunedin, attended as a delegate from byXTeporte°r ' Dlmedin ' and ' hemS ™°™> S™ evidence, which was taken down At 6 p.m. the Commission adjourned until to-morrow, at 10 o'clock a.m.

Wednesday, 6th April, 1898. The Commission sat at 10 o'clock a.m. Present: Messrs. Wardell and Poynton. The minutes of the. previous meeting read and confirmed Colonel Hume, Mr. Tunbridge, and Mr. T. E. Taylor, M.H.E., were in attendance General efficiency of the Force :-David Pinkerton, M.L.C., attended, was sworn, and gave evidence, which was taken down by the reporter. 8 M^r V] ? hi \ °T J t J ,r M n kle : T- Aletter > daterl the 2nd A PWI. 1898, was received from Mrs. Jane Meikle, wife of J J. Meikle referring to the evidence given at Invercargill by Constable James Danvers Leece. Constable Leece attended, and, being reminded he was still on his former 2 gave further evidence, which was taken clown by the reporter. ' _ Complaint —James Danvers Leece, constable, South Dunedin, attended, was sworn and gave evidence, which was taken down by the reporter. ' gave Political interference —Alexander Samuel Adams, barrister and solicitor, Dunedin attended was sworn, and gave evidence, which was taken down by the reporter. attended, General efficiency of the Force ---Christopher Conn, sergeant of police, Dunedin attended was sworn, and gave evidence, which was taken down by the reporter. James Bennett Dales constable and assistant-clerk, Police-office, Dunedin, attended, was sworn, and gave evidence S to taken down by the reporter. Thomas Griffiths, constable, Balclutha, attended,TS sworn and gave evidence, which was taken down by the reporter. ' ana Suggestions —Ward George Wohlman, constable, Dunedin, attended, and, beina reminded was still on his lonner oa n, gave further evidence, which was taken down by the reporte Ernes* Bingham constat, c. South Dunedin, attended, was sworn, and gave evidence, which was taken down by the reporter. ' " Wclb ta*en Charge against Constable Christie :-The following witnesses attended, and, each bein* sworn gave evidence, which was taken down by the reporter-viz., Robert Angus, labourer IsSclutha cttb ge A / mS p' t /- P " d ? l6r i' Baldu * ha / Geol 'ge Campbell, farmer, Cannibal Bay, neT& clutha; Adam Patterson, storekeeper, Catlin's River; Thomas Griffith, constable, Balclutha- and John Gibson Smith, medical practitioner, Balclutha. ' Sale of liquor within the Clutha District —William Stone Pardy, Inspector of Police Dunedin attended, was sworn, and gave evidence, which was taken down by the reporter At 6.15 p.m. the Commission adjourned until 10 a.m. to-morrow.

Thubsday, 7th April, 1898. The Commission sat at 10 o'clock a.m. Present: Messrs. Wardell and Poynton. The minutes of the previous meeting read and confirmed Colonel Hume, Mr. Tunbridge, and Mr. T. E. Taylor, M.H.8., were in attendance. Charges against Constable Christie : -The following witnesses attended, and, each bein- sworn gave evidence which was taken down by the reporter-viz., James Hogg, watchmaker, BaTclutha ' Eev. Father James 0 Neill, Catholic priest, Milton ; and Andrew Christie, constable, Mosgiel _ Constable Walker's complaint:—At the request of Constable Walker, of Eiverton, the Commission examined his defaulters'sheet, and the same was noted in evidence Sergeant Macdonell of Invercargill, wrote forwarding extract from'official reports relating to a charge against Constable Griffiths, and the same was ordered to be noted on the evidence ° Sergeant Dwyer, of Clyde, wrote forwarding a letter from the Stroendiarv Magistrate "Queenstown in reference to his conducting cases in Court, and the same was ordered to be noted oTtTe minutes. Constable Drury of Waitati, attended in compliance with a summons, but, as Mr Taylor had left for Christchurch by the express train, the constable was excused from further attendance rt. £ hai l kS : 7 Ee , s , olved ' T , h f the Chairman send a letter to his Worship the Mayor of Dunedin thanking him for the use of the rooms in which the sittings had been held ' This concluded the whole of the Dunedin business, and the Commission adjourned until Wednesday next, at 10 o'clock a.m., at Oamaru. . J