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"This is the statement marked A, referred to in the attached declaration of John James Meikle, made before me this 19th day of November, 1895. "J. W. Potnton, Justice of the Peace. "A. Name, Occupation, and Address of Witness. Amount of Expenses. £ s. d. R. T. Coomer, farmer > Gore ... ... ... .. ...219 Edward Ryder, labourer, Gore ... ... ... ... ... 5 15 11 J Greenshields, farmer, Wyndham ... ... ... ... 6178 Angus Cameron, farmer, Edendale ... ... ..., ... 7 16 10 J. Telfer, farmer, Glenham ... ... ... ... ... 364 W. Harvey, labourer, Waikaka... ... ... ... ... 8 19 11 Alex. Cameron, farmer, Mataura ... ... ... ... 300 T. Adams, shepherd, Glenham ... ... ... ... ... 1114 A. Grieve, stationmaster, Pine Bush ... ... ... ... 6 18 7 William Waddell, farmer, Waikaka ... ... ... ... 1 12 5" J. Waddell, farmer, Tuturau ... ... ... ... ... 5 16 7 James Crosbie, farmer, Wyndham ... ... ... ... 161 A. Perkins, farmer, Sydney ... ... ... ... 115 0 W. McGeorge, labourer, Winton ... ... ... ... 833 R. Barclay, castrator, Wen don ... ... ... 7 18 9 C. E. Rawson, Stipendiary Magistrate, Invercargill ... ... 0 17 1 J. W. Ede, boardinghouse-keeper, Invercargill ... ... ... 110 0 " This is the statement marked B, referred to in the attached declaration of John James Meikle, made before me this 19th day of November, 1895. "J. W. Potnton, Justice of the Peace. "B. Name, Occupation, and Address of Witness. Amount of No. of v Expenses. Authority. £ s. d. John Ward, journalist, Invercargill ... ... ... 217 1 1 J. W. Kelly, M.H.R., Invercargill ... ... ... 217 1 2 A. C. Henderson, solicitor, Invercargill ... ... 2 7 1 3 H. Carrick, journalist, Invercargill , ... ... ... 217 1 4 Ebenezer Forsyth, commission agent, Gore ... ... 713 4 5 Robert Duncan, labourer, Wyndham... ... ... 218 10 6 John Templeton, butcher, Wyndham ... ... 5 2 8 7 W. J. Winter, saddler, Wyndham ... ... ... 215 10 8 H. Sherwill, billiard-marker, Wyndham ... ... 4 4 8 9 James Young, farmer, Menzie's Ferry ... ... 210 7 10 Alexander Macdonald, farmer, Wyndham .... ... 617 8 11 Joseph Johnson, carter, Mataura ... ... ... 212 6 12 Francis Fraser, contractor, Gore ... .. ... 413 5 13 Jane Shields, Wyndham ... ... ... ... 4 711 14 James Muir, farmer, Auckland ... ... ... 10 4 10 15 Eliza How, midwife, Gore ... ... ... ... 7 5 11 16 Jane Meikle, married woman, Wyndham ... ... 10 17 10 17 James Meikle, farmer, Tuturau ... ... ... 10 17 10 18 Robert Urquhart, farmer, Tuturau ... ... ... 5 6 5 19 James Connor, labourer, VVaikoikoi ... ... ... 10 14 11 20 James Forsyth, farmer, Edendale ... ... ... 12 5 21 Thomas Westacott, farmer, Wyndham ... ... 10 7 10 22 Samuel Richardson, stablekeeper, Wyndham ... ... 12 4 23 A. A. Mac Gibbon, auctioneer, Invercargill ... ... 214 5 24 " I hereby acknowledge having received from J. W. Poynton, Stipendiary Magistrate, Invercargill, the sum of two hundred and eleven pounds fifteen shillings and tenpence (being the amounts above set forth together with my own expenses as a witness in the case Meikle v. Lambert amounting to £10 17s. 10d.) in full satisfaction of all claims by me or any person claiming by, under, or through me against the Government of the Colon}' of New Zealand for expenses of witnesses in connection with the cases against William" Lambert for perjury in the Magistrate's and Supreme Courts. " John Jambs Meikle. ' : As witness my hand, this nineteenth day of November, 1895. " Witness to the signature of John James Meikle —H. Di\on, Clerk, S.M. Court, Invercargill." With regard to the legal costs, Mr. J. Neave, solicitor, Gore, whose account was included in the payment of £83 os. 3d., petitioned the House in 1900, praying for payment of law-costs incurred by and still owing to him on account of the prosecution of Lambert. He also again petitions the House during this present session, saying "That the costs incurred by J. J. Meikle to the said Neave amounted to over £600, of which sum he has not received anything, or any remuneration whatever in connection with the Meikle case, and prays for the recommendation of past Committees to be carried out." On the 17th December, 1897, a sum of £500 was paid to Mr. Meikle in full satisfaction of all claims made by him in connection with his prosecution and conviction and all losses sustained thereby, for which he gave the following receipt: —