THE BOWDEN PERJURY CASES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 18, 22 January 1895, Page 5

THE BOWDEN PERJURY CASES.

FURTHER PROCEEDINGS TAKEN:

A CROWN WITNESS PROSECUTED,

At the Police Courb to-day, before Mr R S Bush, S.M., the youth Grainger, who wa« a Crown witness in the Bowden perjury cases: was charged on the information of Thomas Kerwin with having committed oerjury in the hearing of a certain* intormation laid against the informant on the 10th day of January at the sitting of the Magistrates -Court:held at Auckland on the 12th -insc. by swearing to the effect:-!: That on thenighb of the 29th day of' August, 1894, between the hours of 10 arid 11 o'clock pirn, he, the -arid {Tames Grairigeiy -was near Lauds pork butcher's shop, aria saw two cabs coming vp 1" the^ street; Abraham Bowden .ttas driving one and William Dawson was-dr^-ingtheother. Bowden jammed him on to the kerb and struck Dawaon across the head with bis whip. 2. That he, the said James Grainger, was not at the coffee stall thab night when Daweon was assaulted. A. That he the eaid James Grainger war at the coffee stall immediately after the affair happened and thab he walked straight down the street. • '•■■ , Mr Cooper appeared for the.accused and Mr Braasey for the prosecution. Mr Brassey said ho would apply tor a remand for eight days. Mr Cooper eaid he would objecb to any remand. This was a private prosecution and the peculiar circumstances under which the information had been laid rendered a remand objectionable and unnecessary. The accußed had been a witness in the perjury case *>«»&« by the Crown against a nnmb«r of person?, who had been already comnutted on evidence given^by t he,.aec used, and he submitted it would be interference with those cases to prosecute, a Crown witness, who had been bound over Jcirj. evidence upon the taial of such' P«"° n9 > pending the trial in the-Supreme Court. _ P Mr Bush said there was no reason wiy the remand should be for SI dayi. It was ultimately agreed to adjourn the case till Friday. As the accused was already bound over to appear at th« next sitting of the Supremo Court. The bail was enlarged.