SUPREME COURT.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.—THIS DAY.
(Before His.Honor Mr Justice Conolly and Jury of Twelve.)
CHARGE OF PERJURY.
George Albert Hansard, , a hotelkeeper at Kawakawa, Bay of Islands, was charged with that he'did on April 9 wilfully commit perjury, at an inquest held on the body of David John Kirkpatrick, at Kawakawa, by.swearing before Mr E. C. Blomfield, "Coroner, that he did not go on the Bth April to Kirkpatrick's office, or come from the office, or from the direction of the office, that day, with a sack on his back.
The Hon. J. A. Tble conducted the prosecution, and Messrs Theo. Cooper and J. It. Keed appeared for the defence. The accused pleaded not guilty. —The allegation in the case was that at the inquest held on Kirkpatrick (who was a prohibited person, and was found drowned, at Kawakawa), Hansard denied on oath having removed any liquor from Kirkpatrick's office on the morning his body was discovered in the river. A number of . Avitnesses were examined for the prosecution, including- Mr Blomfield,"the Magistrate who conducted the inquest on Kirkpatrick's body. ... • .„ Mrs. Williams,- who kept a. boardinghouse at Kawakawa, deposed that on the Bth of April, about seven in the morning, she 'saw Hansard carrying a sack away; the sack contained something-, and there was some liquid coming from the bag, which she judged to be beer. Hansard was very .excited; he was as white as death when she met him. The liquid ran out as from a hose while Hansard was crossing the street. She had heard of Kirkpatrick's death from her husband before she went out that morning.
Hemi Taruke, a Maori, grave, corroborative evidence. He saw Hansard Carrying1 a sack in front of the hotel; there was some liquid dropping from the sack. Arthur Holliday, a boy ten years of age, deposed that on the morning Kirkpatrick's body was recovered (April 8) he saw Hansard going over into Kirkpatrick's office from the hotel. Hansard had a key to the office, and opened the door. Witness, saw Hansard come out again carrying a bag With something in it, and he went back to the hotel. He was carrying the bag on his shoulder. Something was spilling1 out of the bag.
SUPREME COURT.
Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 131, 4 June 1900, Page 5
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