THE MEIKLE CASE.

Bush Advocate, Volume XIX, Issue 778, 27 July 1907, Page 5

THE MEIKLE CASE.

[Press Association.] AVELLINGTON, July 25. In reply to a deputation from the Aleikle Commission which waited on him to-day, the Premier said it was one of the fine sides of nature to see the committee working on behalf of a man who they considered had been wrongfully sent to prison. He thought it was proper to give effect to the recommendations of the commission, and he intimated that legislation was being prepared with the object of having Aleikle's name deleted from the criminal records. The amount of compensation was a difficult one to determine, but it was being inquired into by the whole of the Ministers. He did not wish to reflect on the commission's report in any way, but he said it contained matters which made the task of the Government in this direction a difficult one. Probably a determination would be arrived at in the next fortnight, and he would let the secretary of the committee know the result.