THE HUTT TARRING CASE.

Press, Volume XLII, Issue 6245, 24 September 1885, Page 2

THE HUTT TARRING CASE.

[PEESS ASSOCIATION THiaWBAH.J WELLINGTON, September 23. At the Magistrate's Court this morning Samuel Waters appeared to answer a summons, granted on an information sworn by Sydney Nimmo Muir, for having committed wilful and. corrupt perjury while giving evidence in the Hutt tarring case, in which James Walden 1b charged with having assaulted S. N. Muir. The information set forth that defendant had committed perjury, in that he had stated that he had not lately purchased handcuffs, oz that he had not lately given the accused (James Walden) a pajj^jof .handcuffs, aud that he had not had anything to do with handcuffs since 1858. Mr E. Shaw appeared in support of the information on behalf of Mr W. T. L. Travers, and Mr Gully for the defence. Before the proceedings commenced, Mr Travers Baid he desired to apologise to hie Worship for what had fallen from him on the previous day, during the hearing of the assault case of Muir and Walden. He wished to state that he sincerely regretted any part he had taken in the discreditable proceedings of yesterday. It waß quite true that he had lost his temper, and that the irregularity of which he had been fuilty was quite out of place in a Court oi U3tice. He trusted his Worship would accept his apology. Mr Wardell, 8.M., replied that he received the statement of Mr Travers witb great satisfaction. He was sure that Mr Travers would ccc that he had been in fault. The evidence was then taken. — Connor, employed by Dawson and Co., ironmongers, gave evidence to the effect that Walden, who waß accused of assaulting Muir, had purchased a pair ot handcuffs some time in August. Waters was present when the sale took place, and the handcuffs were booked to him. Stephen Fisher, another employe of thc same firm, deposed that he saw Water, with what he believed to be a pair of handcuffs in the office one day last month. H< would not swear they were hahdouffs They were Bteel instruments, and like J_hs handcuffs produced. He could not say whether he saw the handcuffs in Waters' possession before the assault at the Hutt or not. Defendant said to witness as he paesed him, "Let's try them on." Defendant was addressing witness. This closed the case for the prosecution, and, in reply to Mr Gully, the Bench said they thought there was a case to answer, upon which Mr Golly applied for a remand until Friday, when he would be in a position to close; defendant's case. The remand was granted.