LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 426, 8 February 1909, Page 2

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

•- from, the' report' oi iixe,insi' : -A or; the man .Pcchugin,; charged: with, assault' --■:; causm^aotual bodilyharm, : ;'that'some reflep-.-" : ■■;. tion is cast:upoh .the evidence given by a'poliber' ; -'' constable interested ,'in.the "case, although his- ,: 'r ■ Honour, Mr. Justice Cooper,,made it'clear'-:, t , r pm^th"e / Behch:'th•at::hdVdld''r l constable: was manufacturing ; jevidehc'e. : ;'\The ;; .... .tacts; off the .'case .'arc that j-wberi ."giving' evi-: ; •. : uence intho Court the constable'' •; ''•'.■' was- never-cross-examined by; counsel'lorithel?-' defence, and consequently (the.evidence, com- '' ■ ' plained of' in "the Supreme ..Court was ■ not ;:; : nrought out, and the constable did not:volun-• . : I- : teer it. ■-; -.When. giving' his evidence: in . tho f' ; :. supreme my-lmbw-:.;:^- ; leclge, 6wore;,tb,a report, of the" produced by -. Mr.:, Myers,.; Which' report..war ":■. "i -written when the. constable .came' off duty the '-•: ■ :inornmg: after the Alleged procedure-nowadays;is the'.-sanie"as'of'old," : V:fc • report-Would pass :out^f ; the eohstable'a'-?;: ■: : ;hand. iW h e n..he"gave:it. to his^uperior/ofßcer^: '■"'' .and he^would,not see:it frorri that:^day;to-'- -< :r '? ;J s ---' : . ".sepm'Sr'to pardonable^hing-for-^--ft-hi«°^M bl6 : to ;? or -when#ingU ;.,■: hs; ; evidence: lower-Court, ■ blame should not attach to : ' who'heiavthe!full frontvof vhimjwhehvexamiriing the:? ;■ .constable.—l:amj..etc. - ; '": -->•■'■" .;.■:. February •.•7i;.'.:v.'': : :;; ; :';-. i ;^\^/; ; .;.;;;T.C4';.)-.'V ';i."v':;'. :> " BI "T'SH; UNEMPIIOYJED.;fr!^ ; paragraph, in a '■. last .week's ■". -'U. Domtkion, which, stated that the '■ >1 Gwborne Council, had decided to accept dona! -?) ;^pf.fat sheep.to. ; ? uf.:t: ?>' terings. of .the;unemployed: in. London: ; .^'^^PPeal ;:i s;iwell.;:respbnded/to; : '"■■; will, be-giying forifrozen:rhutton: the'-cheap- ; - ; s V an Meaching.adver'tißement-'ever ' rt;°a^;h^...;As ! . we laro'.well-aware, 7 e ..™n«r,'but;:the. poprer/class.,-thati weW;- -■' depending, for/tfie -.consumption-frozen;mutton,vr-.;WW, the" .Government •;to ? :?!- otter, py. inducement:.to tho various-pastoral'•>■'-f w i? s ;to similar-. donations j,T, think- - ' that the-example set by. the Gisborhe;Counca would _be;. heartily; endorsed '',' throughout -the f- • ? * JJommion.., thanking you,-in .-anticipation'.—J-.kr; ' ! ! "'v^ibllks;-ORoSS^te^ : ,:.Alfredton,; February^.i-ri,^:"■(' -'■*'■■•. : :: :>':-- l k:;: