SEQUEL TO SLANDER ACTION
MAN CHARGED WITH PERJURY
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
Dunedin, November 5.
Arising out of mi action for slander heard in August last at Dunedin before Mr. Justice Ostler, and in which Thomas Henry Brown claimed from George Augustus Herbert a sum of £5OO for alleged slander, the latter was charged at the Supreme Court to-day before Mr. Justice MacGregor and u jury with having committed perjury during the hearing of the case. Judgment was given for defendant in the slander action, but in delivering judgment his Honour said he was forced to the conclusion that defendant had been guilty of perjury and suborning at least one other witness to commit perjury. When the Court adjourned at 5.30 p.m. the case was unfinished and will be continued to-morrow morning.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 36, 6 November 1928, Page 17
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