JUROR’S REQUEST
“TOO MUCH PERJURY.”
SYDNEY. August 14.
Yesterday, at the Court of Quarter Sessions at Darlinghurst, Mr. Freder-x ick Davison, who was until recently the custodian of the Cenotaph in Mar-tin-plaqe, asked to be relieved from serving as a juror.
He said that a case had been tried in the Civil Court, of which he had inside knowledge of the facts, and he had sat in the court and listened to such wilful perjury committed in such a convincing manner by presumably respectable business men, that in his present frame of mind he felt he could not deal fairly with any case that came before him, because he could not trust any evidence, or any combination of evidence.
“I am sorry, Mr. Davison,” said Acting Judge Max-well, “but I canont excuse you.”
Later in the day Mr. Davison’s name was called, but he was requested to stand aside by the Crown. ’
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Greymouth Evening Star, 25 August 1928, Page 6
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