THE WESTPORT PERJURY CASE.
THE CASE AGAINST CONN i3Li,Y. I [United Press Association.] j HOKITIKA, Saturday. The hearing of the evidence ir. the Wostport perjury case conclu.lort today, when Police Inspector Black and the accused (W. Connelly) -were under examination. The aciused under a severe cross-examiuatio 1 by Mr Herdman, the leading couns-'l f ,r the prosecution, admitted to hiving told at tho Nelson trial sev v distinct lios. Mr Justice Cooper at ti->* 'conclusion of the evidence remarket that this waa the most extraordinary trial that had ever taken place in New Zealand, being so full of contradictions. Counsel will iiilorcis the jury on Monday, and tho .nidge s summing up will take place on l'ueiitev.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 September 1908, Page 4
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117THE WESTPORT PERJURY CASE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 September 1908, Page 4
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