"HE BELIEVED WHAT HE SAID."

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 20 August 1910, Page 5

" HE BELIEVED WHAT HE SAID."

A PERJURY CASK. VERDICT OP NOT GUILTY. [United Press Association.] WELLINGTON.. Friday. 'ChaJ.&s Nodine stood his trial in ithe Supreme Court to-day, before Mr Justice Chapman, ou a charge of perjury. Mr Ostler appeared for tiie prosecution, and the accused e mdueted his own defence. I: appeared that in a eivi! action in th..? S.ipremo Court., in whieu Robert Hannah was the plain.-: hi" and the .accused the defendant. respecting the ieaiug of Hannah's building on Lanrbton Quay, Xodin-o sivnr': be did not sign the .agreement produce:l. and that the .signature attached to the agreement; and rnxr-portin-g to bo his signature, was not ■bis. Mr Ostler said that the accused was rrot hurried or brow beaten into denying anything, and the Chief ,Ihs•tiee. who beard the action, gave Nodine until the end of the week to icprsider hi* oath, and if Njiliasapologised Hi:" Honor promised that nothing more would be heard of his denial. At th'o end of the week Nodine still persisted in his statement that the signature was not his. A considerable amount of evidence Tvas talktn, and the case lasted we'-1 on imto the evening-. The jury returned n verdict of not xruilty. they being of opinion that Nodine had believed what he fcvtd said.