I.W.W. PRISONERS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 167, 12 July 1918, Page 5

I.W.W. PRISONERS.

RECENT SYDNEY OUTRAN TiTS.' DEMAND !FiOiß. RELEASE OF PRISONERS. (Press Association Copyright.-) SYDNEY, July 11. Recent endeavours of certain members of the Legislative Assembly to obtain a now trial for I.WYVV. prisoners, and-the rejection of a motion to appoint a Royal Commission, culminated in sensational allegations. Mr Brookfield stated that new evidence had come to_light based' on- a 'written statement by /Scully, a Crown witness, in which he alleged th.i't tho j Government promised him £2OOO to j>oJcure evidence to convict I.W,W. men. 'Two constables asked Scully to place 'cotton waste in tho pookbts of 0110 of 5 the I.W.WV members. Tho police prepared evidence, which was handed to !i Scully, 1 and which he was told to learn, ijThe Government actually paid Scully ;i£3oo. . " ' | ; Mr Brookfield further alleged that,tho 'case was a frame up on tho part of tho < police.. One material witness died under imystcripus which were inever cleared up. If 'Scully left there I would be no other witness to prove the j case against tho police. I A sensational uproar ensued when it transpired that Scully loft the rountvy last month. I; FUTJL STATEMENT PROMISED. ; (Rec. *11.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. ; In • the Assembly, continuing the ; I.W.W. debate, Mr Hall (Attorney-Gen-Ural and Minister of Justice) < said that Scully's parage from Australia, was .arranged for by the Police, and he promised a full statement to-day.