ALLEGED PERJURY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9713, 8 January 1895, Page 6

ALLEGED PERJURY.

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Northcroft, S.M., Samuel Given, James Hay, T. Kerwin, A. Dryland, R. Guy, William Courtney, and J. Herrington again appeared in answer to a charge of perjury, which it was alleged they had committed at

le Supreme Court, ab the trial of Abraham

Bowden. At the outset Inspector Hickson referred to a statement which had been made some fortnight ago- by Mr. Baume, who was for the accused, to the effect thab the police had forcibly entered premises in order to arrest some of the accused. A

very little inquiry would show that there was nob the slightest ground for the statement. Mr. Northcroft thought it better that the Inspector should deal with the matter when counsel was inCourt. Onthecase being called on, Mr. McAgister appeared to prosecute; the accused were unrepresented. Mr. McAlister asked for a remand until Friday, when Mr. Bush hoped to be present to hear the case. Given, in reply to the Bench, said they had understood another remand was to be asked for, ■so they had not thought it worth while to be represented by counsel. He complained of the inconvenience of constant remands. Mr. North-

croft, in granting a remand until the 11th, hoped it would be the last asked for. Mr. McAlister said he knew Mr. Bush was using every effort' to get back in time to take the cases on Friday^