PERJURY BY A WOMAN.
STATEMENT BY THE CHIEF! :,f JUSTICE. ■ , ;"■ [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOOIiTIOJr.J - '•;.": Napier, Wednesday. At the Supreme Court to-day, Mary Anfl i Mills, convicted of perjury, was admitted to 12 months' probation and ordered to pay, 10 guineas cost*.. The Chief Justice said sj . "I do not ordinarily grant probation in per' y /''."' jury cases, because I think it one "of iwoM of crimes, one which tends* to destroy'tS? * r foundation of justice. If people aw ah lowed to come into Court and give fake testis mony no one could say what mirfit be dope, ; It might destroy altogether the fotoda&j* of the administration of justice, whiVh fcfie*.' all is the basis of every civilised cow - munity." •*/'':,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12270, 14 May 1903, Page 4
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