CRIMINAL SITTING.
YESTERDAY. (Before his Honor District Judge Ward.) PERJURY. The following is the conclusion of the lae of perjury against Alice Purnell, hich was tinishecl too late for insertion i nur last issue. Mr. Hislop raised a legal objection to ie case going to the Jury, but the objecon, which was overruled by his Honor. The Crown Prosecutor briefly addressed ie Jury, pointing out that they must ther believe that the prisoner had wil- % committed perjury, or that the four itnesses, Craig, his wife, White, and yan, had conspired to injure the primer—a very unlikely proceeding. Hr. Hislop said he did not think it ould be necessary for him. to detain the ury very long, after the careful manner 1 which they had listened to the evience, during which time they must have oticed many inconsistencies. Hia Honor having summed up, The Jury th«n retired to consider their prdict, and after a quarter of an hour's taence, returned a verdict of Guilty. Prisoner, in reply to the usual question, nil she had npfchjiig to say why sentence lonld not be passed upon her. His Honor then sentenced the prisoner 1 18 months' imprisonment, with hard ibour.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 351, 8 June 1877, Page 3
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