THE CHEMIS CASE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 4460, 29 August 1889, Page 3

THE CHEMIS CASE.

(by telegbaph.) Wellington, August 28. After lunch, James Gibson Bald the shot pouch produced was much like the one he had borrowed from Hodges, a carter. Hodges said the pouch, to the best of hlB belief, was his. It bad an Iron top. Witness had never seen one with a top like It. There was no mark on the poach by which he coald Identify it. Gibson was then cross-examined. He remembered telling Greaves that he had left the shot pouch at Chemia'. He had borrowed the poach from Hodges aboat three yoarß ago. Witness had been oat pig hunting with Ohemls. The latter never killed any of the pigs. He never saw Chemis with a knife. A young man named Bound had borrowed the shot pouch once, and came for it a second time, when witness told him it was at Lonis Chemis*. He had asked Greaves to bring down the shot poach from Chemis'. He had left the pouch at Chemis' after one shooting expedition. He could not remember taking it away. He had told a man named Holmes that he knew the place where he last left it, but did not tell him where, as it would not do Mra Chemis any good—that was iu this case. A conversation took place on the Monday following the discovery of the shot pouch and knife. From the description told him of the poach, he thought it was the one he had left at Chemis'. Witness had never been asked by the polic9 about Chemis' case, and did not think it was his duty to tell them that he had left the pouch at Chemis'. After hearing the police had taken one poach from Chemis, he did not think it worth while telling them there was a second in the house. The pouch left at Chemis' had a picture on the side. The one produced had not. Ebenezar Round said he borrowed a shot fl«k in the shooting season before last from Gibaon, but did not examine it closely; and therefore could not swear whether there was a picture on it. The pouch prodnosd in the box was much like the one he received from Gibson. When witness asked Gibson for the flask on the second occasion he replied that he had left it at Chemis'. Mrs Chemiß, recalled, said she had never seen any shot flask in her house except the one taken away by the police. She had never seen the flask produced before. Beyond the stiletto there was not a knifs in her house with both sides sharpened. The Court adjourned at six o'clock until 10 to-morrow morning. August 29. The perjary cases were resumed this morning. Ellis Low, who found the shot pouch and knife on Sunday last (examined),

said he fonnd the articles In a creek leading in the direction of Hawkins' house from the main creek. They were partly covered with leaves, whioh, he though', had fallen from the growth overhead, ana had not been plaoed there. The sheath was also found close to the knife. He identified the poach, sheath, and knife produced as lha articles found by him. He took the articles to Mr Jellicoe's hoase. Cross examined, he said he did not think that a plant had bean set for him. Be was quite confident that it was a genuine find. He had searched the hills before, but found nothing. Reexamined, he said he had been bothered with the dream from the first night that Ohemiß had been committed for trial, but that he had not found the articles where the dream had indicated. Warder Doyle deposed, that in company with Beardon and a man named Foreman be had searched the creek and hill on August 20th. If the knife and pouch had been there then, he thought be must have seen them. Cross-examined ; He could not Bay he he had searched thoroughly, but the creek wbb dry and easy to examine.