The Meikle-Lamlbert Case TO THE EDITOR.

Otago Witness, Issue 2120, 11 October 1894, Page 21

The Meikle-Lamlbert Case TO THE EDITOR.

Sib, — In your last week's issue your Gow, correspondent in his letter dated October 2 states that only a few persons in Gore were surprised at the grand jury in Inveroargill finding no true bill in the perjury case against Lambert preferred by J. J. Meikle. of Wyndharo. He comments further about my being obstinate or having real or fanoied wrongs, and says I am asking for subscriptions to enable me |to take the case to Danedin. He also says he ' imagines any subscriptions will have to go to the lawyers, and that it will be a long time before there is a balance to make a fresh start. I In reply, I beg to state that not one of your '• correspondent's scurrilous statements is true. ' Several farmers and others offered to assist me with money, and offered to subscribe to assist me to obtain justice. The publio knows that every obstacle | has been placed in my way to prevent justice being meted out to me, and I may say that 95 per cent, of the public were surprised at the fact of no truG bill being returned in Lambert's case, and it is the duty of every true man to assist his fellow in obtaining justice. I am thankful to state that any moneys that have been collected or subscribed to assist me to obtain a fair trial before a judge and jury will be used to pay witnesses— not one penny goes to my lawyers. Mr A. Martin, of the Southern Standard office, Gore, will receive subscriptions from all wishing to subscribe, and all moaeys received for the pur* pose will be published in the Southern Standard, and used to pay witnesses in a new trial. — I am, &c, James Meikle. Hopefield, Wyndham, October 8.

An elderly man named Joseph Henry Small attempted to commit snioide at Inveroargill on Friday night by cutting his throat with a penknife. At an early hour on Tuesday the residence of John Fuller, a well-known vocalist in Auckland, was broken into, with the object, it is thought, of securing £30, the takings of aconcert that took place on Monday evening. The burglars were interrupted by Fuller awakening and demanding to know tha cause of the disturbance in his bedroom, and decamped. Owing to the hurried departure, the thief did not get off with the bag of U«Hft 1 which wafl found behiad * pottq)w<K»%