THE MEIKLE CASE.
DEPUTATION TO THE PREMIER. WELLINGTON, July 25. In reply to a deputation from the Meikle Committee which waited on him to-day the Prime Minister said it revealed one of the fine sides of Nature to see a commiitee working on behalf of a man whom it considered had been wrongfully sent to prison. He thought it was proper to give effect to the recommendations of the commission, and he intimated that legislation i\as being prepa-red with the object of having Meikle's name deleted from the criminal records. The amount of compensation was a difficult one to determine, but it was being inquired into by the whole of the Ministers. He did not wish to reflect on the commission's report in any way. but he said it contained matters which made the task of the Government in this direction a difficult one. Probably a determination would be arrived at in the next fortnight, and he would let the secretary of the committee know the result.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2785, 31 July 1907, Page 29
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167THE MEIKLE CASE. Otago Witness, Issue 2785, 31 July 1907, Page 29
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