INDIAN LIBEL SUIT.
CRITTOTSM OF COMMISSION
(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received May 8, 3 p.m.) LONDON, May 7. Sir M. O'Dwyer, whose cross-examina-tion in the Indian libel case lasted a couple of days, to-day condemned the procedure of the Hunter Committee, who inquired into the Amritsar affair. He declared that none of the 1 committee's evidence was taken on oath, adding: "I went to the Hunter inquiry as a witness and was treated as a. criminal. I was censured for an order I never gave." Mr. Justice McCardie, emphasised the fact that the case depended on whether atrocities occurred, and whether O'Dwyer was responsible for them. The hearing was adjourned.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16425, 8 May 1924, Page 9
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