N.S.W. LAND SCANDAL

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13355, 20 December 1906, Page 5

N.S.W. LAND SCANDAL

SUGGESTED TAMPERING .WITH A JiURY^

A ROYAL . COMMISSION SPOKEN OF.

United Press Association— By Eteotrio Telegraph.— Copyright. : Syjdney, December 19 lil accordance with' yesterday's or-, rang«anent, x the. wliole jury ' engaged in the Criok-Willis trial wiaitedi on Mr Wade, Attorney-General, with reference to certain implication's involving 1 the purity of the jury, system, arising out of tihe statement published in certain papers. . , , I It was apparent that considerable feeling exists< between two" sections of the jury., those not included in th£ deputation who, yesterday saw 'M^ Wade objecting to the forenmn as their , spokesniait. Preparatory td makinK 1 statement of r the f acfc^ the foreman w>iiglit to obtain a promise fef indeoinltjr any action thatjnignt l^se out' pt «dcih' statd- , Dtfr' Wal3e gave anassurtanc© thai taar far as the Sherds officers were alleg^l to be .involved iwr teoncernett, nd actioxt would bet taken, -but he could notl pledge thejGovemanent 'to a geiiier'ar stnid€imm« 1% ■ ' * In s l upporii; r of 1 - ISs retfuesii lor en indemnity, tn*. foreman said" word was brought to him;that miorngnig that one of the jury ' hud said sic possessed a. few ■hundred* p^-unids', an! 3 as long aa he hlad tdiaft he wotSd faovaxdi tS» f oro^i maimioeartH. f T!iey knew certain things JwhicK fffr Wiader-ouglhit 'io know, but wore iiot preparetj lo waM& a'sta : tement which mftght lay them! topen to fcr-ouble. - f 'Another juryman , fifeclare^.Kedcnew nothing. If (^.l^; W.wdidl^wlalA a statenrQuft. Eventually, Mr .'^ade au^gesibeii- a Royal Commission. The foreman .-declared that if » Csommassion'were app l oin f ted > jurymen! w^uld come forward to give evidence on oatß, provided tKey were shielded subsequ,tflrtly. " , Cabdraet appointed, a Disfoict Court Judce as a Royal ., ComcSissiori to inquire into the matter.-