TO-DAY'S EVIDENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14011, 16 September 1909, Page 3

TO-DAY'S EVIDENCE.

I WELLINGTON. !>ci)t. l(i. Before e\ idence \\»t> calleu by the Police Commission to-day, Inspictor Ellison, apropos <if the allegation tbat he was in the habit of treating people discourteously, said a number of citizens had offered to give evidence on his behalf. ,' The Commissioner suggested that the inspector should make a selection from the number and call them in view of the attack made on him. Mr. Ellison said he would do so. Sergeant Mathieson, on oath, denied any knowledge of any letters which appeared in the Dunedin ana Invercargill papers reflecting on Mr. Dinnie. He did not believe the letters existed, and consequently he asked that the files should he searched. The , commissioner premised that Mathieson would be allowed .to put some questions to Mr. Dinnie wh^n the latter, was giving evidence. William Coffey, secretary of the Wellington Boxing Association, deposed that Inspector Ellison was very strict in his supervision of the force. Witness had been treated by Mr. Ellison with the greatest civility, but he could not say tne same of Mr. Dinuie. .Sergeants M. Murphy and W. Lyons gave evidence that thrv knew of no general dissatisfaction in the force, and considered the discipline good. Both stated that Inspector Ellison treated his subordinates courteously.