PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY ORDERED.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9307, 6 August 1908, Page 1

PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY ORDERED.

[Pin Pkess Association.] AUCKLAND, August 5. . The case of Frederick Raymond Rose, v who was arrested on July 31 on a charo;© of drunkenness, was resumed in the I'olioe Court this afternoon.. Rose had sworn that he was not drunk' when | arrested, but that lie. h,ad been stricken witkistxangulated' hernia.. He .averred 1 1*afe'th«?.f polios iratd r ?l!fi^Kbftf^^fteßp arresting him. liiis morning "half a icoi'e. of Fitnesses swore that Rose was ! drunk when • arrested, whilst several testified .that they believed that he was sober shortly before the time of his arrest. . "Unquestionably you were drunk/ said nis Worship.. " You say that you had not had anything to eat or anything to drink since the morning, but witnesses have sworn that they smelt drink on you. You deliberately refused to give your name, which was not the conduct of a man in pain. You are convicted of drunkenness, and ordered to come up for eentenbe when caned upon, and I direct the police to prosecute you for false swearing."

Th« Ticar stopped a parishionei' who had recently married a man who was reputed to be lazy. " Well, Mrs Brown," he said, " x hotieyour husband is proving a eood provider." "Yes, sir, thank you, sir, he's provided me with tn; » new places to wash at since we tt- ?rried."