CHARGE OF PERJURY.
By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, August 2:1. A private prosecution occupied the Supreme Court, to-day, Guitaf Grenberg, who was a police witness in the cases arising out of the recent trouble in "tvo-up" schools, being charged with perjury at the instance of Charles Dunn. Perjury was deposed to by seven witnesses. The defence was :nade that there was no intention to defeat the ends of justice, Grcr.berg having been "mad drunk" wh n the occurrences took place and without recollection of them when he b'" ame sober. The jury brought in a verdict of g-.iilty. Mr Justice Cooper said he could not entertain the application for probation. He had made a rule that he would not give probation in cases of perjury. He looked upon perjury as a very serious offence indeed, for it struck at the roots of the administration of justice. A certain part of the public seemed not to recognise the enormity of the offence of perjury. His Honor would take into consideration Grenberg's previous good character, but the sentence must be an exemplary one. Accused must go to prison for eighteen months.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8518, 24 August 1907, Page 6
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