STATEMENT TO COURT
ALLEGED TO BE FALSE DANNEVIRKE, Feb. 8. Arising out of a recent civil action, Janies Humphreys, painter and labourer, was committed for trial to the Supreme Court, charged with making a statement knowing it to be false and intended to mislead the Court.
Accused alleged that he had made two payments of £5O each in connection with a building contract, and that a friend of his wa s present when the second £5O was paid. This was denied by the said friend, who said accused had asked him prior to the civil action to swear that he saw accused paying £5O in notes, for which he received a receipt. The friend had declined to do this as it would have been fatee.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 35, 9 February 1929, Page 7
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125STATEMENT TO COURT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 35, 9 February 1929, Page 7
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