Seddon-Taylor Libel Case

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1260, 25 February 1905, Page 3

Seddon-Taylor Libel Case

m Colonel Porter's Statement Sip Seddw Wis Ist Court-* articled It Oae to Blame

By Telegraph.—Press Asaociatkra. Gibbobne, this day. : Cqlonbk Porter, questioned- with regard 4 o the incident in South Africa which led to the libel action, said he would give the facts without comment. He was the officer who conducted the ■ regimental enquiry and the responsibility rested upon him as the officer in charge of the regiment to clear up the reflection on a regiment which had behaved eo well throughout the war. There was no cocrt martial, neither was there a martial court, a terei unknown in the military vocabulary. He held the enquiry, having !»ld several similar ones oa various occasions, and satisfied himself as to what had occured. The inquiry was held the same evening, and Captain Seddon gave him a written report. He then took the evidence of some of the officers and men who were called -» c ;. as wi ncss*»s in the action. He ob- -?'"' tained a st»ser»en from all the parties in the field and tkie conclusion he came to and reported to the officer commanding was, by reference to his rough diary, aS follow*: —*-I held an enquiry into action at 9 p.m. and toand that no blame was attachable to anybody. All acted as b?st they could have done and behaved well.