BL—24

1883. NEW ZEALAND.

COSTS OF TRIALS IN QUEEN V. ALEX. BEATTIE (REPORT OF).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives, dated 3rd July, 1883. " Ordered, That there be laid upon the table a return of the costs of two trials, held at Dunedin, in the prosecution of the Queen v. Alexander Beattie." — (Mr. Shrimshi.)

Return of the Costs of Two Trials, held at Dunedin, in the Prosecution of the Queen v. Alexander Beattie.

By Authority: George Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB3.

July, 1882. Preliminary Investigation, E. M. Court— Expenses of witnesses ... ... ... ... 101 3 9 Oct., 1882. Supreme Coubt, First Trial— Expenses of witnesses ... ... ... 309 6 8 Crown Prosecutor's costs ... ... ... 5 14 8 315 1 4 Jan., 1883. Supreme Court, Second Trial— Expenses of witnesses ... ... •... 225 3 6 Crown Prosecutor's costs ... ... ... 8 15 8 — 233 19 2 £650 4 3 James B. Hbywood, Treasury, 12th July, 1883. Accountant to the Treasury. The return is exclusive of the amount paid to the two juries. Jurors not being paid in respect of cases, the proportion of the amount paid them, which should be added to the above costs, is not aseertainable. It may however be stated approximately at £16.