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1892. NEW ZEALAND.

PUBLIC PETITIONS A TO L COMMITTEE (REPORT OF, ON THE PETITION OF ANNIE CHEMIS, OF KAIWARA, TOGETHER WITH PETITION, AND MINUTES OF EVIDENCE AND APPENDIX).

Brought up on the 7th October, to be printed.

EEPOET. P ETIT iONBE alleges that on the 15th day of July, 1889, her husband, Louis Chemis, was wrongfully circumstances in connection with thS SmiS hi unable to find sufficient evidence lam dnectea to' lepai v , { 10n that the case ls one wllic h tO h J Tdt SMlvtc rcoonunlnd the Executive to review the evidence ttenbyjoZcolmZe, and deal with the prisoner in such manner as they may consider true justice demands. c H MILLS Chairman. 7th October, 1892.

PETITION. To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Kepresentatives in Parliament Assembled. The humble petition of Annie Chemis, of Kaiwara, the wife of Louis Chemis, now a convict, SbOW One^oui S Chemis was, on the 15th day of July, 1889, convicted of the crime of murder comprior to and during the trial, seriously ill and was, during the fthSS. Theisli for °he n defence y went from the Court to his deathbed, and succumbed to the malady on the 17th day of July> a liarl frail charaot er, and nJZto*^ ; n t h :StmVTthe^lio C c as to whether two P pieces of paper were found in the prisoner's duced b the de f en ce to account for the occupation by the accused t^V" thetimlwhenthe murder was undoubtedly committed The evidence subof his time duimg the t mm a serious i y a ff ect ed the credibility of the police on the very sequently obtained iv c J prisoner's house, and afforded a direct disproof of point of what they found . l an^ n 7%J 1 O p n 1 1 atter evidence also accounted in the clearest way for the SOm f ted man"time e f m Ze" tiUefheTeft work on the night of the murder to the hour of were aware? and which they purposely refrained from using. I—l. Iβ.