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£3,500 BRIBE CHARGE.
Sleeman and Connolly Committed .
? for .Trial'.' '-'s. 'W\
BAIL . EXTENDED?**
'. * " Brisbane,"Scp"£M.''~
"-TheTLCourt : .-waa": again v;fillcà>whéri;
the 'alleged bribery xáse ".? waa;:,,called
tp-day.;.^:;/^.,^^
Mr. - Macrossan,' for - the 'Crown,";
stated 7 that- he had nd- further ; evi-
dence to "off er.- ;.. ''...' ,~':::r:ï\\ï
' - Mr. McGill, replying to thé: Magis-';
tratersaid he -did not; wish to address
the'Bench. ¿'l.-AAJ~-.-::»<-¡,--*--y ';!;r :,''"'f
;;.-Both defendants- reserved their
-defence' and - were committed^ for
5 Ctrial at the next ' criminal " sittings
; of-the Supreme Court on Septem-'
" bec. 18, bail being, extended. v >; ^
Mr. Macrossan said/ that^; during
Brennan's :.'"cross-examination .- refer
ence ?'- had been made -"to." Sergeant
Scanlon. .-;He thought it :only fair to.
say that Scanlon: had not becn-dis-i
missed : from' .the ? police force. as - in
ferred. He resigned. , . .:.':' -
? Mr. McGill said he. would like to
refer to' another matter. It. had been:
inferred that ; the defence had 'got
'some .'information' fromi 'Brennan's
bank. . ' He desired ':, to say that.', no
such thing had taken, place'. : ;-. . ;.. (:,
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