October 26. His Honor, in charging tho jury, pointed out that they should answer certain formal issues in the affirmative ; and said he had simply to direct attention ta those which re lated to the value of the property, and to the stientia or knowledge of Pritchard that Roddam, at the time he executed the bill of sale, was not in a condition to enter into a contract. There was no doubt whatever that there must have been in this case some of what was called "hard swearing"; not, perhaps, to the extent it would at first sight appear, because, as to Roddam's mental con dition, it was possible of both classes of evi dence — that a great portion of the evidence for plaintiff and defendant might be true,

THE TtJAPEKA TIMES.
THtoßday, October 81, 1872.
