The simple fact that Halliwell was in the saloon on the Friday, and could not have failed to see the murdered girl had she been there, was put before the Court of Criminal Appeal on affidavit. In reply, Detective Brophy filed an affidavit that Halliwell, before the trial, called at the Detective Office and informed Detective Piggott and himself that Stanley and Ronald Ross wanted him to swear that he was in the saloon with Colin Ross when they closed the place on the night of Friday, December 30. Brophy said to him: “Were you there?” and Halliwell replied: “No, but they wanted me to say so, and I am not going to commit perjury.” Nothing was said in the affidavit as to whether or not he gave a signed statement to the police, but if he did it is not clear why he should have been got to sign a statement that he was in the saloon on the Thursday (which could have been of no affirmative use to the police), unless he had said something about being there on the Friday. The fact remains that he was never called as a witness by the Crown, which proves that he was not prepared to assist the Crown case. He was not called for the defence for two reasons—firstly, because the statement he had signed effectually prevented him being called; and, secondly, because, when seen at the court, he told Ross’s solicitor that “what he had to say he would say in the box.” When it was too late, Halliwell was willing to make amends, and was firm in his assertion that he was in the saloon on the Friday afternoon, as stated above. The important part of Halliwell’s declaration, however, is not his backing and filling as to whether or not he was in the saloon on the Friday, but whether, on January 9, Ivy Matthews was taking an active part, in co-operation with the detectives, in getting evidence against Ross. This was not mentioned in Halliwell’s declaration as laid before the court, but was in the declaration put before the Cabinet. If she was not, then Halliwell should have been prosecuted for perjury; if she was, then Piggott’s evidence may remain literally true, that Matthews never gave a statement to the police; but its effect was to convey a wrong impression as to the part which Matthews took in making a case against Ross. It will be noted that there is a curious resemblance between the account which Maddox gives of the conversation she had with Ross on Thursday, Jan. 5, and the conversation which Halliwell swears he was asked to say took place on Saturday, December 31, between him and Ross. In neither case was there a direct admission, but in each there was the suggestion that Ross knew all about the tragedy if he would only speak.