A man charged with perjury will have his case heard in Supreme Court after a magistrate ruled yesterday the case could not be heard in his court.

Antoine Herbert Anderson, 27, of St. Monica's Road, Pembroke will re-appear for mention in Magistrates' Court on December 8 as the prosecution needed time to prepare its papers.

This sparked Magistrate Edward King to question why the prosecution could always come up a summary of evidence if a defendant pleaded guilty but they often didn't have any ready evidence to share with the defence if a not guilty plea is given.

Anderson is charged with perjury during the May trial of four men charged with weapons offences from the outbreak of violence at the friendship football final at Wellington Oval last season.

New senior Crown Counsel Paula Tyndale said she found it odd that the Magistrate did not have jurisdiction to hear the case when the perjury occurred in that court.