DETERMINING THE LINEAGE OF CHALLENGED VOTERS
MR. SIM'S REQUEST REFUSED HAMILTON, April 16. A lefusal to grant tlie request by counsel for the petitioner to refer to the aNtive Land Court or to the' Judge of that court, the task of leterminihg the lineage of the 26
voters ehallenged as Maoris was announced by the Bench this morning, when the Electoral Court entered the third day of the hearing of Mr. Hallyburton Johnstone's petition. m The case is being heard before the Chief Justice, Sir Humphrey O'Leary, and the Senior Puisne Judge, Mr. Justice Blair. Giving the court's decision on the request made by Mr. W. J. Sim, K.C., on Monday and argued further by counsel yesterday, the Chief Justice said they doubted very much whether they had the power to do as Mr. Sim had requested. It seemed to them, however, that the duty of hearing the whole of the petition and deciding the various questions of fact. and law that arose Was entrusted to the Electoral Court. Whatever task might be involved in the way of detailed evidence and the length of the hearing, the court must face it, however attractive Mr. Sim's Request might be. His Honour added that, furthermore, the application was opposed by counsel for the respondent, and it was refused by the court":
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 April 1947, Page 5
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