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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 645, 23 October 1909, Page 14

FULL COURT.

A'PPLfCATION Of A SOLICITOU. N<JT ADMITTED. ■, ■ TKo vFoll ■ Conrt decidod yesterday ftat tho ■ application of John Augustino Qtrnm, of Auck-land,-5, for. admission : as ■ a solicitor of tho Su- . ; prcnvi {Court ■ should stand over until July.. 1, 1910. *■ i : : Tho application was made last Friday to thoit ,'t : ; Honours Justicos' Williams (Acting-Chicf l JusCooper, man.',YOriginally it had como before Mr. Jnsii tice Edwards in Auckland, but, as an objection was put forward by- tho Law.. Society there,' the mattor had been referred to the Pull Court, •■■beforef.whom Mr. P. E. Baume, K.C. (of Auck- - land), and Mr.,'H. H. Ostler appeared for tho .i i r. applicant, and Mr. P. 'Earl (of. Auckland) for the Law Society. Counsel- informed the Court that tho applicant had shown■'a weakness for drink, that 'hs had been the holder of a bookmaker's license, in Sydney, but that no 'allegation could' -bo] made against his honesty. 'The attitude of the Law Society was : stated to be that, in view .of the many..episodes with which...the t .past life was • studded,"' his application could not be granted immediately." •. - v,.: The;president- of the Coirrt intimated, that yvvV-Y -' applicant. was' st': liberty to apply 'again. §ext ■•July on.fthe''same'material, and:.both . le Law Socioty. and he might adduce .fresh. ■; .'evidence then. Tho .question of costs was reserved. " ,