IN COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 900, 20 August 1910, Page 5

IN COURT.

BIRD'S-EYE 'VIEW OF A CAUSE •.■■••; .:■.,■;;: :v celebke.- ;■■ ... ,: ' In the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. ■ Charles Nodino battled his" way for a ■■• • whole day towards' ; acquittal; on. a ' charge of .perjury—a ' cause -celobre, '■ which 13 reported elsewhere. There was i- a. full attendance when the : Court as- . eembled. but it rapidly diininifehed;- re-, viving later in the :day,- and .then -■'■: dwindling'again...-Toiling manfully, to- ,: Wards' his main point through a jungle '... of side issues, Mr. Nodine, at the-end '■ of a, strenuous day, .had succeeded in impressing on. judge and jury the fact , ■'! that he'was an honest, though in this particular matter, an erring, man. Beginning at 10.30 a.m., the. case was " strung out until 9'o'clock in the even-ing,-two'adjournments of an. hour each .. • i • alone ; serving.. to break. its continuity. The formal opening aud tfte reading by . the deputy-registrar of evidence giren .by the prisoner in .a preceding' civil "•-'■ <»se""occupied the,'timerof the Court .:' Tintil aboiit: a quarter: past .'eleven..Mr. . Cooper (Supreme Court.Registrar)* was ■ : ' :in the'.box for over an. hour, and left. : it at 1.25 p.m. Mr. Nodine proved equally' reluctant to part with the suc- .,. ceediilg' witnesses, and, Mr. Hannah,- and it 'was 5.15 p.m. ero he proceeded to address the jury, Mr. Ost-kr-having waived'his privilege of doinc . bo. .Mr. Nodine's address was in full swing when, his. Honour intervened to adjourn It-he court for an hour at 6 p.m. '■After, resuming,- the- accused concluded . ■ his remarks' ; at 7.25 ; p.m.. The "twelve .;■ good .men"and true''.left the box at -.'.■ 8:10, p.m., and returnecl; three-quarters •.": -'of an hour,'later. . After that the dis- ],:'■'■; . charge of, the prisoner was a matter of \ .'piinutea. ,/'*.; * .- ■-..*• ■