COSTS AGAINST PUBLIC BODY
BY-LAW PROSECUTION DISMISSED NEGLECT TO TAKE STATEMENTS [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, October 8. The unusual occurrence of costs bein g allowed against a public body when a by-law prosecution was dismissed was witnessed in the Magistrate’s Court today. As a result of new evidence having become available a rehearing was granted in the case in which Thomas Jones, a taxi driver, had been fined £3 and costs for driving in a negligent manner. When costs were allowed against the City Corporation Mr Cooper, counsel for the corporation, said: “ Your Worship, I enter a formal protest.” Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M.: Please do not use those terms in this court. They are not becoming to the Bar. You have your remedy if you desire to take the matter further. Mr Luxford said he allowed costs because two witnesses for the defendant —a conductor and a motorraan—were corporation employees who should have been interviewed and a statement taken before the prosecution was brought.
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Evening Star, Issue 22465, 9 October 1936, Page 9
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166COSTS AGAINST PUBLIC BODY Evening Star, Issue 22465, 9 October 1936, Page 9
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