Scene in the Supreme Court.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 207, 5 March 1897, Page 3

Scene in the Supreme Court.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE BROWBEATEN. {Per Press Association.) Wellington, This Day. An unusual scene occurred at the Supreme Court this morning. James Carson, a printer, brought a claim against the Government held by one Bowker who sued the Colonial Secretary j and obtained judgment by default for £040. This afterwards was set aside on the ground that the wrong person sued. Carson now brought a suit against the Registrar to compel him to enforce judgment on the ground that the order setting it aside was not before the Court. The Chief Justice said the proceedings were properly before the court, whereupon, Carson, who appeared in person, loudly insisted the Judce was quite wrong, and lectured him as to the proper course of procedure. A wordy warfare followed, which culminated in the plaintiff ssking His Honor whether be was acting as solicitor for the defendant. The Judge threatened to commit him ' for contempt and repeated the threat later on. He finally dismissed the ease with 15 guineas costs. Then he proceeded to comment on the conduct of the plaintiff, who had wasted time and money, but Carson said the Judge, after closing the case, had no riffbt to make such remarks as plaintiff could not reply, and fairly talked his Honor down.