CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 66, 18 March 1875, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

* We are desirous of affording every reasonable facility for tlio discussion of public subjects; bnt it must be understood tbat wo are iti no way . responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. To Tnii Editor of the 'Evening Mail.' Sm— l would be glad if you would allow me space for a few remarks upon the proceedings in the Magistrates' Court heretoday, for it appears to me useless to expect, after hearing the swearing of certain " respectable " men and witnesses, who appeared to come provided with a complete knowledge of what tbey were requ'red to state, that any person can stand against them. A medical man, with a firm disposition like mj self, if he asks for his fee, is t>!d by Mr A that lie did not come when called upon, while Mr B, who sent for me, excuses himself from paying, on the pea that the case was over before I, who was attending another patient, arrived, he no: being awaie that the time at which I did arrive was the one when I was most required. At any rate he succeeded in convincing the Bench of four J.P.s that I was not sent for, although he admitted that he had previously engaged me, and books and witnesses were produced to prove my visits The evidence given on oath in the Court was such as to tnke away the medical man's position, and to make his character appear of the blackest dye. I am, &c, Joseph Lek, Registered Medical Practitioner. Motueka, March 17.