A PERSISTENT SOLICITOR.
SECOND EDITION.
FINED FOR CONTEMPT. Press Association. Auckland, February 10. At the Police Court this morning Mr Hackett, solicitor, who was placed in custody yesterday for alleged contempt of Court ' by Mr Dyer, S.M., for refusing to sit down when ordered to do so. applied for an adjournment and bail in order to consult senior counsel. This was refused most emphatically by the Magistrate, despite Mr Haokett’s persistent and strenuous protest. Mr Dyer eventually said : I convict you of contempt of Court and fine you five pounds; if the fine is not paid within one week you will go to gaol for seven days. Mr Hackett: I may say this in no disrespect. I will not pay that fine. Mr Dyer: It is a matter of [perfect indifference to me. Replying to further remarks, Mr Dyer said application for a rehearing could be made in the usual way.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9368, 10 February 1909, Page 5
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151A PERSISTENT SOLICITOR. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9368, 10 February 1909, Page 5
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