WITNESSES AT COURT
QUESTION OF EXPENSES HARD WORK AT OTAHUHU If a man is not out of pocket by attending the Magistrate’s Court to give evidence as a witness, he must do his duty to his country, and not rob it. This remark was made in the Otahuhu Magistrate’s Court this morning by Mr. F. K. Levien, S.M., during a discussion on the expenses of witnesses. Sergeant Rowell said in court this morning that it was hard work at present to get any witnesses to attend court to give evidence, and if tire full amount of 10s was not paid, whether witnesses were there for a full dav or for half a day, it would be impossible to get anyone to come along. The magistrate that witnesses must not be out oC pocket through attending court to give evidence. They were entitled to the same as if they were working, but if a man were not out of pocket by attending court he must do his duty to liis country, and not rob it.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300526.2.88
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 981, 26 May 1930, Page 12
Word Count
174WITNESSES AT COURT Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 981, 26 May 1930, Page 12
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in