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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 22 June 1907, Page 2

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aw Unusual court proceeding. M A SOUCITOK'S CONDUCT. • • " Per Press Association. '\ "WeHlHg'ton, Juno 21. ? .Judges Cooper mid JSutton had to deal Willi mi unusual matter in tlie Supreme Court to -.lay. When Claude Paget was/ found guilty of mmcli-r a few weeks flgb. liiii counsel, after the Court mljouru'sd, innilo remarks to the jurymen nbout * (heir verdict. Action was subsequently ' taken and a rule nisi obtained culling on Mr. Wilford to justify his conduct. When counsel moved to-day to ' make ' 'this rule absolute, Mr. Wilford, wty pearod, said lie wished to'repeat to Honors Cue evpp anions of already tendered to the jurytucifbyfflßH ter. He was at the time highly oyer- t! wrought and forgot himself. He was I convinced that Paget did not know what I he had done. Justice Cooper said It was. J important (hat juries should not be in- ■ terfered with in any way. lie had ticcd that in later stages of the trial that Mr. Wilford was in an . trcHie state of nervous tension. If condition had not obtained this would not have come before the Coul The Court therefore considered it be sufficient if ii ordered Mr. Wilford to « pay the costs of the proceedings with- " out inflicting further penalty on him< *