APPEAL COURT.
CONSIDERED DECISIONS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. . Wellington; Tuesday. Before the Appeal Court, in re Pullen, a motion to strike a solicitor off the rolls, the Court held that defendant possibly did not appreciate the gravity of his act in writing the letter complained of, but the offence was n grave one, and he must be suspended for twelve months and pay costs. In Hex v. Dawc, an. Atidcland tramway manslaughter case, >M Court held that the jury's SveMd/Jriflllfoted to a finding that prisoner with a strong recommendation to mercy. The conviction was upheld, But the Chief Jultice said it was not a case for severe punishment. In re Knox, an appeal under the Death Duties Act, the Court held that the commission left to the trustees for their troubh was a legacy, and dismissed the uppwil, the trustees to pay their own costs and those of the Crown out of their own moneys and not out of the estate.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 297, 10 May 1911, Page 5
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160APPEAL COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 297, 10 May 1911, Page 5
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