DOMINION NEWS.
ALLEGED CONTEMPT GF COURT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Feb. 3. Mr. J. F. W. Dickson, barrister and solicitor, appeared before Air. Poynton, S.M., on, a complaint by Mr. Poynton that on January 25 fh a civil case defendant wilfully insulted the Magistrate by using offensive, insulting and contemptuous words, thereby being guilty of contempt of Court. Air. Dickson argued that the Magistrate by not dealing with the alleged offence at the time lost jurisdiction in the matter. He denied that he was guilty of wilful contempt. Air. Poynton said he had adjourned the matter as he hesitated to send Air. Dickson \to prison or impose a fine without giving him another opportunity to apologise. Air. Dickson persisted in the stand already taken up, and Air. Poynton adjourned the case for one week for further consideration. SEAMEN STOWAWAYS. Dunedin, Feb. 3. Three seamen were charged with stowing away on the steamer Koromik’o, which sailed from -Sydney/ for Dunedin on January 26. The defendants said they left Sydney because the strike was on and they''were unable to get work. Each was sentenced to 30 days’ imprisonment.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 February 1921, Page 8
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