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Temuka Leader, Issue 322, 27 November 1880, Page 2

Bench and bar had a very lively time of it at Macrae'* last Thursday, *•* Fraser, who appeared as counsel in the cases before the Court* repeatedly collided with Mr Warden Bobinton, the ' I ... /T_ *—.* l AAfllt I'll* Fraser stated that Mr ] would have committed the defendantjfor contempt of Court 5o times over ; auo\ a few'minutes after, during the hesrrag of the next case, he called the attention of the Bench to tb„ fact thaj the pla'ntiff had, unchecked, accuse! his client of being either mad or lirunMnd complained bitterly of the want of^orum views on the subject aM^W»m tenance pf order in Courts *• that the witness was not m and spoke a words to him to an = undertone. The following dialogue, ensued :—The Warden (to thejitness)V « I was going jrea- sV" but T presume your, hasf instructed you how to. reply.'" Mr Fraser : " I thank your ; Worship.? What I did say to my client was- that;: yon are evidently so biased against Mm; that it is useless proceeding further with the defence." The question wit put. —0. D. Times* '