The Poor Lawyers' Crust.
[By Telegraph.] (from our own correspondent.) Wellington, Last night. Abstract of bills of costs in certain election petition trials attached to evidence of Election Petitions Committee:—Wakanui: Ivess and Wason —Counsels' fees, £517; payments out of pocket, £107; witnesses, £99 ; solicitors' charges, £171. Total, £894; taxed off, £211. Franklyn North: Counsels'fees, £342; payments, £21; witnesses, £74 ; solicitors' charges, £250. Total, £688; taxed off, £391. Lyttelton: Hollis and Allwright—Coun* aels' fees, £74; payments out of pocket, £5; witnesses, £4; solicitors' charges, £44 10s. Total, £127 ; taxed off, £214 7s. Gladstone : Rutherford and Sutter— Counsels' fees, £43; payments, £5; solicitors' charges, £41. Total, £89 ; laxed off, nil. Wanganui: Ballance and WattCounsels' fees, £194; payments, £8; witnesses, £25 ; solicitors' charges, £363. Total, £593; tax. d off, £150.
Items picked out of lawyers' bills of costs in election affairs, Wakanui : —Fee to Stoat's clerk, £5 10s, taxed off £4 10s ; fee to Stout £110, taxed off £23 18.< ; fee to Wilding, £82 13s 6d ; taxed off £25 3s 6d; fee to Stout, £27 11s, taxed off £27 lls ; fee to Wilding, £16 10s, taxed off £16 10s; reporter to Stout. £27 lls, taxed off £27 lls; reporter to Wilding, £16 10s, taxed off £16 10s; railway fare and expenses.—Stout, £7 10s, taxed off £7 10; do Wilding, £4 Is, taxed off £4 Is. Pranklyn North—lnstructions for brief, £16, taxed off £6 ; fee to Cotter, £66 ; fee to Whitaker with brief, £44, taxed off £44; attending Mr Whitaker £2 2s, taxed off £2 2s; fee Whitaker, £2 9s 6d ; taxed off £2 9s 6d; fee Whitaker, £7 12s, taxed off £7 12s ; fee Whitaker, £7 12s, taxed off £7 12s. The foregoing is in Buckland's costs. In Harris' costs —Instructions from brief, £16, taxed off £10 15; drawing brief, £12 15s, taxed off £10 18s ; engrossing same £7 13s 4d, taxed off £6 13s 4d ; fee to Mr Lusk £107 10s, taxed off £75; reporter, Lusk £27, taxed off £19 8s; reporter, Lusk £27, taxed off £27; Wanganui election (instructions for brief) £210, taxed off £40; fee to counsel £160, taxed off £30; reporter to counsel £27 lls, taxed off £27 lls.
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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4254, 19 August 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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360The Poor Lawyers' Crust. Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4254, 19 August 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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