COURT OF APPEAL.
A SCENE. (by telegraph—press association). Wellington, Last Night. Befobe four judges, Mr Bell moved that an affidavit in the case of v. Comte de Court, be struck off the file. This had been put in by Mr Jellicoe, Counsel for plaintiff, who objected to Judge Edwards heariug the case on the ground of bias and prejudice. Mr Jellicoe opposed, and after a good deal of heated argument, in the course of which Judge Denriston told Mr Jellicoe he had for half-an-hour been engageed in insulting a judge of the Supreme Court. The Court unanimously decided that the affidavit was scandalous and impertiment, and was not filed bona fide, and must be struck off with costs against Mr Jellicoe. The "Court, however, reserved its decision on the question, whether a judge can be objected to otherwise than through Parliament.
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Waikato Argus, Volume VI, Issue 428, 29 April 1899, Page 2
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