THE STOUT PETITION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4653, 20 February 1894, Page 3

THE STOUT PETITION.

The Cas § in fyijrt (By Telegraph,—Press A'socwtion). Wellinoton, Tuisdny. At the nit i".(j of lie Eleciion beld tin's iMitiini" before the Chief Jiis'uicc aid Judge lii.hmomi argument was iiik'ii in con eotion with the petition against ilio return of Sir Robert Btout fur Wellington City, Messrs Edwards and Gray appeared for petitioner Kobilt, in support of the petition, Air Poynton for petitioner Lindsay and Mr Jellicoe with him,Mr Sim (of Dunedin) for the respondent Sir B. Stout. At the outset Mr Poynton made an application on behalf of Mr Lindsay to wiih(lra\y from the petition but as the other petitioner, Kobell, refused to consent to the withdrawal of the petition, JJr Poynton could not proceed witl] tilt) petition, but ho whs obliged to, owing to the refusal of the other to withdraw, Mr Jellicoe then moved to expunge from the files of the Supreme Court the so-oalled petition on grounds (1) the petition was not presented to Returning Officer in a proper manner, (2) that no pecurity, as in the statute required, was given in the manner and within the time prescribed. (8). That petitioners did not for seven days publish in a newspaper, circulating in the district, a copy of the. petition as pre- : scribed, Argument on the motion iB still proceeding, 1