SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 901, 2 April 1878, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

MR G. E. BARTON AND THE JUDGES AGAIN. [PRESS AGENCY.] AUCKLAND, last night, Afc the Supreme Court, Haraa Waki, for pig stealing afc Alexandra, pleaded guilty, sentence deferred. In the horse-stealing charge against the same prisoner, a verdict of nob guilty was returned. Rewi has written a letter to the Governor expressing regret thac he did not see him when iv Waikato, as he could have wished to have seen him as the representative of the Queen. WELLINGTON, Friday. Mr Barton made his first appearance m Court to-day since his release from gaol. Mr Barton having made an application and argued it, Judge Richmond ruled, but as it appeared not to be perfectly clear, the Judge explained it more than once, and having entered his decision, was proceeding to the next case* Mr Barton requested that he be treated properly, and asked to be iuformed what the decision of the Court was. Jus! ice Richmond declined to reiterate any more, and asked the Registrar if he had heard. The Registrar replied affirmatively, and read his entry, which was tho same as the Judge's. Mr Barton having accused the officers of the Court of not acting impartially, the Judge said: MiBarton, ' I wilJ call upon you to account for tl.is,' and took a noto of the expressions U3ed by Mr Barton. Mr Barton then asked that the notes be read to him, so that he might ascertain their correctness or otherwise. If not, he would dis-' pnfce them. Ju;ige Richmond declined. Later on m the afternoon, Mr Barton moved that the warrant for his commitment for contempt of Gourt be quashed, and argued m support at considerable length, and quoted a somewhat analogous case, Pollaid v. the Chief Justice of Flongkjng, m which the Privy Council ruled that no person should be punished for contempt of Court before being allowed an opportunity of answering the charges raised against him. After hearing him at great length, the Judge refused the application, and instanced a case recently decided by the House of Lords, m which it was laid down that a Judgrt m the legitimate exercise of his function i/^ing 1 set at defiance by any person, could commit' that person instantly: He also instanced a case where the Judge committed the Prince of Wales to the Fleet prison for contempt of Court.