STRONG CENSURE
ANONYMOUS LETTER TO JUDGE.
(Per Press Association.) HAMILTON, February 19. * Strong censure on the anonymous sender of a letter to him about a prisoner was passed by Mr Justice Fair after sentencing a man in the Supreme Court at Hamilton this morning.
“I have received in connection witli this prisoner an anonymous letter which proposes to draw my attention to certain facts which I could consider in imposing sentence,” he said. “It should be known by this time that any communication of this kind amounts to contempt of court and interference with the administration of justice, for which the law provides punishment.” His Honor added that if a person wished to bring notices to the court it could be done through the proper •channels, the probation officer or the Crown solicitor.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 111, 20 February 1937, Page 10
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133STRONG CENSURE Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 111, 20 February 1937, Page 10
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