COUNSEL APOLOGISES
HAMILTON COURT INCIDENT. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, this day. A sequel to an incident in which Mr. Gillies hurriedly left the Magistrate's Court during tlie hearing of a civil action on July 28th, and failed to attend inter when ordered to do so by the Magistrate (Mr. Burton), was his appearance in Court this morning on a charge of contempt of Court. When called, _ Ir. Gilies said he wished to apologise for the manner in which he had left the Court. He realised that he should have announced that he had abandoned the case, and asked permission to leave the Court.
-Mr. Burton said the apology was ac-, cepted. He agreed with Mr. Gillies as to tlie proper course to have taken, and was glad that Mr. Gillies had seen his way to apologise, because he was satisfied that what had occurred had happened on the spur of the moment. Mr. Gillies had always been held in the highest esteem by his professional associates, and in this he (Mr. Burton) shared. \Vhat was dono was not with an intention to show contempt, but on the spur of'-the moment. The apology did credit •to Mr. Gillies. His Worship thought the incident was one of those things where he who says the least says best.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 196, 19 August 1919, Page 5
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