"GRAVE CONTEMPT."
PHOTO. PUBLISHED. FINE OF £100 IMPOSED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The judgment of Sir Michael Myers, Chief Justice, in the case of the SolicitorGeneral, against N**il Tonke, registered printer and publisher of New Zealand "Truth," for alleged contempt of Court, was delivered to-day. The judgment ua.s that publication of photographs of George Edward James after his arrest on a charge of murder was grave contempt of Court. A fine of £100 wns imposed, and defendant was ordered to pay costs, which were fixed at 30 guineas.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 57, 8 March 1934, Page 8
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