HELPED COUNSEL.
CHAIRMAN'S GESTURE. READING OF EVIDENCE. Sir Francis Frazer, chairman of the board of inquiry set up to inquire into the cause or causes of the derailment of the Wellington-Auckland express on October 28, combines a thorough appreciation of the difficulties of witnesses and counsel with a desire to do all he possibly can to assist them. Prior to the hearing of evidence from a Crown witness this morning, Mr. V. R. Meredith, who represents the Minister of Railways and the Railways Department, asked the witness who would read the statement which contained witness' evidence. "I think you had better, Mr. Meredith," said witness. It was then that Sir Francis Frazer suggested that he would read the statement, which was a lengthy one, and thus save both counsel and witness the trouble. "I know Mr. Meredith has had a lot of talking during the last two days— and I have not," said Sir Francis. Sir Francis then read the typewritten statement before witness was crossexamined.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 283, 28 November 1940, Page 11
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166HELPED COUNSEL. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 283, 28 November 1940, Page 11
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