1917 PROSECUTIONS
In the summary report, published on Saturday, of the proceedlngs in 3917 which ended In the suspension of sentences passed on striking miners It was stated that Mr. V. R. Meredith, on behalf of the Crown, and after the defendants had pleaded guilty, asked for an adjournment because of an agreement or compact made between the Government and the miners' representatives. Mr. Meredith, In making the application, said he had been instructed to make it clear that the Government recognised that irt making such an arrangement it had no power to bind or even to influence the Court in the exercise of its judicial discretion. The question of whether the suggested adjournment should be granted was one entirely for the magistrate.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 235, 5 October 1942, Page 4
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