APPEAL COURT.

Bush Advocate, Volume XIX, Issue 777, 26 July 1907, Page 5

APPEAL COURT.

[Press Association.] WELLINGTON, July 26. The Appeal Court, on resuming the hearing of the Te Akan block case, intimated that without expressing any opinion as to the power of the Court to issue a writ of prohibition in a case of bias of a judge of the Native Appellate Comurt, they Mould like to hear argument on the . ques-M tion as to whether plaintiffs' statement of claim disclosed any real bias on the part of Judge Browne. 31 r Bell. K.C., then addressed the Court to show that even if the allegations in the statement (which were denied) Mere true they would not be such as to show any bias on Judge Browne's part. He also contended rhat even if they did disclose bias the Supreme Court had no jurisdiction to interfere, the proper tribunal being the Native Appellate Court itself. Mr Skerrett, K.C., and Dr Findlay, on behalf of Judges Browne and Mair, then followed on the same lines. WELLINGTON, July 26. The Appeal Court reserved judgmenc in the Te Akau block case.