Supreme Court.
Dunedin, Tuesday. —At the Supreme Court in Chambers, before Mr Justice Williams, the petition of certain shareholders, asking the Court to direct the liquidators to prosecute J. G. Ward and John Fisher, y% as called on.
Mr Maogregor Sftid it waa hopeless to contend that the costs should be paid out of the debenture money. Perhaps the prosecution might be taken by the Crown but here difficulties arose ; Chapman, who was acting for Mr Ward, was Crown Prosecutor.
Mr Cook, for two of the largest creditors, said it was very hard to the creditors that money was to be used for prosecuting these gentlemen. The people asking for prosecution represented only a small portion of the contributors.
Mr McGregor having replied His Honor reserved judgment.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume 3670, Issue XXIV, 9 March 1898, Page 2
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