CHARGE AGAINST A SOLICITOR.
MOTION TO STRIKE OFF ROLLS. (PEES 3 ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) > "WELLINGTON, April 26. The Court of Appeal heard argument this morning in the case of the application by the Auckland District Law Society to strike off the rolls of barristers an'd solicitors Archibald Lyon Donniston, of Auckland. The ground of tho application was the allegation that judgment had been obtained against Denniston in the Magistrate's Court for £153 7s Id, such sum being trust money received by Denniston on behalf of 4 client, and that such money had not been paid over to the client. Mr Von Haast, who appeared for the Law Society, said that it was clear that Denniston had not kept in his trust account the proper amount to meet the liability of £153 7s Id. Mr Johnston, for Denniston, said that his client's position was due to the defalcation of his accountant. Tho application was adjourned till to-morrow.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17748, 27 April 1923, Page 12
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