A JURYMAN FINED.
REFUSED TO COME TO AN INQUESTi
;By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) Auckland, January 11.', When a citizen is summoned-as a juryman at an inauest the law cornels. him . to he present, and a defaulter is liable . to a penalty of .£5. It is not often that jurymen fail to appear, but the coroner (Jlr, T. Gresham) had a case to deal with a few days ago which was the first case of this kind Mr. Gresham had experienced. The man.m question refused to, come to the innuest, and in spite of a warning that ho would he fined, he failed to appear. Then he refused.to pay the < fine inflicted (J2l),' "but when kejvas. ; in.formed that it would be increased to he stepped down and mildly paid «-i» ;
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1023, 12 January 1911, Page 4
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128A JURYMAN FINED. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1023, 12 January 1911, Page 4
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