LETTER TO JUDGE
IMPROPER PROCEDURE CENSURED [Pee United Press Association.] HAMILTON, February 19. A strong censure on the. sender of an anonymous letter to him with reference to an accused was passed oy Mr Justice Fair after sentencing a prisoner in the Supreme Court at Hamilton this morning. “ I have received in connection with this prisoner an anonymous letter,” His Honour said, “ which purports to draw my attention to certain facta which I could consider in imposing sentence. It should be known by this time that any communication of this kind amounts "to contempt of court and interference with the administration of justice, for which the law provides punishment.” His'Honour, added that u a person wished to bring notices to court it could be done through the proper channels—the probation officer or the Crown solicitor—who would give it a sympathetic hearing.
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Evening Star, Issue 22578, 20 February 1937, Page 1
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141LETTER TO JUDGE Evening Star, Issue 22578, 20 February 1937, Page 1
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