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THE LAWYER STILL SAT UPON. [PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, February 10. At the Police Court this morning, Mr Haokett, the solioitor who was placed in custody yesterday for alleged contempt of court by Mr Dyer, 5.M.,-for refusing to sit down when ordered to do so, applied for an adjournment and for nail, in order to consult senior counsel. This was refused most emphatically by the Magistrate, despite Mr Hackett's persistent and strenuous protest, Mr Dyer eventually saying: "I convict you of contempt of Court, and fine you £5. If the fine is not paid within one week, you will go to gaol for seven days." Mr Hackett: I may say this in no disrespect —l will not pay that fine I Mr Dyer: It is a matter of perfect indifference to me. Replying to further remarks, Mr Dyer said an application for a rehearingcould be made in the usual way. [The .first scene in this lively epiNgode will" be found reported on page
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 800, 10 February 1909, Page 2
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