Unusual Procedure
An unusual procedure in debt cases was adopted in the Napier Magistrate’s Court, when evidence was called to prove that a judgment debtor possessed means. In asking permission to call this evidence, Mr. Humphreys agreed that it was an unusual course to take. The claim, one for arrears of rent, succeeded. This practice was later adopted by Mr. C. W. Nash in a debt claim against a Maori. When in Napier be sure to call at the “Home of Good Eats”—that’s the “Trocadoro"—Hasting* Street^
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 29 February 1940, Page 4
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86Unusual Procedure Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 29 February 1940, Page 4
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