LE TTEP TO JUDGE
‘■(OXTFMPT OF COURT." CTiIKF JUSTICE'S WARNING. Before the hearing of an undefended divorce petition -in Hie Wanganui Supreme Com - ., in the ease of Bird v. Bird, ilie Chief Justice. Sir Michael MVers. said lie had received a letter c;ir'(T in ih,' morning from the respondent. ■■J luive not. rea'd it." added Ins I!om»r. ‘•and L don't- know what is in h. ;it. is signed by a man who must he verv ignorant, hut even so he ought to know Bettor than to be guilty of ini propriety of writing to a judge upon a matter that is coming before the court which that judge is presiding. I assume he is an ignorant man and not a man of moans. T feel very much disposed to fine him for lfis conduct. It is contempt of court. However. 1 assume lie. is nor a man of much means. One of 'these days, some person who commits an impropriety of that will find himself very heavily fineu or sent to prison for liis contempt.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11951, 23 May 1933, Page 3
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175LETTEP TO JUDGE Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11951, 23 May 1933, Page 3
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