EX-DETECTIVE SENTENCED.
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION. DUNDIN, Dec. 15. John Frederick Hammerley, an exniember of the detective force, was before the court to-day on an adjourned hearing in respect to charges of assault and using indecent language at Opoho on November 13/
Hammerly lias been making frequent appearances in the court recently, and his methods of conducting his own eases have, severely tried the patience of the magistrates. To-day lie was particularly troublesome, and when he informed Mr H. W. Bundle, who had directed him as to a line of questioning, that the witness <f was in his (Hammerly’s) hands, ’ ’ Mr Bundle piornptly committed him for contempt of court.
Hammerly wasi charged in the afternoon with contempt of court, and His Worship inflicted a sentence of 14 davs’ imprisonment. Hammerly, however pleaded that lie was suffering from deafness and had been treated by a specialist, whereupon His Worship reduced the sentence to one of 48 hours.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 December 1924, Page 5
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