APPEAL COURT
A DEATH DUTY CASE
Wellington. May 9.
In re Knox, an appeal under the Death Duties Act. the court held that the commission was left to the trustees for their trouble aijd was a legacy. The appeal was therefore dismissed, the trustees to pay their own costs and those of the Crown out of their own means, and not out of the estate.
SUSPENSION OF A SOLICITOR
In the Appeal Court, in re Pullen, a motion to strike a solicitor off the rolls, the court held that defendant possibly did not appreciate the gravity of the act in writing the letter complained of. but the offence was a grave one. and he must be suspended for twelve months and pay costs.
CHA R G E OF 31A N SLA UGH T E R
In the case of Rex v. Dawe, the Auckland tramways manslaughter ( ase. the court held that the jury's verdict amounted to the finding of the prisoner guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. The conviction must be upheld, fait the Chief Justice said it was not a. case for severe punishment.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 122, 9 May 1911, Page 8
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