ACTION FOR LIBEL.
[Per Pkkss Association.] WELLINGTON, June 26. The Carterton libel cases of Horasby v. Moriarty, and Moriarty v. "Hornsby were mentioned in the District Court at Masterton this morning. Counsel for Mr Hornisby applied for an adjournment, on the ground of Parliamentary privilege. This was objected to. District Judge Kettle said that as District Court judges were nob independent he would decline to hear a case in which a member of Parliament was concerned, he being dependent for his salary upon'the'Legislature. He advised' that a writ of certiorari should beobtained, to remove the cases into the Supreme Court. Counsel for Mr Moriarty said 1 that he would apply for .a mandamus to compel Judge Kettle to adjudicate.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12538, 27 June 1901, Page 6
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119ACTION FOR LIBEL. Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12538, 27 June 1901, Page 6
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