BENCH AND BAR.
[Pee Press Association.] AUCKLAND, February 10. At the Police Court this morning Mr flackett, the solicitor who was placed in custody yesterday for alleged contempt of Court by Mr Dyer, S.M., lor refusing to sit down when ordered to do so, applied for an adjournment and bail in order to consult senior counsel. ■i. This was refused most emphatically by V the Magistrate, despite Mr Hackctt’s persistent and strenuous protest. Mr Dyer eventually said: “I convict you for contempt of Court and fine you £5. : If the fine is not paid within ono week you will go to gaol for seven days.” Mr Hackett replied: “I may sav this, - in no disrespect, I will not pay that fine. 1 ' Mr Dyer: “It is a matter of porfect indifference to me.” Replying ■ to further remarks, Mr Dyer said that an application for a rehearing could be made in the' usual way.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXX, Issue 14916, 11 February 1909, Page 10
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153BENCH AND BAR. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXX, Issue 14916, 11 February 1909, Page 10
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