STRUCK OFF THE ROLLS

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 93, 22 April 1915, Page 3

STRUCK OFF THE ROLLS

UNPUOSE3SIONAL CONDUCT

j . [Press Association.] I WELLINGTON, April 31. I Application was mad©- to the Conn;' S of Appeal' this afternoon for an order j absolute striking Frederick Oliver I Riibin Phillips, of Otorohnnga, ofv tho i roll of barristers and solicitors of tliu ! Supi'-eme Court,, upon the ground that [ he had been convicted by the Supremo j Court at Auckland of fabricating eyi- | dence to mislead the Maniapoto Dist I trict Maori Land Board. I The prisoner was admitted at Auc.it- [ land to probation for 12 months, -upon | the usual terms 'and upon the special f condition that he paid £87 '8s 2d, the costs oi: the prosecution. A rule nisi ' was granted by the Supreme Court «vo Hamilton on the 12th. March, 1915, calling upon Phillips to show before the Court of Appeal cause why lie should not b© struck off the rolls, upon the ground that he had been guilty . of professional misconduct. i The Court suspended Phillips for two years, and ordered him to pay £15 15s costs and • disbursements.