THE CRICK CASE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 317, 21 December 1906, Page 4

THE CRICK CASE.

APPLICATION TO STRIKE QFF--1 ROLL. SYDNEY, Thursday. W. P. Crick appeared before tho FuH 'Court to shOvV eftuSe -why lie should tiot be sti ; iick drt tho rt«li <3f hOlicitoi's-. The fti'buad orlhc crtdiioft 'w4s the fth'dlinjr of Ihe I/atids GWnimißSißn that bf sums b'l irißiiey rcc%ea.l)y HW Ciok &s , ; toiid : , their 'beihg dealt with Jiy mk Miijiste)i; of Laajds; . Cpick , . re-' f fceiygd,. a r lialf. j.T^e toroceoSin^ ' p^ain?,t Qricfc- were Sn t>6--■UAIf of t>Ae llicOrpoi'ated Law ; in- ' Stitute. Mr G. H. 'Reid and aMr , Walker appeared for , Crick, '-'and j the latter filed 'an' affidavit in , wh|i«h he set out the ' necessity for postponement to enable h'itn '■ to prepared bis case. He declared tbiat he had not been guilty 'of any- otfenco against tho law of the State. Mi- tleidi in a lengthy ar- ' gumellt in lavoiir @f feUe pohtpaner Saitl they asked f9r all dppbftuiijiiy | to 'bring fefwai^d such, explana^ibn as would aead. the Court to the conclusion 'that the finding Bf the t L?l|itJ^ ,C6njmls'§{Bji, was wrongy The f Chief Just'ic'e Suid ihn. on iy thing | ttie Cdurt was concerned about was ', the hhajhsf that Crick received .half • Close's 'fees. Eventually a., pos^r j psri«ment was granted tiii tile | first day 'af.,iiext teFm in ■Febriiair'.v. < Judge, Fitz HarcHnce, appointed Royal .Comraissioner to inquire into t/he Crick-Willis jury subornation Case sits •to-morrow.