MAGISTRATES & POLITICAL INFLUENCE.
MR NORTHCROJTT 'S STATEMENTS. \ DENIAL AND AN EXPLANATION. (United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The Minister of Justice hag rc.•l'ived a letter from Mr Nort-hcroft, .'X-S.M., relative -lo the statements jeported to have been made by -the attc-r tivat political influence was •i.swl on maffistrate.s of t.lie Dominion. Mr Nortlicroft says that he had been out of -town since t-he ie-i-oru appeared, and only nr<vv had access -to* all newspapers. He denies :l;at his speech was correctly reno ft cd t and bays that sc* far us Dr ncl lay and Mr McGowan are co-n-----erned*'he has not k.nown of any nterferencc with Magistrates. His l-ma.rks .were not against any partial lav Government. The practice had -jrevailed ever since he joined the Department- 32 years ago, at times ::tore or less pronounced; but since pr Find lay had been Minister of .rii«*:co, interference Tvitli magistrates '•> ad -not been possible.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 8 November 1910, Page 4
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150MAGISTRATES & POLITICAL INFLUENCE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 8 November 1910, Page 4
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