THE ISSUE OF SUBPOENAS
RULING GIVEN BY MAGISTRATE The practice of serving subpoenas on witnesses was commented on by the Magistrate. Mr T. E. Maunsell, in court .yesterday, when ho pointed out that a subpoena was totally void and of no effect unless expenses were tendered with the summons. Asked by the police to give a ruling on the point his Worship laid down the I following:— Summonses to witnesses are not to be issued unless the law is complied with, and the law is not complied with unless expenses are submitted with the summons. Secondly, they pro not to be issued unless there is reason to believe that witnesses will not attend without. If a witness is a willing witness then the course of issuing a subpoena is not justifiable.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 1 September 1945, Page 4
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131THE ISSUE OF SUBPOENAS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 1 September 1945, Page 4
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