AN INTERESTING LAW POINT.
[by telegraph.—press association.] j Wellington, Wednesday. Reference was made in the Banco Court to-day to the case of Callen v. Batley, argued some time ago, and involving the question of responsibility of a police officer for the payment of costs upon conviction in the Resident Magistrate's Court, having been quashed on appeal. Justice Richmond, in answer to Mr. Bell, said that in considering their decision, neither he nor the Chief Justice had been able to find any authority to guide them as to the practice, and they were not yet prepared to give judgment. Mr. Bell suggested that as the amount at stake was not large, there would be no harm in delaying the decision until a statement as to the English practice could be obtained from the Solicitors to the Treasury. His Honor said the Judges felt slow to lay down a principle that costs should be given against a public prosecuting authority for supporting in higher Courts the judgment of the magistrate. The question would, however, have to stand over for the present,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9188, 18 October 1888, Page 5
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