TALKING IN COURT.
A MAGISTRATE'S REBUKE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CHHISTCHtmCH. Monday. Several times of late solicitors in the Magistrate's Court have been severely reprimanded "from the Bench for talking loudly during the hearing of cases, and to-day Mr. E. Page, S-M., had cause to speak his mind pretty clearly on the subject. "Just one minute," said the magistrate to a witness who was giving evidence. "Counsel and others have developed the habit of all talking at once," he went on, eyeing rather sternly the many solicitors who sat grouped at various tables in the Court. "I wish they would go outside if they have anything to discuss and not do it in here. It is difficult enough to get through the work without a further embarrassment of being unable to hear what is going on." A hush fell over the Court and the witness being told to proceed did so amid solemn silence from the bar.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19384, 20 July 1926, Page 14
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