COURT INTERRUPTED.
AN INCIDENT AT DUNEDIN. .MAN IN CUSTODY FOR NIGHT. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DUNEDIN. -Wednesday. After spending a night in the police cells a man who interrupted the proceedings in the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon, Robert Fulcher, was brought before Mr. Justice Reed this-morning and asked whether he had anything to say why he should not be committed for contempt of Court.
Fulcher answered that he was sorry he had spoken as he had done. He had been excited.
His Honor: Well, prisoner, is seemed to me that there were a number of friends of the accused man in the gallery, you among them, ana it struck me that your remark was in the nature of intimidation of the witness then under examination. Prisoner: No, sir. His Honor: Apparently you are a friend of the accused, and you resented the man giving evidence against him. Prisoner: No, sir. His Honor: Well, that is the statement you made to the police. However, you have been locked up for the night, and I don't think you need be further punished. You are discharged.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19558, 10 February 1927, Page 13
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