STRUCK OFF THE ROLLS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21757, 23 March 1934, Page 10

STRUCK OFF THE ROLLS

PENALTIES ON SOLICITORS SEVERAL ORDERS MADE [by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTOSr, Thursday The Court of Appeal to-day dealt with applications from the New Zealand Law Society to have various practitioners struck off the rolls of barristers and solicitors of the Dominion. In the case of John Champion Miller, solicitor, of Inglewood, counsel for the Law Society stated that over a period of months his banking had been short and that the shortage had not been accounted for. The total shortage amounted to '£s2 19s 6d, which had since been made good by his relatives. An order was made striking him off the roll of solicitors. Counsel who appeared for Harrild Hales Hutchison, solicitor, of Palmerston North, said the facts were not in dispute. There was a deficiency of £ll2, which since had been made good. As the practitioner was comparatively a young man he asked that the extreme order of striking him off be not made, but that some period of suspension be imposed. The Courts however, held that the usual order of striking off should be made, with costs. Similar orders were also made by consent against William Perry Hollings, of Wellington; Douglas Barrington Kent, of Waipukurau; and Albert Lionel" Bailey . and Walter Hislop, both of Napier.