COURT ETIQUETTE
BREACH BY LAWYER MAGISTRATE SPEAKS PLAINLY. (By Telegraph.—Special to “Times.”) AUCKLAND,' December 8. It is not often i tiiat Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., is emphatic regarding court etiquette, but this morning a case occurred in which His Worship felt if. his duty to speak plainly. The lawyer concerned, when a case was called, said that if it could he adjourned until to-morrow &e had arranged for another magistrate to hear it. Mr Hunt: You have no right to make an arrangement to have your case heard before a particular magistrate. , ’
Counsel said he had not arranged for a particular magistrate to hear this case.
Mr Hunt: For some reason of your own you want a particular magistrate to hear this easel I do not want to hear it, but wish to make it clear that it is a wrong practice to try and arrange for any particular magistrate to hear it. ■
Counsel said what happened was that he went to a magistrate for advice, who said he could hear the case tomorrow morning. Mr Hunt: It is bad practice for counsel to go to a magistrate .. for advice. Anyway I will adjourn the case, and it can he heard by another magistrate. I . -
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12315, 9 December 1925, Page 8
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206COURT ETIQUETTE New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12315, 9 December 1925, Page 8
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