KING'S COUNSEL.

NZ Truth, Issue 104, 15 June 1907, Page 6

KING'S COUNSEL.

Saul Solomon Selected.

When the Supreme Court) criminal sittings were " m progress. towards the 'end of last month, somebody suggested that Mr. S. Solomon was looking for a job as King's Counsel. Now that the appointments — inckudiijg Solly's— have 'been duly announced, the time is ripe to record the in-» cident which gave rise to that rc _ mark. In connection with, the extensive robberies of tobacoo (mostly cigarettes) from Rattray and Son's store m October last, 'Alf Oudaille was hauled before the Court a while bade, charged with the theft. Solomon defended him, and ihe got off.. At these last sittings George Stanley Sharp came up on the same charge. He is a dark-skinned Tasmanian boy, twenty years of age, and previaus'ly worked as a clerk m the office of the N.Z. Flourmil'lers' Association. He .didn't exactly pole the baccy, 'but- he restrained not himself f rbru -getting his fingers round it, aitliough he knew it Jiad been hooked n Stan made a little pile selling the smokes, 'and when Oudaille was natfbed he scooted.. A warrant was issued for his arrest, and 'he roamed about between here and Australia, dodging the 'tecs until he was full of it. Then he deckled; to come Lack and have the ' thinK squared up. He pleaded guilty to receiving. His statement, read in.Court, showed that while Ouclaille was waiting his turn at the Sup-i rerne Court, G-edrga Stanley took' a hop into Dunedin, consulted Oudaillo's solicitor, namely, Solomon,; and bolted again.. >By fthe way, t-ho fact that this visit did come ott and Sharp "sneaked! of? again without being collared, is hardly complimentary to ■ the v 'tecs m town, > Stari came back m the end, however. When it was mentioned m the Supremo Court that G-eorgie had paid this visit to Solomon, the f,act was not .recorded.. The papers put \ibx> ttong offi m a, nretty way by saying merely that lie had consulted "tho other accused's counsel," but giving no reminder as to who that chappie was. Think it likely that thus was purely a slip on the part of tlw; reporters* or was it ''by raquest" that they suppressed the reference to Solly ? Sly Saul is a 'diplomat. Doubtless he wished to keep himself m the background as far as that interview was. coraceTned.