THE COURT OF APPEAL.
INTERESTING CASES. , (Per Press Association.) ,', ; "Wellington, May 9. In the-Appeal Court, in re Pulleu, a motion to strike a solicitor off the rolls, the Court held that defendant possibly did not- appreciate, ithe gravity ; of : liis act in -writing the letter complained of, but the offence was a grave one, and he must'be suspended for 12 months .arid payjco§ts,. : ' ' ' In'ttdV v 1! Dawe, tlio Auckland tram/wayvmitiislaugliter case, the. Cofart held tliat" the verdict amounted'to a finding thai; prisoner was guilty with a strong recommendation to mercy. The convictioif was upheld/ but the Chief Justice said it was liot- a case for: serPerV punishment'. - . In re the Knox appeal under the Death Duties Act, the Court held that the commission left to. the trustees for their trouble was a legacy arid dis4 missed the, appeal, the trustees to pay .their own costs and those of the Crown, out of their .own monies and uot out of the estate. '
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10762, 9 May 1911, Page 4
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161THE COURT OF APPEAL. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10762, 9 May 1911, Page 4
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