DICTATING TO THE COURT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18601, 8 July 1922, Page 13

DICTATING TO THE COURT

A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENTB££ ; ;| \ ACTION. •■■’'■ • - V h m m 4 MR M*OOMBS INDIGNANT —' ' * vi £FEOM Oto Owk Co*HßSPos^W^i^^^j wmajngto^Ps^J9T; When the House of HepreeemiiShreeM* this afternoon Mr J. M'Comba asked the Prime Minister if mu" had been drawn, to the fact that a: of Parliament had been attempting tosdfaa ; tate to the Supreme Court. _ VM .* The Prime Minister: Was it tie membejira for Lyttelton? ".ipiO Mr M‘Combs: I hare done notfxmg t haigPY kind. I think tie matter should ho goom into, and. that the Minister of Jitlt>W<gitwH| take some action. The following wae wM|f the judge said: “Now, it is a very serious/; mistake, to put it mildly, to make rwrtwjg* sentations to have anything court. If any representations are * "p/dsjO made they are to be made to the itself., It is a thing I feel very about.’’ Another telegram agnefl. PJ.' Hamilton’! stated that the best had been/ taken that the court must sit a to Invercargill if demanded by the. sfasjnersj y cited in the district, end to please reply, y at once. To this the judge relied that ‘jftws/i best legal advice is very bad, advice. Ifeia.;* entirely wrong. Southland is oiled of the Otago and Southland Districts, and . Dunedin is the cchWiCnf f thah_ district, and the place at whidhdifce gits. We- object, very strongly such as were expressed by the It suggests that the court does not knorw-dte/ • own business, or is incapable s out its duties! I would like to reiterate/* what I said before and remark _ that thia i court is a Supreme Court and to the same respect.” _ ‘ 'X ; f “Will the Minister have regulation* drown to. see that members of Parliame^ .J respect the Supreme Ckwrt?” j !M*Oombs. ■ v ! The Minister of Justice: It u, necessary. The court has ample pomp topj deal with anyone, member of PafWuhent]£ or not. who attempts to interfere with functions. Later, Mr J. R. Hamilton asked «»"J Minister if it was right for a judge oftbsi ;1 Supreme Court to rebuke membeifc ht PjN.. liament or farmers who had received sewfal'jy communications from the Clerk- of- Awards .regarding cases coming before thcVcoisrtr;' <. ?j The Hon. Mr Lee replied Jjwt the Stand-;?; ing Orders that _no should be permitted in judge of the Simreme Court, there was general laughter at Mr Hamfl-V*