ALLEGED OVERCHARGE.
HAMILTON, June 16. When a prisoner came up for sentence in the Supreme Court to-day on a charge of forging his grandfather’s name to an order to obtain goods to the value of £l6 10s, on credit, the prisoner said he had since paid the money to Mr Singer, solicitor, at Auckland. Mr Justice E-dwards : There is a receipt here from Mr Singer for £23. What is this for? The prisoner said £l6 10s was for the cost of the goods and £3 for any expense the firm had been put to over the case. The remainder was for Mr Singer. His Honor : What! Do you mean to say Mr Singer charged you that amount for merely paying an account for you on the other side of the road ? This must be inquired into. You must bring this under the notice of the Law Society. Mr Gillies (Crown Solicitor) : Certainly I will, your Honor. Prisoner : I have since paid Mr Singer a further five guineas. His Honor ; A most extraordinary fee. At the outside it should not have been more than half a guinea. There must be air inquiry into this, and the prisoner milsVnlake a written statement.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3145, 24 June 1914, Page 5
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200ALLEGED OVERCHARGE. Otago Witness, Issue 3145, 24 June 1914, Page 5
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