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PARMER CRITICISED COMMENT BY MAGISTRATE Strong criticism of plaintiff .for bringing' such an action without/ legal advice nvas voiced by Mr S. L. Pa’terson, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court at Hamilton in a case in which J. 0. Law, a farmer, of OririiJ sought possession of certain farm implements and stock, or £3OO damages, from Sydney Caddogan, another farmer, of Orini. Plaintiff was not represented by counsel. The magistrate said that plaintiff had proved neither that the chattels were on the farm occupied by C'addogan nor that he had ever demanded their return. Most of the chattels were covered- by a bill of sale. (Mr Gillies; for defendant, asked for costs, as a warning to others who might bring such actions. His client, he said, had bought everything on the place legitimately. Plaintiff admitted during evidence that he had forcibly resisted a bailiff with barricades, when an order to vacate had been made. 'Defendant was granted costs.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18687, 22 April 1935, Page 11
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160HIS OWN LAWYER Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18687, 22 April 1935, Page 11
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