BARRISTER’S REGRET

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19682, 27 December 1933, Page 10

BARRISTER’S REGRET

JUDGE REMITS FINE. There was a happy sequel in the First Civil Court in Melbourne lately to an incident which occurred in the Divorce Court when Mr Justice Macfarlan imposed a fine of £5 on Mr Harry Woolf, barrister, at the hearing of a suit in which Mr Woolf was appearing for a woman petitioner. Mr Woolf said: —“I wish to mention an incident, Your Honour, that occurred at the hearing of a divorce suit which I conducted in your Court some time ago. Words passed between us, and you fined me £5. I desire to say that if anything that I said on that occasion, or my manner oi saying it, were not correct, it is a matter for regret on my part.” Mr Justice Macfarlane: I am glad to 1 »ar what you have said. I have no doubt that in saying what you said you no doubt were carried away by your enthusiasm for your client. I notice that you have not made application for the remission of the fine, but as you have expressed regret. I shall make a recommendation to the Attorney-General for its remission. It is not my desire that you should think that you are not persona grata with me. There is no reason why my relations with you should not be on just as friendly a basis as they have been in the past. Mr Woolf: I deeply appreciate what Your Honour has said.