A SCENE IN COURT.
AN AT3-ACK ON A JUDGE. £Peb -PiBESs Association.] WELLINGTON, May 31... i James -Carson, a Jitigant, who ha_ frequently been before the Supreme Court with respect to his claim, as assignee of -Henry Ba-tcke, to .property at the Chatham Islands, appeared before Mr Justice Edwards to-day with the intention of moving to strike off the file a notice of motion to.M* .aßide rfche \wrife.oi service of action. He said .that Jie xhadl filed an -affidavit, and proposed .to jread it, but t*he Judge forbade him, and warned him not . to make any remarks . reflecting on a judge, of the Court. Mr Carson, however, r^ead the affidavit thrnugh,. punctuated by - comn-ands from tbe -Judge to : . stop, of which he: took no notice.. The affidavit turned out to be a violent attack on Mr justice Edwards himself. At- the , end, the Judge ordered Mr Carson to appear on Friday morning to show -.cause why he not be committed for contempt of Court. , ' ;
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6500, 1 June 1899, Page 1
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164A SCENE IN COURT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6500, 1 June 1899, Page 1
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