ALLEGED CONTEMPT OF COURT.
CASE BEFORE SUPREME COURT. Par Press Association. WELLINGTON, October 29. The Supreme Court (Full Bench) heard argument this morning in a ease arising out th© divorce case, Nash v. Nash. The petitioner, William Henry Nash, applied to the Court to commit to prison or attach, for contempt of Court, Henry Clarence Cobb, one of the witnesses for respondent. The ground of th©? application was an allegation that Cobb had during the of the trial attempted to influence one of the jurymen in respect to the case. Mr O’Regan, for Cobb, raised the question as to th© jurisdiction of the Court. Ho maintained that the Court had no power in a case such as this to commit for contempt. The proper course was to take criminal proccedMf Hoggard, in support of the motion, said that the Court had jurisdiction to commit, and this jurisdiction had not been taken away by the Crimes Act. The Court decided that it had jurisdiction to deal with the matter, hut adjourned it till Thursday for the cioss-cxamination. of witnesses.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17183, 29 October 1923, Page 8
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