BEHAVIOUR IN COURT
AN ACCUSED WARNED During the hearing of a case in the Dunedin Police Cqurt, one of the accused whilst sentence was being passed, apparently thought the time had come to relax, and accordingly he lounged across the rail of the dock and surveyed the court with an air of supreme indifference. TTm>. court orderly’s sharp order to stand up brought him to his senses. “It’s all right,” he declared, straightening himself. He was told not to answer back, and as he was beginning to explain loudly that he was not well, he was ordered to stand down. He was brought back a few minutes later, however to receive a curt warning from the magistrate (Air J. R. Bartholomew) that contempt of court was a serious matter, whereupon his air of bravado completely deserted him and ho tendered a humble apology to the bench.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 266, 8 November 1929, Page 3
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