Withdrawal Of Charge Against M.P. Was Not Made At His Request
WELLINGTON, Saturday (PA).— The withdrawal of the charge of speeding against Mr. Bertie V. CooksIcy, M.P. for Wair.’.rapa, was not at his request. It was on the advice of the council’s legal adviser, Mr. N. T. Gillespie. Mr Gillespie said yesterday that though he did not mention it in the Magistrate’s Court at Lower Hutt on Thursday, Mr. Cooksley had made no attempt to have lhe charge withdrawn. The charge, said Mr. Gillespie, was withdrawn because, though a summons had been served on Mr. Cooksley, it was invalid because Parliament was sitting. The Legislature Act, 1908, ruled that a Member of Parliament could not be served with a summons while Parliament was sitting, or 10 days before or 10 days after. The charge was that Cooksley exceeded 30 miles an hour in High Street, Taita, on October 18.
Mr. Cooksley said last night that he was prepared to accept service of th? summons immediately the period of exerpption expired.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 13 November 1950, Page 4
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