A PECULIAR CASE.
SERVING A JUDGMENT SUMMONS.
“A KING’S WRIT MUST RUN.”
[Press Association.]
NAPIER, June 18. Recently' a complaint was made to Mr. McCarthy, S.M., that the Court bailiff had been prevented from serving a judgment summons on a man .employed in the railway, workshops, -and had been put off tho works by the foreman. Mr. McCarthy refer- .' red' the matter to the Minister of Justice with the object of obtaining
' . ibis decision as to the prevailing iniv preesion that Government servants cannot be served while engaged at work. The Minister replied that;if such a thing hajipened it was a seridys affair'because, Under all circumstances, a Kiug’s writ must run. The /' foreman, who denies the allegations, < has been informed that he must af- : ford; every facility t 0 officers of the law in the execution of their duties.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2221, 19 June 1908, Page 3
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139A PECULIAR CASE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2221, 19 June 1908, Page 3
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