A Lawyer and his Client.
THE LAWYER GOT HIS FEE. (EBON OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Napieb, last night. A peculiar case was heard at the Napier Court yesterday, when Mr CresswelJ, solicitor, was sued for £2O paid to him, but which it was alleged he had not earned. A man named Johnson was arrested on two charges of forgery. Mr Cresswell undertook the defence, receiving in payment two promissory notes for £2O each. He appeared in the Resident Magistrate's Court in both cases, and in the Supreme Court defended the first case. Johnson was convicted. This being the weakest case Mr Cresswell advised prisoner to plead guilty to the g.-cond charge, but he refused and Mr Cresswell withdrew. The Resident Magistrate, after hearing the evidence, gave judgment in favw of Mr CreiswdL
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 481, 17 July 1890, Page 2
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131A Lawyer and his Client. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 481, 17 July 1890, Page 2
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