The position of stipendiary magistrate in New Zealand was renamed in 1980 to that of district court judge.
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There at the Town Hall he appeared before the stipendiary magistrate, and was charged with the murder of Arthur Dyson.
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The anger was directed against the magistrates by the small shop keepers, and they concentrated their attack on the stipendiary magistrate, Isidore Dyett.