A man convicted of contempt of court for refusing to take an oath as a juror has had his application for leave to appeal dismissed.
James David McAllister was found in contempt of court for refusing to take the oath, or affirmation, after being selected for jury service in Auckland District Court on July 10 last year.
An engineering consultant at Kordia, McAllister had said he wanted to be excused because of work commitments.
He was sentenced to 10 days in jail, however successfully appealed the sentence in the High Court at Auckland last August and his sentence was replaced with a $750 fine.
High Court Justice Graham Lang found that McAllister was in contempt when he refused to take the oath but that he was not in contempt for subsequently saying he could serve impartially on the jury, despite earlier saying he could not.