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2 Steel Betts
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NO. 41
By The Four Aces
To-day's crime spot, so polish copes:
p
isn't easy
to
your mueros-
South, Dealer East-West vulnerable
AK 8
V 10 9 8 OK 10 6 4 2
A J 1074
K9 2
A 9 6 2
N
VA 454
W
E
V 7 3
Q5 763
S
OJ 98
QJ 8 5
▲ AQ6 3
KJ 6
A 7 3
A 104
The bidding:
South
West
INT INT
Pass Pass
North
ENT
Pass
East
༥༥༥ Pub
HIGH CARD VAWES
OF TH
FOUR-ACKS SYSTÉN
3
ACE KING....2 QUEEN.1 JACK...
TOTAL VALVE HE PADI BA
BABAE MANO $3%
to
HIS COURT
ADDRESSING SOLICITORS at the Supreme
Court this morning, Mr. Justice P. E. F. Cressall said: This is the first call-over day I have had and I would like to take the opportunity before starting with the business of the day to make a few remarks to the Profession.
As a preliminary I would like to remind you, as you well enough know already, that the machinery of the Summary Court is intended to be used to enable litigants who have a cause of action to ob- tain any relief they seek within as short a period as possible, consistent with the administration of equal justice to all and for all.
of
We all knOW that the courts upon to pick up the threads
an adjournment primarily exist anywhere not to evidence after
There must, however,
be
of
granted
cause
and
d by litigation, but to try and ex-of three weeks Everything has pedite it, and I think if the general gone from his mild and he has public of the Colony will realise to go all over the evidence again it to make himself au fait with the Cus Jundamental principle, should follow automatically, that case from the point at which he if the I suggest that any litigation which they are call- left off. ed von
tu commence, can only hearing is continuous it will be disposed of satisfactorily if the to the mutual benefit of every- machinery of the court works body concerned.
Then there is the question smoothly 1 West opened the four of hearts,
This, of between adjournments. he mutual Tooperation
course, dummy winning with the eight.
the Bench and the Profession and with all respect to the Profession, A low diamond was returned
have decided to I must insist is the prerogative is why i Seth's Ave, and that
the
second make a few, shall I say tentative of the Bench at 1 do not favour to the
I would like Profession, adjou, nments. round of diamonds suggestions, to
which I would like them to con- see an unwritten rule of practice Wals West
al-:
the effect that ad- sider and at some later date, which 'adopted to lowed to hoki!
can be arranged, I hope a Com- journments will not be the trick
with
mutter of the Law Society, as re- unless good and sufficient is
Queen, West
presenting the practising solicitors is shown by the party applying. returned the nine
in the Colony. will meet me In Delay by a client in instructing of spades, hoping Chambers to
discuss these sug- his solicitor is not "good to get his partner
gestions in the light of their ex-sufficient cause," in itself. il, but South gathered in ten tricks before giv- Perience; for I desire to say, and I say this very sheerely, that it s ng up the lead.
ty earnest wish that matters
Now we come to the question
of Which call for improvement will
defence," be improved and it is also my de-of the "statement
in which I understand from one or the Profession To assist
whom I have spoken in Chambers every way I can to expedite liti- two members of the Profession to
has caused
shall we sily imm West is the criminal, and his
Constructive Criticism consternation in their minds as to exactly what I meant by my re- crime took place at the second
All I am trick!
a few marks the other day. He murdered the defence
I have only been here diamond days and therefore it may appear after gentlemen, is to be in a by holding on to the Queen, he should have dropped it a little presumptuous on my part position when I come into court when South played the diamond to make suggestions to practition- to know something about the cust Act.
After all, his Queen is use-
more I am going to hear, I do not like ers who have had many iles unless his partner has
and then having 5ears' experience than I have of starting a care Jack of diamonds; and if his part-the practice and procedure in, to find out during the course of ner has the diamond Jack, West Hong Kong, but I do think there the trial what the matter must drop the Queen so as to let ard one or two outstanding things| about. As I told one of the practi- Bast win the diamond trick. For which can form the bases of con- if East wins the diamond trick, he can return a heart and allow West to take Tour heart tricks.
And there's a nice juicy mur- der for you to play around with!! We'll give you a hint: one of the defenders is the criminal. See if you can sput the crime before you
ad any more.
11
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A AQ J 8 6
KJ 8 6
thr
Howard
SITO
gation.
structive criticism.
be able to
over
Defence Pleas
is ali
tioners here the other day, there are three actora in every trial. I propose shortly to run
The solicitor for the plaintiff, the and for the defendant one or twu of these, and I hope solicitor that the Profession will consider the person called the Judge, and Yesterday you were
them and let me know through I think the Judge is entitled as
solicitors Schenken's partner and, with neithe Law Society what they think much as the
for the defendant to ther sule vulnerable, you held:
of them, after which, we can per- plaintiff and the haps meet together and possibly know something of the case which which he is called upon to adjudicate. do something will materially benefit everybody The best way to supply the in- formation he desires is to let him epncerned.
concise state- The first note I mude was this. have a short and
ment of the defence. It may be The senior solicitor hus his cases called over first. Irrespective of that questions of costs will arise; the serial number that case
that may be so. I do not wish to which is going to ries. Well, I do not know the do anything
established the
practice reason for that and I am not go upset
has been going on for ing to make any comment on it, which ANSWER: Bid three clubs. You but I would like this Committee many years unless by upsetting it do meet to give me improvement can be guaranteed. have too much strength to pass, when they and the club raise is more infor- some information about it and ex- So I would like to suggest that if mative than a rebld in spades. plain to me why a litigant, who, there is no serious objection by statements of de- Your partner almost surely counts shall we say, filled his action three! the solicitors,
0 J
K 10%
The bidding:
Mater
10
By ED REED
20
IA (7)
Jaroby Pass
Bebenken 2 ofe
1040 The Retai
9421 da
"With this one you can't help puckering up for kisses-it has a persimmon base.?
Here's Luck
EWO BEER
Tel. 30311
on you for a
car-
fairly strong five months ago and got serial number; fence should be filed in any case card spades suit, so a spade rebid, avu should at the call-over day they are called upon to defend.
or 50 adds very little to your partner's have to wait while 30, 40 impression of your hand.
other cases are called, which were filed after his.
Score 100% for three clubs, 50% for two spades, 20% for pass.
Question No. 705 To-day you hold the same hand, and the bidding continues:
Major
1♡
20
You Jacoby Schenken IA
Puse
2. 3
Pass Dbl. (7)
SN'T
(Answer
Adjournments
The second note I made was on what I believe is known here as the "automatic adjournment” of the case.
What do you bid? tomorrow.)
(Released by The Bell Syndi-date cannot
cate, Inc.)
As an alternative I would be pre- pared at call-over day to enquire from the solicitor for the defence what his defence is and make a short note in my record book ac- cordingly. If necessary, the Court would in addition to taking down the verbal defence, order an am- plined statement to be Aled and thus be in the position to know what the implications are in the To be perfectly frank, again I case and how long it is likely to qualify this by saying that I have last. only been here a few days, I can-
Then with regard to the sit- not see any necessity for that. I tings of the court. There is no don't see myself, why, where a
but I statutory time laid down case is listed in call-over, the throw out the suggestion for your be fixed straight consideration that the court might away, say 10 or 15 days hence and sit at 9.30 am, instead of 10 a.m. the case heard on that day. There would be a short adjourn- stead of adjourning for a week
ment at 11 a.m. for ten minutes for apparently no reason at all.
and the Court would rise after- except to delay the hearing; and wards at 1.15. I do not see the following that, I would like to necessity myself for fixing: cases suggest for your consideration in the afternoon at call-over day. that the fixing of all cases should I should like the afternoons kept be done at call-over.
free to be placed at the disposal Then we come to the daily of the Judge himself for it is pos- list; I notice that normally there sible that: a case
may not be The Italian Garrison flag which are only two cases listed for finished in the morning and then formerly flew over Fort Capuzzo hearing, one in the morning at it would be carried over to the is now at R.A.F. Headquarters in 10 and one in the afternoon at afternoon. That, of course is the Western Desert where it hangs 2.30. I would like to be able again a matter for more discus- over the doorway of the Officers' to Ax more than two cases asion with the Law Society. Mess of a bomber squadron. day and to try and dispose of This Squadron had taken a say an average of three or four. leading part in the continuous I would also like to say that, if bombing of the Fort.
possible, once a defended casai
ITALIAN FLAG AT R.A.F. MESS
•."
Forty cases: of tuberculosis,
A dare-devil pilat landed, has been started, the hearing of eight of measles, five of cholera triumphantly seized the Garrison that case should go on continuous--one from Victoria and four flag, brought it back and presently day by day until the case is from Kowloon,three each of ed it to the Bomber Squadron. finished. I do not think anything diphtheria and dysentery and,
can be; worse than for any: mem-two of enteric fever, were noti~ ber of the Bonch to bo called fled. yesterday,
One corner of the flag is tatter ed from bomb splinters.