THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1938.
JUDGES GOT POSTS BY FAVOUR, SAYS
COUNSEL
J. P.s "Incompetent And Biased”
MAGISTRATES are grotesquely unfitted for their task;
justice in police courts is cheap and bad; police evi- dence is grossly inaccurate; High Court judges are some. times appointed because they are related to highly-placed officials.
These charges are made by a barrister anonymous but according to his publisher one of the best known in the country in "Justice in England" (Gollancz, 7s. 6d.), published recent-
ly.
What saves our law-which political, are involved, where is described as (L "cumbreus some activity they resent is the sub- mass which cannot be under-Ject of the prosecution.
stood or simplified-is, says the author:
The power it gives to`rich] litiganta;
"Every criminal case in Eng- tand, with perhaps one exception in 300,000, has to begin before Justices in petty sessional courts, remmonly called rollce courts, "The clerk of one court, under a The power it gives to the duty to advise magistrates impartial- executive when it is neces-ly in cases brought by the poller, lut Bary to stretch the Law not infrequently the same person as the solicitor who nets regularly for against rising discontent.
the police in another court."
Of judges, the writer says there is "n well authenticated story" about
a certain Prime Minister.
- APPOINTED FRIENDS
NOT RELIABLE
Mr. Frederick O. Langley, the Old-street magistrate, said recently
to the Sunday Dispatch. "I think I
On hearing that a somewhat unrecognise the source of the book, and expected person and been elevated
to
ir 1 do it is not a reliable one.
the High Court Bench, the "There seems to be a great deal
Premler remarked:.
"I did not know that fellow was related to the Lord Chancellor."
By that time # large number of that Chancellor's friends had been appointed to various posts in the judicature, and “that fellow" spent a quarter of a century on the Bench as a by no means satisfactory judge.
WRONG BENCH
"There is even a story, which may well be true, that the brother of one Home Secretary was appointed by f mistake."
He had asked to be a county court judge, and the brother, not realising the difference between the various kinds of judgeships, asked the Lord Chancellor to let him have the "next judgestup."
The Lord Chancellor naturally; obliged his colleague!"
KNOW NO LAW
of unpaid magistrates "there is an ample supply of candidates, in search of badges of prestige or poli-
tical advancement. They are not expected to know, and do not know,| any low.
of matter to which exception could, and should, be taken."
BIGAMY TWICE IN
4 MONTHS
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Ever the cut-up, Max Baer casts a sly smile at Promoter Mike Jacobs, as he signs a contract
to fight Joe Louls, heavyweight boxing champion, when and where the fight will draw the most money.
The scene above is in Long Branch, N. J., with Baer's manager, Anell Hoffman, left. Louis, kayoed Baer in New York on Sept. 24, 1935,
Coroner Says School Was Like Narkover
MASTER
TOOK BOY TO DOGS
Thundersey
School
(Essex)
was described as being "more
·Hke Nurkover" by the corner (Dr. L. F. Beccie) at the ad- leigh inquest recently on John C. Jones (43), acting headmaster at the school since May 1..
A man who bigamously married two girls within four months was sentenced to 18 months' hard fabour
Lewes Assizes recently. He
Was Eric Reynolds described
(2G), Hackney. It was
of Amburs! Road,
It was stated that the day before slated that he he was found gassed in the school married his legal wife, Jessie Smith, kitchen Mr. Jones took a senior boy in May, 1035, at Orseil, Exces. In to a dog race meeting. January, 1837, he went through fornt of marriage with an artists' model, Lilian Marjorie Harris, then aged 19. at Brighton. She lived with him for six weeks after the ceremony and had a child.
The second bigamous marriage was In May, 1937, at Kensington register offee, and the girl, Katherine Martha "Indeed, it has been established Whitaker, was only 17. Miss Whita- as clear law that it is not defama-ket was expecting a child.. tory of a magistrate to say that he i knows no law, for there is no rea- Bon why he should,
FULL OF SELF-PITTY
Mr.
CORONER PUZZLED
Returning 1 verdict of suicide whilst of unsound mind the coroner stated:
deed.
"This is a very curious story In- We have here a headmaster whose antecedents have been most dificult to trace and in fact it was not until today that we knew his
real name.
He borrowed, in one case some-j thing like £200, but by arrangement with the county accountant, who de
ducted £10 a month from his salary, The Postman's
he repaid £110.
BOY'S Z., BET
Mr. Eley said Jones had admitted a £ 100 gambling debt.
Coroner: Did you know of his ex- pedition to the dog races with one of the senior puplis?-3 did not know.
Coroner: It seems rather murc Hike Narkover than Thundersley, and here is a bachelor headmaster earning over £400 a year in serious debt. Do you know anything about his private life?
Mr. Eley: He Was teacher and organiser.
a brilliant
A 14-year-old boy told the coroner how he had been taken to Stamford. Bridte dog races. He said that he was given 2, to put on a dog, but what Mr. Jones did he did not know. He thought he came out level.
"When he left me at Liverpoo! Street station Mr. Jones said he was going to the White City to make a night of it," said the boy.
BLACKMAIL HINT
# victim of
"We do not know where he comes
The assistant headmaster, Mr. A. Justice Humphreys, after from or what he has been doing. "No attempt is made to teach them reading a written statement handed All that we knew is that he came Shuttleworth, said that he had not
heard that Jones was "You Into Essex in 1931 with glowing re-blackmail. any law, or anything about their him by Reynolds, remarked: duties, either before or after their seem to be full of pity for yourself, ferences. Something seems to have
You seem to think, on appointment. They are left to do
the whole, happened here that we have not yet their best, er worst, in a country that you have been treated rather been able to discover." whose law and procedure are among badly with women getting you to be- Mr. George Eley, of the Essex C.C.
come so fond
Education the most complicated in the world.
of them that you
Department, sald that seduced them and 'married' them. Jones came to Essex in 1931 and was on the permanent unattached staff. As a teacher be was perfectly satis- factory, but he started borrowing money from teaching staffs.
RALLY TO FRIENDS
"I do not see a word in this of re- "It is not surprising that untrained gret for the crimes you have com- justices will flock to ait in casus mitted or the way you have treated where their friends, personal or these quite young girls."
"It looks as if someone has been soaking him," said the coroner. after looking at a number of letters from creditors and bank managers.
After reading one document he said: "This man appears to be in as bad a position as Mr. Jones. had better conceal It."
Hong Kong Lawyer's reputation endangered
by NIGHT STARVATION/
TOMORROW THE CASE WILL BE HEARD IN COURT AND I CAN'T GET
THE FACTS RIGHT. I'M SO TIRED, MY BRAIN
WON'T WORK.
THIS HORLICKS IS THE BEST!
DRINK IN THE WORLD FOR PUTTING YOUR VITALITY. BAÇKİ
DID YOU USE THE MIXER?
IN COURT
YOU ARE WASTING OUR TIKE MR. SIMPSON IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS YOU HAVEN'T PREPARED THE CASE.
(THINKS)
WHAT A HUMILIATION,"
I MUST WIN MY
REPUTATION BACK.I'LL
TWO MONTHS LATER
I NEVER THOUGHT
YOU'D WIN THAT
CASE, HOW DID YOU;
DO IT? YOUR HANE!
WILL BE IN ALL
THE PAPERS.
SEE A DOCTOR ABOUT
MY HEALTH...
T-THE DOCTORS.
I GET
PLENTY
OF SLEEP
HORLICKS IS THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS!
If you wake tired, if you suffer TAKE HORLICKS
from: 'nerves' enervation and
that dreadful feeling of exhaustion GUARD AGAINST NIGHT STARVATION
DOCTOR
YOU SLEEP SOUNDLY, WAKE. REFRESHED AND HAVE EXTRA ENERGY ALL DAY ·
BUT NOT THE RIGHT KIND. MR. SIMPSON. YOUR TROVOLE
IS NIGHT STARVATION. THIS MEANS YOU ARE NOT REPLACING USED-Up] ENERGY DURING SLEEP.
I ADVISE YOU TO TAKE HORLICKS EVERY NIGHT BEFORE RETIRING, YOU WILL SOON REGAIN YOUR VITALITY.
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Posimen in England walk 17 miles a day (at three miles an hour);
Wear out two pairs of boots a year (and need another pair for civilian wear);
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These were some of the rea- sons given by Mr. W. H. Wallace to the Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal at Westminster for Use claim
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