in sitting

open. Const: the newspapers report his harangues there against the Judges - scandalous slanders against me in particular.

Since the date of Mr Justice Snowden's letter to Gibbons has continued the contest with Mr Justice Snowden: He sent into Court (his duty was to attend to) a list of the undisposed matters headed "Supreme Court" and therefore to be taken in the large Court. Mr Justice Snowden inserted a subheading "Chambers" and directed a list of the same matters signed by Mr. Mossop as Deputy Registrar to be posted, intimating that these would be taken.

But I now understand that Mossop is unable to put up that list - I ask this because it refers to the last sentence of Justice Snowden's public declaration in order to terminate the dead-lock and to save Mr Gibbons' feelings and to smooth his path, Mr Justice Snowden put up the list in "Chambers", and when Gibbons sent a message that he did not intend the cases were to be heard in chambers, these reports of Justice Snowden thereupon said he would take up the list of undisposed matters owing to the dead-lock.

As soon as Mr Justice Snowden...

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