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him in Bankruptcy and in Probate Jurisdiction should be heard in Chambers.
I had in my discretion decided to hear certain matters for each jurisdiction in Chambers, and I duly sat in Chambers from time to time for that purpose: but Mr Gibbons day by day refused to attend me in Chambers, insisting that I had power to sit in these matters in the large Court only, and not in Chambers, and he has sat in his place in the large Court, repeatedly sending to Chambers enquires whether I was coming into Court, thus creating the public scandal which culminated in his utterances in open Court in the presence of a reporter, of which a full report appeared last Saturday evening.
Mr Justice Snowden has by his exhaustive argument proved that from first to last my decision and action were strictly according to practice, procedure and Law, but that Mr Gibbons' conduct has been throughout irregular, contrary to practice, procedure and Law.
I submit that even if I had been wrong in how I...
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