Confidential

Jonclosure 16.

176

REC

€3 16079

REE 2 APR 18

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20 545 cmber 1917

Dear Sir Henny May

durativa

civil casco u

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tota tegard to your question this morning about the

tie Supreme Court, the fact that thy are of inordinats length is manifest, but the reason of it is father difficult subject for practisuis banisten to Exprefs his opinion on with freedom.

The scrupulously courutubrous untrutious of the Bench are of course beyond doubt. And this letter is not intended ca

crtokal aiticism of individual Judges.

But the system of appointment under which our Bauch

who either have have been in is usually recauitre from meta private practice n have been awacafiful therein, is a vestu from which satisfactory results

not reasonably be Expected. los have bad Racial Judges here who have hen brist. Rand the regulation & it stile vareivės, tuu must be o carlain humber of purr standing an a

could

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private

Judy C banister

colatiered control over linn Count"; witnessin "to tail themschow diej",

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is futile unless those years have been spent in suious practice

Om icoult of this lack of Expliques u tim waste of timme complained of Naturelly the Judges have no sufficient confidence in Hemschoir, and Hurefore Excuse a liccuse is allowed to counsel and unscemly patrole occur between in representatives of the partiss; master of widance as waded through on matics really circícount and unnta/sey; pocity of proceduu and lew too woch sittled to heed, or by rightly opa. t, ditcussion ari argued at length; t'in Judges do not citu posé or gave cutionations or betts other steps to whites a cass but laboriously auto file uster of it all,

El cut to tie further Exhaustion of tune; and costs an which goes for towards closing the Oriquial Count to people E-

Jo take a small but common. Excuplt; to Jona Considerable nuaus. little strawit is put ou

oncicant auswas in Gross Ex anuuuction the there can be no doubt solicitoré Quinc ducks coach their witnesses befachand in long spiechu upo.. mations which they could not state in chief to be delivace in Crop-Cranuisation, tyardless of ang reference the questions they are asked; and the Brad when apputed to seems

✓ agree afraid to stop them.

with the vicios Expreme by M'Pollack

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have shows me, A'Jotter aus At Kukus

Another notorious mischief attributik as part to tiu same cause is this these volicitor Chuine clerks, who act up actions, but forward fraudentent dams alquis for their cause of vnccefs unimpericuc aud wickness of tui Brush, And the Extranduiacy percentage of Ebenne Casi

frendelent is perhaps tim

64

which

worst abuse of our local Counts.

on time

In consequence of the prolongation of trials, the delay in buiguig su other actions to such this case ohic wis ready for trial hoo you afe au stili anhead, aut au apparcully likely to be dis боч

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