Chambers' are great and graving above the practice of "Judges Chambers". "His Lordship's" they ought to be in the same range of buildings as his court, and, if the spirit of the respected institution were alive here as it is elsewhere in Colonial jurisprudence, his Lordship would be found at those Chambers by members of the profession seeking him on stated days and at stated hours. Thither would be returned all summons returnable in Chambers, and there they would be heard.
It is hardly necessary for me to enlarge upon the advantage which this attention to the convenience of his clients could ensure to the suitor. It is impossible indeed to separate them. The facilities of reference to books and papers afforded by the neighbourhood of the Chambers of the Judge to those of the counsel are the privilege of the client. It is equally for the sake of the client that necessity is imposed upon the Judge of having his Chambers close to his court, lest perchance the temptation should offer itself of drowning matters not properly cognizable there, for his own ease and convenience.
I regret to say that the practice of Chief Justice Norman is directly contrary to these wholesome usages, and that the evils which I have alluded to already begin to appear. His private residence is situated about a mile and a half from the Court House, its offices, and those of the profession; access to it is had by a lead...
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