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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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58 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... Page 59 has been removed as it is not in the original text and "iircut ordination" seems to be a fragment and not a complete sentence or a coherent text, hence it is not included in the output. The text is formatted according to the given rules, with proper paragraph breaks and no unnecessary comments or text. The original text's page numbering is not exactly followed as per the given text, it is assumed that "Page 58" is at the beginning and the next page number is likely to be at the end of the text, but the exact page numbering lines (three at the top and three at the bottom) are not provided in the original text.
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him in Bankruptcy and in Probate Jurisdiction should be heard in

Chambers.

Cha

large Const.

I had in

my

discretion

decided to hear certain matters.

cor each jurisdiction in Chambers, and I duely sat in Chambers from

the purpose : but MiGibbons heas day by day refused

time to time.

for

to attend me in Chambers, insisting that I had power to sit in these

matters

1--7---

the large Court only,

and not in Chambers, and he

bras sat

12v

his place in

the

large Count, repeatedly sending to

Chambers with en

my

quiries whether

dwas coming into Coust, thins

Creating

creating the public scandal which

culminated in his utter

utterances.

Court in the presence of

open reporter,

Ad

he ascertained,

Saturday last, of which

appeared.

rv v

evening.

......

A

full report of that

the China trail

Mr Justice Snowden has by his exhaustive argument proved that

from first to last

and action

were

rrry

decision

strictly according

to practice procedure and Law, but that mir Gibbons Conduct has

been throughout irregular, contrary

McGibbons.

to practice procedure and Law.

I submit that even had been right.

if

in how it

#J

iircut ordination

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