486
Jame
witte
a.
rd to the Office of Cleef Justice,
regard
the puisse Judge,
as a judge of
the Courtn
has equal powers and functions with the Cleef
Justice
The is that, there being only two Judges, in caus of Appeal and of difference between the fudges the Chief frutice's decision prevails, and - that to the Chief frative is givers the distributions of the business
of
the Court - The Clues Justice as a rule takes the most important business
only difference between then
of
the Court, both civil and criminal, because
it is expected of him; but there is nothing
to prevent his calling upon the purine Judge
to do so, if he chooses; and the business ow of the Supreme Court, which
the Summary
side
is ordinarily taken by the prisme Judge, and in which claimes legal or equitable to the extent of $1000 are heard, pearly always
wittwut
a jury, is very large. The supreme Court in its Summary Jurisdictions has a larger jurisdiction than the County Courts at home; and the business disposed of init
follows : 12.° of cases
last year was as
16
Commenced 1407. Amt claimed $169051. Th
*
J
No of cases
cases tried 668; Am? awarded $71476.74.
The prccine Judge also almost invariably takes his share of the Criminal work of the Court, and, in cases of Appeal where the Court to unanimous, has naturally a large share in influencing its decision, and, if the Judges differ, the Chief Justice, in overruling the Puisne Judge's decision, naturally does so witte a sense
of Extra responsibility in sodoing -
In case of enforced temporary
아
absence
the Chief Justice through illness or otherwise, the whole work of the Court, Except such as law be conveniently postponed, necessarily devolves on the purine Judge. This was the case last year. during the temporary absence of the Chief Justice in Japan, and will be so again this year for
a
short period, as it is absolutely necessary that the Chief Justice should again go to Japan to the Battes which did him so much good last year. If the persone Judge is unfit to take that
resporisibility, he is unfit for his port . According to Mor Francis' ideas, however, any practising Barrister would be a perfectly fit man to occupy the position of puisse Judge -
That
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