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He then pushed his chair back, rushed to the door and while 1
was in the act of leaving, pushed me violently from the back by
the shoulder, calling out this time "You lying jew" and banged
the door after me. Unfortunately there was no witness present
as far as i know, who could hear in his Chambers or understand
the language which His Honour Mr. Justice Wise used, or he
would have hesitated using such libellous language to me, but
I repeated it to Mr. Seth the next morning, besides writing to
His Excellency the Governor's Frivate Secretary asking for an
interview, and since then I have been credibly informed that the
unprovoked severe assault upon me, the Registrar, by Mr. Justice
Wise, was fully witnessed.
22.
At last I am able to understand from the
incautious remarks of Mr. Wise, my immediate predecessor in
office, that owing to my having reported the state of the
Registry on my arrival here, my action has evidently been
rankling in his mind for the last & years. In fact the opposi-
tion which I have always met from both this present Chief
Justice and the Puisne Judge on every occasion, has now culmi-
nated in a direction little expected by myself, but personally
having regard to all the circumstances I do not regret it,
seeing that it gives me an opportunity of throwing light upon
this matter, and more especially having regard to the fact that
some time back, Mr. Thomas Sercombe Smith, the Police Magistrate
when acting as locum tenens for Mr. Justice kise, in conse-
quence of some misunderstanding on his part, took the liberty of
ordering me out of his office. The facts are fully set out in a
memorandum I drew up at the time aldressed to the Government on
the subject, and in which Mr. Justice Wise prominently figures.
The highhandedness prevalent for sure time in the Supreme Court
of Hongkong, whereby the Court Officers whatever their position
and
witter addressed by M.J. Smith Sq. PJ.
As the JR. G.-28.5.1982
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