CO129-347 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [4-6] — Page 41

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Extract from the "South China Morning Post" of 7th. June, 1907.

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Chief Justice's Lament.

"A Voice crying in the Wilderness."

Sir Francis Piggott and the Hongkong Government.

Yesterday at the Supreme Court when the Bankruptcy

cases were called at 11 o'clock, there were 15 public examina-

-tions to be conducted, and the Chief Justice, owing to press

of business in Original Jurisdiction, had no time for any of

them. Indeed, before he has time there may be double the number

on the list. His Honour's struggle to keep pace with the legal

demands of the Colony seems futile, and he has the sympathy of

the profession who, of course, have also to suffer through

inevitable delays. Yesterday's cases were all adjourned sine

die. This is a very unfortunate state of affairs, and is a

decided hardship on the officers of the Court (the Registrar in

particular), to the various creditors involved, to the debtors,

and the public in general.

Mr. G. . Hall Brutton represented a debtor who has

been in gaol some considerable time owing to the Court not

having time to conduct his public examination, and Mr. Brutton

pointed

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