CO129-347 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [4-6] — Page 91

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The hours during which the Court sits are

Assizes 10 A.M. to 1, 2 P.M. to 4 or longer when

necessary to finish a case.

Civil casea 10.30 A.M. or 11 to 1, 2 P.M. to 4 or longer when necessary to finish a case.

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The Court sits at 10.30 or 11 according as

it may be necessary to complete the case if possible within the

number of days allotted to it. The Bar prefer 11, as it gives

them more time in the earlier part of the day to see clients,

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and prepare for the day's work.

The Court day of 4 or 4 hours does not

appear very long, but there are other questions to be considered.

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As the work is practically in the hands of three Barristers,

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when the Court sits as continually as it has been since I have

been in the Colony, they would have no time for their other

work if the sittings were extended; and so far as I am concerned

when the Court sits day after day, I have to fit in Chamber

work as best I can, and get through what I can between 10 and

10.45. I have often had to take surmonses for short periods in

this manner on three or four days in succession. Here again I

cannot avail myself of the Pulsne Judge's spare time, as the

Solicitera cannot be got together at a moment's notice to bring

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on their summonses, notice on the previous day that summonses

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