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OF EXASPERATION.
HE DOES, HOWEVER, EXPRESS A MORE GENERAL ANXIETY AS TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE JUDGE EXERTED CONTROL OVER THE PROCEEDINGS AND HOW FAR HE ALLOWED THE TRIAL TO BE CONDUCTED TIDILY AND WITH A PROPER REGARD FOR DISCIPLINE.
THESE CRITICISMS ARE RELATED TO HIS FEELINGS THAT THE JUDGE WAS FAILING TO KEEP A CAREFUL GRIP ON MATTERS, BECAUSE HIS WILL AND PURPOSE WERE BECOMING STEADILY SAPPED BY ALCOHOL AS THE TRIAL PROGRESSED.
THIS WAS ALSO MY IMPRESSION, AND I SPOKE TO THE JUDGE ABOUT THIS DURING THE TRIAL SEVERAL TIMES, THAT HE WAS PERMITTING THE PUBLIC, RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY TO ASSUME THAT HE WAS AFFECTED BY DRINK, WHETHER OR NOT THIS WERE SO.
SINCE THE TRIAL HAS ENDED, THE JUDGE HAS BEEN TO SEE ME TO TENDER HIS RESIGNATION ON TWO OCCASIONS
(A) WHEN TARGET CONTAINED A SERIES OF ARTICLES,
CASTIGATING
HIM AS A SOT, A FEW DAYS AFTER THE TRIAL HAD FINISHED:
(B) WHEN THE COURT OF APPEAL HAD EXPRESSED THE OPINION THAT, IN A NUMBER OF RESPECTS, HIS RULING HAD BEEN WRONG IN LAW.
I HAD,
ON EACH OCCASION, TOLD HIM THAT I DID NOT WANT TO CONSIDER HIS RESIGNATION AT PRESENT, SINCE
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(A) WE MUST ALL NECESSARILY MAKE MISTAKES:
(B) I WAS GIVEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT HIS WIFE WOULD BE DEAD INSIDE 6-9 MONTHS AND THAT I DID NOT WANT TO CONSIDER HIS RESIGNATION AGAINST THAT BACKGROUND:
(C)
THAT IT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP IF HE STOPPED DRINKING IN
PUBLIC.
I AM AFRAID THAT (C) HAS BEEN INEFFECTIVE AND THAT HE CONTINUES TO HAVE THE REPUTATION FOR PUBLIC DRINKING.
Что
IT MAY BE THAT, EBFORE TAKING THE MATTER FURTHER, IT WOULD BE WISE TO CONSULT DR. K.H. CHIN (WHOM I THINK HAS BEEN SUPERVISING HER CARE) AS TO WHETHER HIS WIFE IS AS CLOSE AS TO THE MARGIN AS
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