LOCAL COURTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue LXI, 12 July 1930, Page 8

LOCAL COURTS.

Your correspondent "H.S.N." makes charge against the inferior courts in and around Auckland based on the fact that the," - decisions of such courts vary Surely he must realise that the amount of ' work to be dealt with in the courts in Auck--:,. land is enormous and that as a result speed ; and hustle are essential. This applies more especially to the Police Court and if the magistrate did not administer rough justice he. would be working far into the night. ' A'dmittedly mistakes are made, but they are due., mostly to the speed with which justice. igt/ administered, or to the human frailty of lie" 5 magistrate. One cannot expect perfection-.' 1 '>• from the magistrates, who have been recruited' from the legal profession or the Civil Service.It is obvious that they aro not of the sams'v'. calibre as the judges of the Supreme Court"'H It is not clear as to exactly what your pondent means when he says that'a little too much of "the master" is in evidence but he;"must know that it is for the court to control' its procedure and see that dignity is lent to * ' its proceedings. On occasions this involves coming down on individuals with a heavy hand. It can be truly said that nowhere is justice more fairly administered than in New Zealand. L 35.