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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 639, 16 October 1909, Page 14

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rs# SOLICITOR'S APBLICATION- * v^V:- I^''.: ; '',:'~'' vv '' ; t v- - :?■'■ -'■ 'j's iiij^./>vy.T^W>^ L * • ■■ ■;■■•,v: Befotc tho Pull Court yesterday, their HonI-. '- ,;,!/ EdwaVdsjs^ Chapman, ;;apjUicatipn John-,ApgTistine • ':■ Quiq(i for' admission!,solicitor Wosr co# , tidered ,' \ "" / *■> ■■■ When=tho appht&tiflnfhad-jbeon.;mado:to,;Mri,. rV' Just{(ie'. Edv&rdsi'/the; Auckland-Law. Socielj.'.'of-. 1 ; .-.,5;f .ftted 'att- objection...and..the JudgK-.referreai&e. . matter to, the I"ull Court , , * ■."■>>■>, '.Mr.' "?.'-!): 13aume, IC.C., of '.Auckland, and- , 1 Mr, H. H Ostler appeared for" thi applicant, " and itr.'.p.: Earl,'-of "Auckland, r-appeafC'd --oft, :• hehalf of>the luclland law Society » ~ said; ■ yeaiistagp:; Qumn. Jiatrajcd a veakii™ for drink He had been in iho office oTTEe Hon" 7 A Tple, J-S -i'-.st Cro™ J Solicitor; at -'Auckland, ;'tt ; v th~ei> ; officer??, ■ a:'.'S...-,-Mr. Kenrick, and.in: qounsel's ,o\Tiw ; offico.--.-Not< < ' made in anj of those oihccs His ability was rfceognwed, bqt Mr Kenrick said that*he was sf his drunkenness. Intemperance caused him - to appeamn the Auckland Polico -Court;: and; iIW-'jtvvhe fassault fifteen;&sss< ■ i •'• ':/ago. .written: i?.' "If he;<has-.gKon' up drink- entirely foEi'Some :a\fit'.ahd'Jproper pt>r=on tft admit ' In'the. offices of Auckland •".- amplo .opportunity, had ■ laS my own- office, 'if'-no- 1 ■was dishbneatlj inclined," saul Mr Bnumo " VMyfadlihg towards lnm was ot the fnondhest [■:;; .;.; ' : find' 'witK; hira.-was. t this time. he was ;■ » > given tp.'. jlrink." -In 1697 ho . had passed tho •i':iKp£fst : sMfipn ; (of;:his:'Eolicitor|s; examination, and : v».!?•■:•/.went-.ujS.'fpr. his final four times, failing m one, spy'HSubject year: ''i3tf'l3o4 :■.■he';went''to»Syd- f noy. ind^'as. a"licensed bookmaker, for two years.wpi} ■retyDninG'hQ: acted as . accountant for hWjatbijr.wffijw- was a ■ v <®' ; M read- certificates as to .the- appli-.; i;i!rS : r'' cantfs.steadiness arid honesty-giren by-a special ? Qi>ft»s*>4-\ky-'. "^.;A' : .i'Sub i lnspcctor;;Jones,.;o£';tho',»ydnpy\Ipolice.1police. ; ; • The applicant, said Mr. Baume, was,3a,years AS of age,"and;he 'nowihad:ari ; ,opportunity "to build '•!.v .up a career.;. Even persons ,wfyo had.been found; ■ .- guilty, of dishonesty -had -been-readmitted-to. tho •Sf^'^lirofessibn.:^/; Mr. Earl said that he had not been instructed ;fi : debate; the AncU-. •^;; : - thati.if the ' applicant A-" -. '\ had' really rehabilitated 'his 7 character they had .no - desire to.-push^him-dowrt,or ..to .deny him ;■. .- I 'the 1 result' of fany -houest elTorta .-he havo I made to qualify himself 'ihe''society felt that; Vv -V-v the many episodes .tritk .which his pasfc-life was studded demanded.that hi6-application should v. ; ■' •.not bo, acceded to immediately. r'Whilo in Mr. 5® :,Tole'sVo.ffico."Auckland,-- on v'a fisalary•: ;■ of, M f-..--' : '/€d. per week, lio'Had .had 'chovge -of ■ the 'cash of the office, and had bpon found to be tho > f v:. l ' (roughly honest. '-The. .iuggestioli x.l the *-Law !: ':-:- «ociety 'was.; that.thp ,grant.ing; of ; .admission tv. v-.T.-ghoiila be-postponed,. not-by-way. of -punish- ; ®enfebut •' m order '..that;. tKo V society ...might Rt; i'•.ii'"satisfy;- J them^ly^s,:;tViifcthe ; app}icans•-was,.,-a pi i'rn:,- fit .'aiidi-ptotiex.i personVf or -.idmission; : ■■ i t s -TOe!! : COTrtVihtiikwd : that:!furtherf'Cbnndew-.. J ,iion wonld be given to the case , t ,