SIR JOHN DENNISTON

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 66, 11 December 1917, Page 6

SIR JOHN DENNISTON

JUDICIAL FAREWELL

TRIBUTE FROM THE BENCH AND THE BAR

Rir» John Denniston, who is shortly rotirins from the Bench, yesterday sat for the last time a V\ rVvnrf nf Anneal. A lame gatnciuig ? n emLrs of the lop.l pf Presided over h; the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout), met, in the afternoon to Ho honour to.the retime Mn Justice Hoskinsr was o" with the Chief "Justice and Sir John W^Jgysauit Court. It ims fittma. ft., t, i chnnkl take the nprnirtiinitj. of sa> i , S'knnWm .John's tlme I \ n -!^^iter.'irv ! "n«i, and ne donbt ; n t,,e st ; ? W! lie- h»v o «n ],o ivas so tow*, i hnnpiVss and v; 1( , wi1?1 Cjir V , •*1 /xf i l Mm the ancient "rivileee ot J as 00 ?- ,T,r/.£^7tMv i « as a. member of rtie S neh and R'S in thn hone that '^ lip i(rM fo , i ,ona,lw W' TheWw< ion ~n(! k '^ W " ; onrncrl. 110 V, , ,r. Tuct ; "e T)enfrom the first : , 11)r iaht man. nis+on ires a ann It had in the time r ; r r 4lvV nis Honour had held Jus mil 1,-d tVre h""u a. sweestion -»i«Srt T " fl hTnlM!ht ? hedXi^o^-r^lf't L J A Imt mir cou?tittitio« to a p -" tr r th« "atient effort. to W« tocordina to the r.rht. Sggf*SS£ SrSiHr^S r SOC 'I Xl & the atmosphere of social been denied t „i r a.vs snrround a SeTnUell. and of the regret tot It d'ouVl have, to he spoVen. If* would all miss him from the pjjee l._ n^rAr^ P no t F merelv the respect, had Xld" t'hfinterests of their clients | of Mr.**no the high name of the Bench in Zealand. It was a matte. *r greatest omul tin* pniirolwtooil M )r ] v i T W V »t W nil those over *home had -ho appeared to he p Slv moved. thanlced those present for the tribute they had P" ««1 lv nnarlv W,v-nine years of ,™»«, 5S t aSAtftfi.-'.fS&S ®K.- iiM, !rafrs „5™ w '»> »«i,™°ss :,3 ESSSfisfc i lL nf wliieh hn was conscious. Hieir sufficient reiva for U SLiiaS social farewell. _____