JUDICIAL APHORISMS.

Evening Star, Issue 15909, 15 September 1915, Page 4

JUDICIAL APHORISMS.

TO THE EDITOR. -Sir, —Tf permissible, a few of these gems may be jotted for reading' to advantage. Zeal for the truth is good zeal, and no one has a right to be punished more than the law allows. The efficient administration of justice >,. next to the preservation of the peace, the greatest interest a country possesses. Liberty is the power.' o£ doing that which the .'aw psrmits. Spare the person, but censure the vice. To no man will "we deny, to no man will we delay, the administration of justice. The Judse must not givs to a statute a forced interpretation contrary to tha rea.sonable meaning of the words. lb is thei duty of a Judge to consider not only the facts, but the circumstances of the case, Go'od' laws grow out of evil acts. Do you think that everything that a man speaks at the Bar for his client and his fee is therefore, to ba believed because he said it? No; the jury are to. takenothing here for evidence to guide them of what the counsel may say but what is approved'. Alt Magistrates should educate' themselves to weigh well and understand the meaning of balancing probabilities. Law is

the embodiment of justice jrad common ?ense. criminal investigator knows a motive is not sufficient to establish a crime, we must have facts as well as motive. His Majesty, by h : s coronation oath, promises to cause* law and Justus in mercy to be executed in. all hia judgments throughout Ms Empire. Consideration for space causes cessation of more "jottings" in the meantime.—l am, etc, Frederick Malla-rd. September 14. • -