DOUBLE THE SALARY.
PRICE OF JUDGE’S SEAT. (Sun Special). NEW YORK, Wednesday. The Mayor of New York, Mr James Walker, has invited' a hundred leading citizens to discuss privately, the conditions of graft and bribery. The ;i gtnost. startling in the recent revelations, which includes the “buying” of public officials is the statement, that one judge paid £40,000 for a seat on the bench, being double the total sal*, ary he could earn during his fourteen years’ term. obviously' means that someone else paid the £40,000 to secure the appointment for friendly decisions.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 September 1930, Page 5
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