THE ELL CASE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10653, 14 May 1895, Page 2

THE ELL CASE.

TO THIS EDITOR. Sir,—Mr Ell's case is a very hard one. He.ia apparently still under the impression that lawe and lawyers exist for the purpose of righting wrongs. This is, a mistake. They largely exist for the punishment of them that tell tales and the praise of them that do wickedly (see St Paul). A little while ago a letter appeared in your columns suggesting that the Harper Memorial funds should be devoted to some charitable purpose. Allow me to propose that they be divided among lean and hungry creditors and to the assistance of such as Mr Ell in the examination of their rights and claims. It might stave off the cleaning out of some few more Augean stables which public opinion intends to do if the lawyers don't. Perhaps Mr Ell has not thought of appealing to those whose keen sense of equity expresses itself by deploring tragically and tearfully from high places the fearful ein of breaking the Eighth Commandment. I'm sure they would, even at some little cost to themselves, help Mr Eli to gethis claim settled, just for the sake of honesty and truth, von know.—l am, &c., ECCLESIASTICHS.