MR. JUSTICE WARD AND THE AUCKLAND BAR.
Just before the first criminal case was called before His Honor Mr. Justice Ward, who has been appointed to the Northern circuit during the leave of absence granted to Mr. Justice Gillies, there were several members of the bar present. They were Mr. Forwood, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Jackson Palmer, Mr. Mahony, and Mr. Franklin in robes, and several other members of the bar unrobed.
Mr. Forwood rising, said : Your Honor, before the business of the Court proceeds, I have been asked by my brothren of the Bar to congratulate your Honor on your accession to the chair of this portion of the Supreme Court. My brethren and myself are aware that this is not the first time your Honor has sat on the bench of the Supreme Court, but that you will bring to bear certain experience which will be of great value, and we are also aware that your Honor for » number of years has administered another branch of the administration, and we are exceedingly pleased that Mr. Justice Gillies, who in consequence of his arduous duties has been obliged to take a recess, has been succeeded by such a learned and experienced substitute as your Honor. My brethren and myself promise to aid your Honor in facilitating the proceedings of the Court, and trust your Honor will feel satisfied that this is no empty assurance, and that when the time comes that you retire from this branch of the Supreme Court, it will] be with the feeling that the time spent here was not misplaced* We trust your Honor will find subfacilities here as you have been accustomed to, and that you will feel that the Bar here is not behind that of the South in respect and attention to your Honor's rulings. I again congratulate your Honour on assuming the chair.in this branch of the Supreme Court. His Honor, in reply, said : Mr. Forwood, I return you my sincere thanks, and I have no doubt that the relations between the Bench and the Bur will be marked by that firmness and kindness which should prevail, and which is best in the public interest, and I trust that when the close comes, as alluded to by Mr. Forward, that I shall leave, we may part as frankly and kindly a* we now meet. The ordinary business of the Court was then proceeded with»
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7760, 5 October 1886, Page 5
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