THE NEW JUDGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9445, 16 August 1889, Page 5

THE NEW JUDGE.

[BY TELECir.APII.— t'lilvSS AS3OCIATION.] WhMjINGTON, Thursday. Mr. E. T. Con'oixy, solicitor, of Blenheim, formerly Attorney-General, has been offered and has accepted the Juclgoehip rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Justice Gillies. BUCKUBIM, Thursday. Mr. Conolly, the newly-appointed Judge, left to-day for Wellington, where he will be sworn in. Prior to the departure of the train the members of the local bar met Mr. Conolly on the platform of the station, and congratulated him on his appointment, while regi'etting his departure from Marl;' borough, where he , had spent the last twenty-four years of his life. Mr. Conolly feelingly replied, .saying that he was sure he would not leave a single enemy behind him. Mr. Edward Tennyson Conolly, only-son of Dr. John Conolly, was born August 31, 1822. His father, Dr. Conolly, was eminent for hia works on insanity, and for the reforms he introduced in the treatment of the insane. Mr. Conolly was called to the Bar by the Honorable Society of the Inner Temple, on January 30, 1852, and practised for thirteen years in England. He came to New Zealand in 18(55, was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court in October of that year, and has since that time resided and practised in Picton. He represented the town of Picton in the Provincial Council of Marlborougb. from January, 1867, until the abolition of the provinces in 1876. At the general election in December, 1881, he was elected a member of the' House of P»epresentatives for the electoral district of Picton, and was reelected in July, 1884. In October, 1882, under the Whitaker Ministry he received the portfolio of Minister of Justioe, and on the retirement of Mr. Whitaker, and the reconstruction of the Ministry under Major Atkinson in September, 1883, Mr. Conolly retained that office, and also became Attornoy-General, holding both appointments until the resignation of the Atkinson Ministry "