NOVEL STRIKE THREATENED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13869, 1 October 1908, Page 6

NOVEL STRIKE THREATENED.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. „ Thbough the unusual pressure of busineS' - -, in. the : Magistrate's Court lately tb stipendiary magistrate, Mr. C. C. Kettle, lnj been unable to take his usual sittings a . the Police Court, and in the absence o' ', Mr. R. W. Dyer, Auckland's second magk traie, on circuit, recourse has had to b? ■ ,; had to justices of the' peace to take ovei. „ f the sittings. The result is that the jus-* "tices, the great majority of whom' are,' fen gaged in business pursuits throughout th*J' day, have been called upon to sacrifice a great deal of their time, and while many' ■of . them have given it uncomplainingly, - there are others who have decided- objee- . ions to frequent and lengthy sittings. That , 'this is so was demonstrated at the Police .■ < Court yesterday, ; when the presiding jus-'. : , : tices, Messrs. ,H. M. 'Shepherd and A. S/'J Russell, were called upon -to take aa'uV.'H ..; I: dictable case, which promised to- last some, jg | time. "■ ,- .• ' •- " v - : "I don't think that.such a case■shoulder.-:.' | come "before a Bench of justices, '* u [ | observed Mr, Shepherd." "It _ is.' ■< a case, in my opinion, which i should' be. heard.-by'a magistrate'. In fact, 1 i'. the work is increasing so greatly hen* ' that I think it- is high time a permanent •'/ Police Court magistrate was appointed, ' : v &;;' "I quite agree with your worship," re-,- ■■ . J turned Chief-Detective Marsack, who war ; ! prosecuting. < ,-'";"' | ■ "Personally, I feel inclined to strike, M 1g I Mr. Shepherd went on. "We are ' the|^t| great unpaid," and I do not see why v«s should be compelled to listen to these mat-; ; ters." " '-'■' ■,;','.':'; ;: ; ■' ; "-":' : ■:;■■.; ] •'/■"'■; '-^J^ I Later on. the Bench we'e asked to de- , cide, the 'admissibility or : otherwise of w ' J |Sg| tain.evidence, and after a long argument had taken place between the ciiiet detcc-, >', live and Mr. Skelton, the defending -»'iw|K sel, the Bench decided to leave it to tha,v f ?'.»; Supreme Court for determination. '~'■ jfe%w " The whole thing," said Mr. Shepherd ||||J '"shows the necessity for a. Police u ?p4f? magistrate.. Justices ; should .not bo';.exjj.;- ■).*' ; 1 1 acted to determine points of lac?*." -* ' 'ife.Wi f. ■■'.:■: ■ ■■ ■■■'..■'."■■.■■'■■""". ■-. ■ ■ - * ■.*-.* .::.."::.:.' Vv .-''--; : ; „