DISTINGUISHED JUDGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18563, 22 November 1923, Page 9

DISTINGUISHED JUDGE.

SCENE ON -/.RETIREMENT: v V EMOTIONAL LEAVE-TAKING. f

LONDON, Nov. 13. , When the jury returned to give it ver--';.<■*w diet in the last r case heard by Mr. Justice .'.* '.:'. Darling ■ before his " retirement the Court• ," was crowded \ with people who. wished ■ to.'; 'l. bid r farewell to the distinguished Judge. ■■■ ■ Counsel paid tributes ;';. tc -f his -k kindness, '-.'■ courtesy, and consideration. '♦"* Mr. Justice- Darling, speaking with v " v * great 4 emotion, '■ said that he tried to re- -V ■•■:■- I member some of the qualifications found, - in'. Portia's speech ir in the "Merchant of Venice." V■: One .'•; of ;• the t : greatest , safe- - guards •■■ in :■> the administration 'of justice : was that the facts were i ascertained ?by " juries, who were more free than.; a Judge, ; and : ; were -able *; to \; give decisions v which were none 7 the v > worse because they,,'had.'.:: : ; - not to give reasons for them.'; y ' "I have done my best," he concluded. .: "I do not feel that I am J sad, and it ,"- is ;.: impossible ■ for me i tot leave this cheerful den withe-1 casting a long and linger-v;4 : j ing look behind." . "/..', ;* ?? Mr. George John j Talbot, 1 ' K.C., ; has u . been appointed ;to ? succeed v Mr. Justice sH Darling. -..,-•> Hi is 62 years of■> *>ge' and: has ';;:;.' been Standing Counsel to Oxford Univer-V, sity since 1915. ; r,: : .