MR. BADDELEY'S DEFENCE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 849, 8 June 1888, Page 33

MR. BADDELEY'S DEFENCE.

fi, '-:':(y«'OM'OUR;o\VX,<FuRK.SPONi>EXT. )* " Auckland, June 2. . The New Zealand Herald of to-day has the following:—“Thehonorable member for Akaros, Mr McGregor, whose attention to our Resident Magistrate Jias been so unjremitting, , r has return of all ' the sentences pronounced by Mr Baddeley in Auckland, the names of prisoners, their sentences and offences. What good purpose he will serve by them now that they have been ordered, or what business/he-has interfering in our • conpernjf,';, is not very apparent,'- The other day the same hon geut'emah elicited a return about : thistles and briar bushes, so that his’gemus seems -to tritvel in fccCeiitric orbits. "How- ' ever,:in the case of Mr Baddeley he appears to be actuated by vindictive' motives, and it is not impossible that to the exercise of his perseverance in operating v op .Ministers we , 'afe’indeßted^for the ’fact’ ttiat'M i‘ Badßeley ■ has felt it necessary to retire from his position in Auckland. The. proposal made by Mr Baddeley to the Government forcontinuiug his services as Resident Magistrate with* out his; occupanoy of the shrievalty, jyhich was incompatible, 'Was one econoniioai tjo the Colonv in a high degree, and certainly'no sub- ■ stitute for Mr Baddeley will be found for double or threefold the amount,” The Herald says it seems: perfectly patent • that / there are influences aud cousideiations at work other than those which meet the eye, and contends that Mr Baddeley’s judicial action has giyep nipre genuine satisfaction than .that of/any other magistrate who has sail bh the Auckland bench for. may years. The article continues • —“The persistent persecution by Mr McGregor; >the . allure of thp Minister of Justice-' td protect an * officer/of hie' department when attacked unjustly, and the'in iifferenoeof the Government to the desires of the people of Auckland fur the retention of Mr Baddeley,’are circumrtances probubly;related- to one -another, and Fill not' tend to lesson the regret at the removal of our Resident .Magistrate,” ' - ’