THE JUDICIAL BENCH
SHORTAGE OF JUDGES
(Peb United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, September 27.
Pointed reference to the position created by the non-appointment of a successor to Mr Justice Adams was made by Mr Justice Heed at the conclusion of lepl argument in a case in the Court of Appeal to-day. The court had just granted leave to a man to appeal as a pauper to the Court of Appeal from the judgment of the Supreme Court, and on this intimation being given Mr C. H. Weston, counsel for the appellant, said it was desired, if possible, "to have the appeal heard at the present sitting of the Court of Appeal. Mr Justice Reed, the presiding judge, with whom Mr Justice Smith was associated, said that an application for the fixture would have to be made at another time. “It is highly improbable that the fixture can be made for the present sitting,” added his Honor, “because we are short on the Judicial Bench. It is causing a great deal of inconvenience, and possibly in some cases it may result in a denial of justice, but we can’t help that.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22070, 28 September 1933, Page 7
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