THE HOSPITAL FETE. "JUSTICES' JUSTICE."

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 1491, 2 December 1881, Page 2

THE HOSPITAL FETE.

" JUSTICES' JUSTICE."

[To the Editor of the Hkrald]. Sir— Can you inform me why the privilege of charging for horses and vehictes were not stated when selling the right of entrance to the ground at the Hospital Sports, as the only rights ■old were that of foot pasaengers, thereby decreasing the amount which would be realized had the same privileges (which were afterwards given) been stated at the time of sale. lam therefore of an opinion that all moneys colleotod for horses and vehioles should be giyen to the fund* of the institution for whioh the aporti were got up —l am, <fto. Pair Plat. [In answer to. the first portion of the letter, it may be tUted that the Committee sold tht right thoy had acquired, and that they are in no way responsible (or tho subsequent wnmgcmonts.— Ei>.]

" lie who hath »«> cross shall have no crown."—Qi'AßLßS. Sir,—Somo few we.-ks ago you commen tod somewhat severely on a jwJf?mont given by Mr. Dinjavillo and myself. I think it is fair ami ri^ht to discuss decision* given by any Court ; the workings of justice should not ho hidden, but should disclose to suitors each step which leads to the approbation or condemnation of their acts. A few days a«o « decision in the case McKay v. Gannon, for assault, was deliveied by one of my oldest friends in this district, a gentleman of whose integrity, and honesty of intention, I am as convinced as of my own, and in the soundness of whose judgment, and courage to deliver the same, I havo equal confidence, while I admit the possibility of i*s less fallibility. That decision astonished me, for it seemed quite Ht variance with all my preconceived notions on the subject, and it is also irreconcileabld with most of, porhap* all, the judgments on the like subject given from the same place, as for instance Webb t>. Frauer, Maher sen. v. Maher jun., &c. I think many of us can forecast the kind of judgment which Mr. Prico (whom we so much miss, but who is now, I am glad to say, recovering,) would have given, having heard him any from the Bench—" I know of no justification for an assault, by a son on nis fai h«r." With the greatest deference for Mr. Price's opinion, I cannot say 1 asjreo witli him, but if he be right, then the judgment now under consideration is the more irreconcileable with his. Hud it been given by any other person than Mr. Poynter, I should have been less surprised, and leas interested, and I had not said a word, but I do feel very unsettled now as to my former theories, and very curious as to what is a right decision in such a case. Rochefoucauld says —"There is something in the misfortunes of our friends that affords us a secret gratification." That is so ; and another writes —" There is no man with so well-balanced a mind hut that you will at some time of his life discover he entertains in some dark comer of it a lurking transitory belief in the impossible." For fifteen years have I watched this man and could not catch him out, for fifteen years havo I searched for the joints of his armour and found them not, but I do believe that I have now hit his right heel. Sir, y«.u flagellated me the other day. Come ! Scourge now my friend for me, while I shout in his ear "The Philistines be upon thee, Samson." I ;<m. &c, W. H. Tuckkr.