POWERS OF JUSTICES
NO CHANGE CONTEMPLATED. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, June 13. Referring to-day to the criticism levelled by legal practitioners at the proposal to give more work to Justices of the Peace, the Hon. J. G. Cobbe said his Christchurch remarks had been given much wider significance than was intended. No change in the legislation extending the powers of Justices was contemplated. He did not intend to convey that the English practice was to be adopted in toto but rather referred to it as a precedent for the fuller use of Justices. Owing to the financial position it had been necessary to reduce Magisterial sittings in country courts and that might entail a reallocation of the work and the more frequent attendance of Justices. The services of Justices should be utilized as much as possible.
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Southland Times, Issue 22041, 14 June 1933, Page 8
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