DEATH OF MR JUSTICE RICHMOND.

Waikato Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3603, 6 August 1895, Page 5

DEATH OF MR JUSTICE RICHMOND.

DY IBLEGBAFUrrPBESS ASSOCIATION). Mb Jcstice .Richmond'died, i»t his residence last evening from pneumonia and* inflammation of the lungs, after a seven* Mr Richmond•; sat yesterday week-on the Dean esse, and: I ainceiljiaflj'been confinedjto jtheliouae.; ()His : death was. rather unexpected. ... r t , t , i7tl LaßtNight, s When the'criminal sWtigs of the Supreme po ( urT f this mormnFthe^:.wai jai 1 very'largejattendance of the'local barjand the public, MVlien the Chief Justice ay-j tended the bench hii remained standing as* .did ft! alL,preßent, while f ,the r -Att^rnejr^ General* ' made' a 'brief;'reference to; the death "W h -Mr Justice Richmond.; iHe said nthe(.colony ihad) suffered^Tßreat^ and scholar the, dead Judge had probably not an' eqriarin'any. of' th£ Australasian' colonieß.' if On*beKalf''of tr of Ney; .Zealand,,he asked His Honor: tocquyey toMr Richmond's family their, deepest regret* , ijtlutljN ,T( lliUr MOID 11/w r ' for so great a loss. ■',,, ,-. Mr ori* belialf of tl|e district jafijWellipgfcpn,, deceased 1 , bothas a judge and a statesman.' His loss would be 1 very'greatly felt especi-.' (allyjinliWellington,'and itjWastobe/hopad, fully studied and followed. He asked that; the sympathy of be conveyed, tothe ß orrowiiJg v faniiiyV I,IU ' |; T The<Chief Justice ajso spoke, but^ras»' soyercome( wiihl emo'tion that [it/ was very 'difficult to' hear 'his 5 remarks." He" said there was no "doubt his late colloagiie' was T y w i ith, rt abilities i ' :i character.' He was preeminent as a lawyer and judge, mes, and probably as eminent as any law-,: yer or judge*' in*! 'trie i i ( iiis Honor referred to the soundness and uprightness of ,his judgments,!his etforta on-, behalf "of' literature,! art", and ; .science, and the eminence 1 he had. attiairied as altatesman. A noteworthy' trait in his 1 ;' character' was'the fortitude,with which he'had borne his physical ■ sufferingsy and i; lie' ! had:never l ; allowed these to interfere'with his'duty. ! j > j uTheCourb;adjourned?till,'eleveno'clock; as a mark.of respect.. ??^it-.--=i ■: 'i'ui;- i ,JBY TELEGRAPH-OWN COBRESPONIMT). j .Auckland, Last Night. I At. the j Supreme Court, this morning, reference was made' to the loss the colony, thad s sustained* 1 by I the death ; of •• ■ Justice Richmond. Mr Justice Connolly said he had lost not only an: old friend and colleague, but a dear, brother. , .0-) hi\ ii—r^—