OVERWORKED COURTS.
(To the Editor.) Sir,—Are our judges overworked? Such a question appears to me to be quite relevant in view of the ext ra ordinary procedure followed at Supreme Court, Hamilton, last week. Surely in these enlightened days it should not be necessary for juries to sit on cases all night as well as a day. On one occasion the jury commenced sitting at 10 a.m., and apait from the luncheon and tea adjournments was on duty until 1.15 a.m. the following day. How it is expected that justice can be dispensed under these conditions Is difficult to see. One suspects that it is not the judge who is to blame, but the Government. Perhaps it is another example of the economy mania. More judges would prove too expensive. Thus we must sacrifice a national heritage the sacred trust of preserving the principles of British justice.—l am, etc., GUARDIAN. Claud elands, November 24.
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Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18802, 25 November 1932, Page 9
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