JUSTICES' JUSTICE:

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1912, 21 November 1913, Page 9

JUSTICES' JUSTICE:

Sir,"On Wednesday Inst at PeUme an employee of thp Pa tone Borough ' Council was chargod wiili aßsatiltin-g a 0 Pistono carter, and with having called liira u "scab." Defendant., for trhoiii Mr. o'lie;;an appeared, wen his case. Without knowledge of either .parties per--11 sonally, I wish to enter an emphatic protest ugaiii3t the judgment hy reason of Messrs, Pipef and Short (justices) o being, in ro.y opinion, iiitsrested per--0 soils. In the first placo, bqtli are cauiis eiliprs of the Petono ' Borough, for s lS'h.icli the defeiidaij> works; In the scfr- !- end place, Mr. Piper has taken, and is 6 «tiit taking, a nroro than passive k* t forest in the present strike. Mr. Piper 3 ! moved a resolution tb& other evening in o tho Petono Recreation Reserve tmiidchmd iifg this - apathy of the Gtrverliriiont ill !■* not Settling the matter by legislation, (t .and is, furthermore, tlie channel through 0 Vhich Potono strike contributions to the i- frnftoritig women jiiid children in Wei* iington aro being forwarded Why, then, tl did' these gentlemen sit hi' judgment iii i- high places and deterinuu*. :i dispute in e which they must perforce Inive ji 'spiuc--8 what personal interest? In my Jiisn tices' Jlanuaii page 61,. I read: ."If ft Justico lists any interest in the decision - of a. case he should loasvo the bench, e Bte." As a roaspitrtbio i. against any thought of injustice, I 1 would suggest that.ill ail future affrays •, in tho Ilu.tt Valley arising out of the t epithet "scab." cases of intimidation and ,s Bitch likes, the local police endeavour to .£ see that a magistrate determine the iss sites, and prevent any individual in fu- , ture escaping sentence who craftily nd--3 lilits eaikitg out "scab," but pleads in j defease grave Sift, etc., e not iin 1.5.0., mil J "A POLITiCAI-LY-APPOIXTED J,P."