BUSY CHIEF JUSTICE
PALMERSTON WORK DELAYED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., February 5.
"It is a fundamental part of the traditions of the British Judiciary that criminal cases should never be postponed unless the necessity, for this is unavoidable, because every person charged is deemed innocent until proved guilty. Consequently, the liberty of the subject is involved. It is part of our system that' a person should not be kept in custody or be on bail in supsense for any longer period than is necessary."
These observations were made by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, in the Supreme Court today in referring to the necessity for breaking up the session at Palmerston North owing to his having to return to Wellington, where, he said, difficulty had arisen in that all the criminal cases there will not be disposed of this week, and: that there would not otherwise be! a Judge available to take them next week.
His Honour said he regretted not to be able to deal with the whole of the work here in a continuous sitting, but the delay would not be lengthy. He would see that no inconvenience was caused to litigants, ' witnesses, or counsel. •
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 31, 6 February 1935, Page 15
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