THE BANQUET TO MR JUSTICE WILLIAMS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2180, 19 February 1881, Page 3

THE BANQUET TO MR JUSTICE WILLIAMS.

At the banquet held at Dunedin on Tuesday evening, Mr Haggitt proposed “The health of the Guest,” drawing attention to the polished courtesy that had at all times marked the demeanor of his Honor in the discharge of his official duties, and stating that he had been specially requested to recognise the kindly treatment junior members of the Bar had invariably received from his Honor. On his own behalf, and on behalf of every member of the profession, he wished Judge Williams a pleasant holiday and a speedy return. The toast was drank with enthusiasm, and his Honor responded with much feeling, commenting on the cordial relations that bad at all times existed between the Bar and himself. Other toasts followed, including, at the instance of Mr Stout, “ Crimes and our unfortunate Clients,” without which the cost and mechanism o£ the Supreme Court, and the whole legal profession as a body, from the Judge down to the usher, would have no existence. It was proposed by a prominent member of the Bar that the toast should be drunk in solemn silence or to slow music, but the feelings of the guests got the better of them, and the toast was drunk with musical honors.