CLASS JUSTICE, UNDER THE ABLE SUPERINTENDENCE OF G—S—C—, Esq., OR HOW THEY MANAGE THINGS AT WAIPAWA.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 471, 18 April 1867, Page 2

CLASS JUSTICE, UNDER THE ABLE SUPERINTENDENCE OF G—S—C—, Esq., OR HOW THEY MANAGE THINGS AT WAIPAWA.

TO THE EDITOR. OJ THE TIMES. Sir, — At tha late cattle show at Waipukvrau au affray look place between Mr S. J and a Mr B , arising out of a dispute about a horse. It would appear that the first-named party was the aggressor , he having struck B with his clenched hand —the latter returning the salute with interest with the thick end of a whip;—a very natural procedure, I mbui.lt. No man in health, be he English or hailing from any other nation, would tamely submit to such usage without resenting it on the instant Strange to say, the victim was seized by the assailant?s friends, and taken to the Waipawa lock-up, contrary to the expressed wish of Mr J- —, (a gentleman who was present assures me that Mr J — admitted giving the first blow), and ultimately fined £7 ! I will make no comment upon such injustice, but merely remark that I can only account for it from the fact of Mr J — being in a better position than Mr B —. This is worshipping the almighty dollar with g vengeance. Favor your readers. Sir, with your ideas upon the case. Verily the list of Justices of New Zealand requires purging. If we were living under Austrian rule 1 could understand the scales of justice being thus weighed down. The daily examples of leniency encourage violence, and it is only where violence lo the person is connected with property that a serious view is taken of the case. Justice is made io appear like an old woman with a disorderly, unmanageable family, who have their own way until mammy's patience is utterly exhausted, when she snatches up a rod and lays it lustily on the first she can catch, after which execution (followed by a short lull) things lapse into their former riotous and disorderly state. lam a democrat, but look upon the representative system in this country as a mere farce when there is no appeal against a magistrate's decision. Retouraons a nos moutons. The people of this and every other part of the province should memorialise His Excellency’s advisers to have the name of the gentleman removed who sat on the Bench upon the case referred to, whoever he may be.—l am, f~c., A Lover or Fair Play. Ruataniwha , April 13, 1867.