THE LATE SIR ROBERT STOUT.
. There may be some difference of opinion whether Sir .Robert; Stout should' be described as a great judge-. Tliedegal profession 'regarded ffiffi as a cd’in'jjel;'ent, but. perhapslhardly as lawyer, something. of ;• the dispassionate • of . tern per ;iment;r which; the veryffegKeslj judieisit qujdtfeeshofim •conscientiousness ihid’devotion tbrduty were faultless—unless it might be 7 he’’carried the virtue ot industry to a fault, —and in wasi an iadmirablft ■ . Chief Justide .- ii tsTt* riiay he allowed, perhaps, that in trying wiminal cases lie was too 111,11 cli,.inclin'd to give rein to his tion, and that the differene&'; ibetttfei the roles off bench and pulpit iyns sottietimes insufficiently observed. No doubt it was a pardonable foible, worthy ideals of social .service, 'and.itty certainiy does not detract,prestige of a d ; stinguished judie&| career.— "Otago Daily Times." ’4|j ' ' • V j’ . '
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1930, Page 6
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137THE LATE SIR ROBERT STOUT. Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1930, Page 6
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