A Legal Conscience.
The writer of "Under the Veran- " tliih'J m : the ; Melbourne Loafer dis-t course^. as .follpws with reference to< Mr Bowman, a barrister who an-' < peered? first on- behalf! of the;Crdw!ri m the prosecution of the men charg-i ■ dd with? aiding and /abetting v the Kelly gang, arid subsequently atcepted<a brief for the defence :— The versatility of the actor! who on ■alternate nights could satisfy a crifji- ; cal audience by the; impersonations of Hamletv,Salem ; ;.9cudde^and Mr Affable Hajvk iri ithe game 1 of Speculation, would pale before, the prb." tean skill of tjie : ; common* law bairr lister. Two.(^€pkß.ipr£viously Je saw Mr Bowman m the role of the stern upholder f ofr law-^and justice, when with fervid eloquence he uro-ed upon thq Beech^orth bench the necessity x of\refn^rifiding the men arrested npon suspicion of aiding and \abejtinff; the- Kejty. gang. < Ke .dwelt upon the gravity* of the charge uppn* which "they v were - iheWcerated, arid i strenuously iygecL the, difficulty ]n prod&k%Hhe. evidence iieedful for their conviction. T Subsequen.ttyjlvir jpp^m'aii"s' , t f ngagemem' .' witn "the 1 Q&M y&m i <%m$ fyi fa .appeared nfew, management;- in a dian^tricaHy "opposite ./charter, hs .counsel, fort the sa,ncie pftisooe^ he I 9 1 ??? >MP *$&* .- Wcljgnant .protectjor ofoppressed ..iunoce^ncei .Me found that. the,. .accused^ .we^e . .illegally m i c 'Wfe; {ihas\.tbp. ',' Pharg^; agaiiisfc them was tfiyiaj,,.tfr{tf the.police hkd no evjdqnce . to .pra^tice^^nd. bullied <th, e . r. police t , ma^trajte^j because he. thought the. eircu i nist«inces of the^ "case warranted a furtherxtremarid. 7s° Apubp; My Bowman acte&strjci ly ' , in,ac ( cp,i:clancey, vi&u professional c ti- ; qjj/QiU.eiin/liaking^vbrief fofvthe otl er side when his services. 1 were dispt n~ sed with by -the Government, bu£ r frdmia" mbraf point of view iVdcjes seem. s^ange, ; that: the, mere endorsement of a fee should; have the eff&ct, : jpf-transfoMiinga double-dyed £rimX inal into a victim, ofstaotless puriivw :<■ iu:'H< V SSSLJ iL_^ I- I"-/
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 6, 5 December 1884, Page 4
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314A Legal Conscience. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 6, 5 December 1884, Page 4
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