Judge Ward and Mr McCulloeh.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1471, 3 October 1885, Page 3

Judge Ward and Mr McCulloeh.

''*''•' PRESS ASSUCIA,TI()N.) \ .:..; . .. r - :l*VEßCAßGiLii, Thursday, j I. fMr;McQullpch, R.M., beforeibeginnihg /theibiisineas ; of; jbe Court to-day; made a reply* to Judge ; Ward'_s Remarks 56fi I theicase of Hjbriry, a debtor, whose, prosecution "for fraud Avas ..ordered *by his I; Honor.- s: The-' exaim'natiori jbe^fore the . -BesidentiMawistrate resulted m -the dis-j missal of the charge pn-tke ; ground that the statements^madejby the . bankrupt to! . .the. Assignee/ were, not admissible as evi-i /denpe'aga'iris'i him ma criminal : proseeu-; ■"tioiti "Mr ! 3VfcCiillocii id-day sai^if these: stafetn'ents weire eHminated there' would' pdsitiyely be ; nb:eviHence : left;on^the.de-; jpositipns againfet accused. 1 >■ He further! said thafr,:althopgh he agreed with. ac-| ,cuse,d/s counsel thafcithadiiot been proved' tha^li^nry.|h^>eajdjed)/t|ie,:QheJque, the; proceeds of ty&ch lie: was charged, with j lie, fdu^not give | that as. his*~teasori f 6?'disij)iSsihg the case,. ! . , Mfc'McGJullqch does not -say /that tbV fact ■ .that the Judges had ordered the 'proser \ cution;Ws|Biu>t^iiienfci6ned at the'examina- j ibut asser^gtl^atvhe-did^not^know it ! read^tinfthepapers nextday ; but j ietan if he had known jae^wpuld. mat have i allowed such, a consideration to. Hgfy.e,-ui. 1 .ferferea s^^rtbe J dißcharg^ of his duties. ; As'v'a { resuit of ■^representation, on the subject m&de' by the 'Judge to' the Minister of Jjjs^joQoMr; McGnlloch said Ike had rece^ve^nfqrmatlonkfrom 'the Minister that tliere was notliirg '.m b theijpjreH instances attending the, dischafge,of.Hpni3r wnfch' stionld inducqliini to ,detr'apfc from . lihe^inio^nel^ofMr' ciencyitfs a" ma^istraiie/ '' ' lti .conclusion, Mr McCulloch said, "'The - real questions ar,eiinpottant not;.only^t6!;every-Ju^tiee : qf .the %ace,, i>9k tP th'fc pubh'ciu general. TOi'ey'appe^to.me,.«to bej-Is.,a,Magis-trate "ta Be, insylted' , "and : interfered ..with by^ District Jiarlgein the' unjnasejl and indep^dpiit TS< dibTiar^(3 of 1 dilty^ /', Has ndt'the,Disti;ict JliHge' in ■tliis'ctise'altogether misapprehended th'e' 1 relative-posi tipns of jhe;. District iGoiirt 'and Resident Magistrate Court? Is i not: the District Judge. .jassujnjng/.?, sposition of authpriliyH direction, w& control, to, swhich he, js not •ntftled," ' md to wl/icti'. no,', Magistrate ou«*ht to^subyit District Judge laSysfvery^greatstress thrdiVglibut'liis remarks on the-' assumed if act- that T } had been that theipnosecution. had been directed by J)hn,,and;^lf e,el ( satisfied tlmt tb^e|proyoca;tion and insujts.l have: hud to ba'ar from him have i b.een^ciiused, by: feelings 5^ mortified Vanity on " his pa,jt, ca'iige'l ha"ve l pVebniried to do^my -duty witlioufr ; reierence io v his s wishes or vi^ ws. "Will .the District Judge* say' that this is not the .case ?f- W. ill he say he has L not tri^k '•: to ;mei allf the; ' injury m -. his ' power? Will he say he was, not , the author of a course and,, malicioug . attack . uporrihe m 'the Dunedin Evening, Iferald of the 31st ; Augittst' last, 81 'byV, , turning up. Mackay's case : that ;i -had ! happened nine"" yearSiagOjifpr the- purpose of Kolding-me up to;, ridicule-iAnyorie; who ;care^-toi take j^^hejtroubjle.tp.turnup .the case, Begina v. once that thcre^pjidd ~^" have Heehno' .cipii&b asj to, ,tlie. propriety , of my; action m that ca'seV,' ■'/ "■■"