CLERGYMEN ON THE BENCH.
TO THE EDITOR OP THE NEW ZEALAND TIMES. Sir, —In a paragraph referring to the cruel sentence on Sarah Chandler, you quote a Home paper, which says that "A clergyman on the Bench is at least as much out of place as a judge in the pulpit." But here in the colonies, as well as at Home, we can scarcely ignore them, and, excepting that they are apt to be opinionative, I can see no objection to their acting as justices. Their decisions, as a general rule, are too lenient. And all the Home writers do not appear to be of the same, opinion, for Mr. Bright, in his famous speech on " The Church and State Question," said, that " a somewhat irreverent writer suggested, as a matter of economy, that when the Home judges were too old to continue their duties as judges effectively, they should be translated to tho benoh of bishops! He argued that by doing that, you would save the pensions of the judges, and you would, infuse very large amount of practical wisdom into the bench of bishops."—l am, &c, ,
'Audi Alteram Partem.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4541, 9 October 1875, Page 2
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191CLERGYMEN ON THE BENCH. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4541, 9 October 1875, Page 2
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