LAWYERS IN THE HOUSE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 93, 8 August 1876, Page 3

LAWYERS IN THE HOUSE.

. i,..»;il members of the House of 'loiitotive* hiwe ab*nhv*l » «»»« lt „. the time of the House, and "i forth a Ebw- opinions which have bullet I from Hansard. \hu Piako-Swamp, debate, Mr. I'yke, ' thu I 1 c()m pli.ined last session that there " n „t enough lawyers in the House. L m plaint no bmger exists, ami tf I l' lo permitted to say it—l say it tit ; r —wb have too many n&w." ffiiitf the SH,mo « tebattv ' * lr - Stont 1 interrupted Sir Jttttns Vngel whilst Ij,peaking, the Premier said, "These Options are one of the reswtts of !, tail practitioners considering that |ou»e im » kind of Court of .Justice in I, t | w y are here to argue cases. We 1I( ,t jurymen, nor are yon, sir, the ,f Justice. We have ail an equal I to our opinions* and to express

ain referring to Mr. Stout, Sir Js Vugel said, " We have a nght nfijuct w t«> lawyers forcing upon t» r opinions, JW if they alone were uorruct judges of saeh questions liu one W are now considering. mvu opinion is that there are ,Riblu members in this House who Orown grey in actual service in Miniature of the Colony, in making I and interpreting Acts, who are far »r judges of the interpretation of 'than many legal practitioners in the try, l object to its being nnderl. that we are all to be silent in this so whenever members of the legal isßion express an opinion this way or way upon the reading of an Act. I Id like to ten" the honorable gentlemi anecdote which may be beneficial mi. t have a great respect for the ;iiM of the honorable member, and I it spunk in any unkindly spirit. It is :>f thu take Lord Campbell that, when is making a wilt for himself, lie said am difficult for a lawyer to act with ii'iulunce for himself that he thought s a wise thing to do to talce the money (HU! nocket and put it into the other, lit he might be under the impression H! time being that he received a fee his services. This is indeed the !»• idea that legal advice is only valttwhen paid for." Now, if the honorijontkuuan would adopt a simitar In, when treating this House to legal !i\ of passing money from one pocket other, hv the belief that it represented 'wis he received for snch advice, it il he move useful advice, but I fear mild wear out a great many pockets in operation. He would have worn ,grunt many pockets last session."