LEGAL COMRADES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 595, 22 February 1929, Page 10

LEGAL COMRADES

BENCH AND BAR MOURN DEATH OF CHIEF JUSTICE ELOQUENT WELLINGTON TRIBUTES Press Association WELLINGTON, To-day. Bvidence of the high esteem in which the late Sir Charles Skerrett was held by the Supreme Court Bench was shown to-day when the Bench and Bar joined in expressing sorrow at the loss suffered by his death. On the bench were Mr. Justice Herdman, Mr. Justice Chapman and Mr. Justice Frazer. Among others present were Sir Francis Bell, Mr. A. Fair, Solicitor-General, Mr. A. Gray, Jv.G., president of the Mew Zealand LawSociety, Sir John Findlay, Mr. M. Myers, K.C., Mr. C. IT. Treadwell, Mr. Johnston, president of the Wellington Law Society, and Mr. White, vicepresident, magistrates, and the Undersecretary of Justice. In the absence of the AttornevGeneral who, he said, desired to express deep regret at being unable to be present, Sir Francis Bell spoke first highly eulogising Sir Charles Skerrett not only as judge and advocate, but one who had made a mark as a private w,V Z if n ' Th , ey had lear ned his value at WC v? i a ? d 1> ay ’ an<l the loss was heavy yi1 ' Juf *tice Herdman, in expressing sympathy of the New Zealand Bench, said: T know of few incidents that have happened during my career m the legal profession that have etoked such universal and genuine sorrow as the death of Sir Charles Skerrett. Regarded with affection bv tnose who knew him intimat'lv re•s pee ted by all sections of the communty, ho has laded out of our lives in hea C r U t m bre a a n iSng.-’ t " at tragic and spoke. Gray and Mr - Johnston also