SUDDEN DEATH OF JUDGE BROAD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4194, 17 August 1892, Page 3

SUDDEN DEATH OF JUDGE BROAD.

[By Telegraph.—P teas Association^ Nelson, August 16, His Honor Judge Broad died suddenly this evening, He had just sat down to diwuer, when he was seized with an apoplectic fit, Dr Mackay was instantly called in, but the Judge died a few minutes after the dootor's arrival, his death beiog accelerated by weakness of the heart, Lowther Broad was Warden on the Otago goldfields, and subsequently acted in the same capacity at the Thames. About 20 years ago he was appointed R.M. and Warden at Nelson, and later on Was appointed District Court Judge, In 1878, in connection with the Nelson Exhibition, of which he was a vice-president, he was awarded firstpi ize for his tale of goldfield life, He was also author of several law books, including "Land District," two editions of" Digest of Cases," and two editions of " Resident Magistrate's Court Guide," "Justices' Handy Book," "The Law of Innkeepers," besides" The Jubilee History of Nelson." He was contemplating editing a fourth edition of Judge Johnson's New Zealand" Justice of the Peace," when his sudden death cast a gloom over the town, for Mr Broad was esteemed greatly, He leaves a widow and nine children.