JUDGE MOLESWORTH'S EXPLANATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5026, 15 May 1895, Page 2

JUDGE MOLESWORTH'S EXPLANATION.

Sceeieed, Mit/15,11 a.m. Melbourne, May 15. Judge Molesworth, in replying to tlio Premier in reference to the remarks he made from the Bench in connection with J. B. Dayies' insol- j, yency, says he spoke in the publio% interest, that an'lnsolvency Judge should not bo subject to dependent position, and that there should bo no reasonable ground for thepublicto have a fear in doing what ho believed to ho his duty, he might act against his own interest by offending influential Members of Parliament, Iu the cities, thero were a. number of cases where such members, with a wide-reaching social influence, became insolvent for amounts ranging over a million, and the Judges had to decide all the casso without the intervention of the Jury, thus urging a strong plea in of making tho Insolvency Court independent of political influence. His Honor further says that the statement on the subject of judicial independence was signed by all Hie County Court Judges, and' presented to the Government last August, but up to tho present theju* had not been answered. He. nlso'B alleges that in applying for sick leave ho was treated as a maligonrer and that in December lastsfepswero taken by the Solicitor-General to ' remove him from Molbonrne, but wore afterwards abandoned, In conclusion lie says it certainly appeals to him that there are good grounds for believing the public, who are sufferers whore membors of Parliament are concerned, might not beliove that a Judge in such a position is able to disponso impartial justice, without fear favour, or a ff action,