SUPREME COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5095, 5 August 1895, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

THE LATE JUDGE RICHMOND. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wemixgtox, Monday. When the criminal sittings of tho Supreme Court opened this morning, there was n very large attendance of local liar and the public, and wli6£ tho Chief Justice ascondcd the* Bench he remained standing as dIN all present, while the Attorneys General made a brief reference to the death of Judge Richmond. Ho said tho Colony had suffered a great national loss and as a jurist, gentleman, and scholar, tho deceased Judge had probably no equal in any of tho Australian Colonies. On behalf of the Bar of New Zealand he asked His Honor to convey Judge Richmond's family their deepest repret for sogreat a loss, Mr Travel's speaking on behalf of Bar of the Provincial District of. Wellington, referred to the brilliant qualities of tho deceased, both as a Judgo and a statesman. His, loss would be very greatly felt, especially in Wellington, and it was to bo hoped that the object lesson he gavo would bo carefully studied and followed. Ho asked that tho sympathy of the local Bar bo conveyed to the family. The Chief Justice also spoke, hufc was so overcome with emotion that ■ it was very difficult to hear his remarks. He said there was no doubt his latecolleaguewas endowed by nature with abilities of a inrjl extraordinary oharacter. He wW pre-eminent as a lawyer and a' Judge, certainly in the Australian , Colonies, and probably as eminent as any lawyer or Judge in tha • ' British Dominions. His Honor referred to the soundness and uprightness of his judgments, his efforts on behalf of literature, art, and science, and the eminence he had attained as a states-, man, A noteworthy trait in his > character was the fortitude with which lie had borno his physical - sufferings, and had never allowed f these to interfere with his duty. ' ' The Court adjourned till eleven o'clock as a mark of respect.