THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE DISTRICT COURT.

Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 515, 7 September 1875, Page 3

THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE DISTRICT COURT.

•^IT^jJ desire to draw jour attention to the .oir- . v umstunce atteudiug the adjournment of the •sitting of the Couit, which was to hare beeu held ,in Hamilton, on Tuesday the 7th .instant. From what I hare been able to learn ifrom the officials hi-re.it appears that tha 7ch is the day fixed fora LicensJng Court in Auckiaud. "Th.s fact, I suppose muurt have been known to -the Judge lor some considerable lime, yet no isteps Wire taken to intimate to counsel or suitors •that an adjournment would be necesi-ary. 'I he iiirst official intimation the public received was •after the arrival of thj mail, on Friday last, the ,3rd instant. Ihe reason then assigned wad th*t Mr Fentun'i prtfl. nee was requisite at the Licen.Bing Court This giving only^ three d*ys ele^r notice, telegrams had to be sent t j different par. b ♦of the country to prevent, if possible, unnecessary •expense to those who were ezpectid to bo in attendance. One defendant, leKaihu does nvfc resido within reach, of a telegram — a letter cer.tainly would not reach him -and it is more than likely that he will be put to the expense of coming with his witnesses on * fruitleen errand. But .-further than this, for some reason bjst known to .himself, Mr Fentdn adjourns the Dourt not for a week or ten days, but for two month?. This .is bad enough for suitors in ordinary civil cases. But there are two unfortunate bankrupts who .have been dragged down twioe already tj the /Court, and were to hate applied tor their dia- '\? i«rge at the present sitting. It surely is very hard upon them, that they should be compelled to wait two more dreary months in suspense, •unable to engage in any permanent business. If this happens onoe or twice the District Court •Sittings, at Hamilton will become valueless for the purpose they were intended to serve, for the public will lose all confidence in their regularity and will again resort to the system of Abandoning sometimes as .uuch as half a just claim for the purpose of bringing an action in the Resident Magistrate's Court. 1 would not write to you, sir, for the purpose of merely airing aoy pe>sonal grievance, but I consider that the public art* interested in the matter, and I am desirous that it .should be sifted by you with a view of preventling such an occureuce in future. If the delay ireally proceeds as many would have it, from the indolence of certain parties and their dithke to trouble themselves with a tediou3 journey up the Waikato at this season of the year, I consider a great injustice has been done, and that the public .have been slighted by these who should be their servants rather than their dictatorial masters. — 1 am, &o. — F. A. Whitakeb. * ================