Week
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contributor: W. Blakemore
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1908-02-15
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note: i ir_T_v_T_-__-__rr_in.Y_7nrttT>, Kingsford Smith & Co. ij Stock and Gonoral AUCTIONEERS Commission and Real Estate Agents. 8M Qraaville, 'Vaacoaver. .__ Victoria Edition The Week a British Columbia Review, Published at Vietoria and Vaacoaver B. ©. Vol. V. No. 3 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1908 There is a limit to all Judicial things and in all probabil- Vagaries. ity the limit of public pati ence with the vagaries of Mr. Justice Martin has about been reached. For more than a year he had pursued a line of conduct with respect to his official duties which most people regard as truculent and some as insubordinate. His action at all times has turned upon the subject of his relations to the Chief Justice. He has made himself a laughing-stock and has brought the judiciary, for whose honour he professes to be so jealous, into contempt, if not into disrepute. • Probably the matter does not present itself in this light to Mr. Justice Martin, and if tliere were finer phraseology in which The AVeek I could honestly state the case it would be I glad to do so, but in this matter the limit lof language, as well as of patience, has J been reached and the only thing left is to call a spade a spade. The Week has beforetime pointed out that in insisting Ion a technical exposition or construction of certain Court rules, Mr. Justice Martin was in reality airing his own dignity at the expense of the public interest. That interest lies in the prompt and economic administration of justice. Any line of j conduct which involves delay and increases [cost is inimical to the public interest. It I not only-renders the procuring of justice [more difficult but it tends to discourage the ■ poorer litigant from pursuing his legitimate rights and so plays into the hands lof the wealthier; if Mr. Justice Martin {has appreciated this important fact, he ■has ignored it. Litigation in this Province is costly enough under any circum- {stances and indeed it is not unlikely that la movement will be s…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0344395
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : ""The Week"" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text