The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-07-13 00:00:00

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COUNTY COURT.

At the County Court, on Wednesday last, be-
fore Mr. Loxdale Warren opened the business
of the Court, he made the following remarks
with reference to the death of Judge Hinsdale :
" Previous to commencing the usual business of
the Court I cannot refrain from referring to an
event which has recently occurred, by which I
have been deprived of a sincere friend, and this
Court of its presidiue judge. Mr. Hinsdale died
on Sunday morning last, at the age of 69. He
was appointed Judge of the County Courts upon
the establishment of those tribunals in 1847,
having previously served his country as a Judge
of the Court of Bequests, and although this '
Court was not originally a portion of his Circuit
still he has presided over it for a length of time,
more than sufficient for all you who have prac-
tised before him to have fully appreciated his
! greatness of heart and amiability, and that kind-
ness, courtesy, and consideration which I am
sure he ever felt, and, I believe, he invariably
exercised towards all his professional brethren
of both branches of the profession. In every
action one party stone can win, and as both
generally expect to succeed one is certain to be
disappointed, and it would be impossible for the
most perfect judge to please every one. Occa-
sionally a Judge of a County Court has to decide
a case upon its legal aspect, but in the generality
of cases that come before him he has to decide
on conflicting testimony, and none but those
whose duty requires them to do so can know the
difficulty of so deciding. I am sure, however,
that your late Judge ever decided cases that
came before him impartially and conscientiously,
to the best of his ability, and so sound were his
decisions that very few indeed were ever reversed
on appeal to a Superior Court. By his death the
Circuit has lost a just and upright Judge, and
myself a true friend. As my duties as deputy
will terminate either to-day or to-morrow, I take
the present opportunity of publicly returning
my sincere thanks to Mr. Harward, the Regis.
tear, for the great kindness and support I have
invariably received from him ; to Mr. Evers, the
High Bailiff, for his courtesy and assistance, and
to the other officials of the Court for the respect
with which they have always treated use. To
you, also, gentlemen, who practise at the bar of
this Court, I cannot say farewell without record-
ing my deep sense of the kindness and courtesy
which I have ever received at your hands. The
duties of a County Court Judge must necessarily
be both anxious and arduous, but the members
of your profession who practise as advocates
have it in their power to render the performance
of those duties its pleasant as the nature of
them will admit, or, on the contrary, tedious and
irksome in the extreme. It is now some years
since I first casually occupied this seat. For the
last year cud a half I have occupied it almost
permanently and during the whole of that period,
from first to last, the performance of my duties
have been materially lightened by the ability,
and rendered as pleasant as possible by the regu-
larity with which you have severally conducted
the business before me, and when I leave this
seat I shall retain a lasting impression of the
courtesy and consideration you have shown to-
wards me, and for which I beg now most heartily
to thank you all."
Mr. Horufray, as senior solicitor, replied, and
and expressed the regret the profession there re-
presented felt at the death of Mr. Hinsdale, and
fully endorsed Mr. Warren's remarks regarding
him. He also said that the profession regretted
they should lose Mr. Warren, na deputy, and
could not part from him without recording their
sense of his uniform kindness and courtesy.
Ors fee v. Aaron.—This was an action to reco-
ver the stun of for getting possession of a
house at Tipton. Mr. Prescott appeared for the
plaiutiff, and Mr. Perry for the defendant._
Plaintiff said he is employed as a bailiff, and the
defendant engaged-him to get possession of a
house ; but before doing so he asked the defend-
ant for an indemnity. Defendant gave him one,
and agreed to give him for the work. The
defendant paid him eel. down, and promised to
send him the other. A man named Salmons was
present. Defendant Salmons that helhad
done his work well, and he would pay the money.
Defendant had been nine years in trying to get
possession, and could not get it. He got pos-
session for him, and defendant is now getting 4s
per week for the house, as rent, and he was now
suing the defendant for the other pound.
Timothy Salmons corroborated as to the defend-
ant promising him another sovereign.—The de-
fence was that defendant engaged plaintiff to