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 ADELAIDE AND VICINITY 269 T ^837 Hon. William Henry Bundey, ^i J'l'^ge. of the Supreme Court HE Judges of the Supreme Court of South AustraHa- [)a.st and present — have been men of such high standard that it is impossible to discriminate concerning their comparative supremacy. Beginning with the first Judge, Sir J. W. Jeffcott, who in was^drowned in the rollers of Encounter Bay, while striving to prove his pet theory that on the shores of that historical locality the capital of the Province should be established, every occupant of the high office has been more or less famous either for his excellent interpretations and expoundings of the law, or for his claims to the title of an honorable citizen, and a colonist of grit and utility. The list embraces some of the most note- worthy men in South Australian history. Each of the present members ol the Bench won a meritorious reputation as an advocate, and each had previcjusly sered as a colonial Minister under the Crown In this latter respect, Mr. Justice Boucaut and Mr. Justice Bundey obtained larger experience than the president of their court, the Right Hon. Sir S. J. Way, Bart. It can be recorded of them all, how- ever, that they have distinguished themselves at the Bar, in the political arena, upon the Bench, Hammer & Co., Photo jUld aS private citizeUS. Mr. Justice Bundey was born in 1838; his father, the late Mr. James Bundey, was a gentleman farmer; and the family resided at Bashley Manor, near Leamingtcn, England, where they experienced severe reverses of fortune, and in consequence left England in 1848 for South Australia. The head of the family died within a fortnight of his arrival in this Province. Mr. W. H. Bundey, after serving his articles to the law, was admitted to practice at the South Australian bar in April, 1865. He tiuickly found that he had entered a congenial sphere for the application of his talents. He