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have heard in the court below, and in such a pointment, knighted by the Queen for his He had case four make a quorum. All the judges distinguished judicial services. taken an active part in the politics of Old who have been present at the hearing need not be present at the rendering of judgment. Canada, and had for many years performed the most arduous judicial work with entire Any judge may send his reasons for judg ment to the Chief-Justice or another judge acceptance to the bar and public of his present at the delivery of judgment, to be native Province. At the time of his ap read or announced in open court and then pointment in 1875 to the Chief-Justiceship to be left with the registrar or reporter of of the Supreme Court, he was Chief-Justice

of Ontario, and for the court. The salary twenty-two years had of the Chief-Justice is held various judicial $8,000 per annum, and of each of the puisne positions on the bench judges $7,000. There of that Province, before has been much discus confederation known sion of late in the leg as Upper Canada. islature and the press Born at Brockville in on the subject gener Upper Canada on the 2d May, 1815, he ac ally of judges' salaries, which it must be con quired his education ceded are far too low, at the Johnstown and quite out of pro Grammar School and portion to the arduous the Potsdam Academy, and important duties New York; studied which the judges have law at Brockville, was to perform. As orig called to the bar in 1837, inally established, the and rapidly rose to court consisted of two distinction. In 1848 judges from Ontario, he was elected to Par two from Quebec, one liament, and became from New Brunswick, Attorney-General,suc and one from Nova ceeding the Hon. Scotia. Now changes Robert Baldwin. He THE HON. SAMUEL HENRY STRONG. caused by resignation occupied that position or death have resulted until June, 1853, when in the court being composed of three judges he was appointed to the bench as a judge of from Ontario, two from Quebec, and one the Court of Common Pleas. In 1863 he from New Brunswick. was made Chief-Justice of that court, and on The judges originally appointed were Sir the 1 2th of November, 1868, was created William Buell Richards, Chief-Justice, and Chief-Justice of Ontario, succeeding ChiefJudges Ritchie, Strong, J. T. Taschereau, Justice Draper, who was appointed ChiefFournier, and Henry; now the personnel of Justice of the Court of Error and Appeal of the court consists of Sir William Johnston the Province. When appointed Chief-Justice Ritchie, Chief-Justice, and Judges Strong, of the Supreme Court of Canada, it was uni Fournier, H. E. Taschereau, Gwynne, and versally acknowledged that no better selec tion could have been made. Unfortunately Patterson. The first Chief-Justice, the Hon. William his health prevented him from enjoying any Buell Richards, was, subsequent to his ap- extended tenure of that high office, and he