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THE NATIONAL LEGAL NEWSPAPER
Vol. 1                MONTREAL, OCTOBER 1, 1931               No. 1

CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION                        EMINENT IN THE PROFESSION             I
HOLDS IMPORTANT MEETING
Governor-General Opens Three-day Session at Murray Bay
MOST COMPLETE REPORT YET PUBLISHED

The annual meeting of the Cana-
dian Bar Association was opened
on Sept. 2nd with Mtre., L. S.
St. Laurent, K.C., President of the
Association, in the chair.  The
meeting was officially opened by
His Excellency the Earl of Bess-
borough, who was accompanied by
Viscount Duncannon and Hon. A.
F. Laseelles, A.D.C.
His Excellency said:-
I am exceedingly grateful that
you should have extended to me, so
early in my term of office in Can-
.ada, an invitation to attend a meet-
ing of your association. My own
connection with the Bar, though it
began more years ago than will bear
thinking of, has been but a slender
one; my ow     in rests have been
mainly directed  0 other channels.
None the less, in thus intruding on
your legal mysteries, I am fortified
by the thought that I can claim the
right to be addressed as one of
your learned friends.

I stand before you briefless,
with no specific cause to plead, no
client to defend. But, since you have
honored me by asking me to share
in your deliberations, I venture to
offer a few remarks on a theme,
essential to the very existence of
your profession-the importance of
the Law to the community. At this
stage of human history, it is un-
necessary, of course, to stress the
need for cohesion   in the body
politic; I would merely indicate the
manner in which, it seems to me,
that the legal profession can assist,
and is assisting to-day, in main-
taining that cohesion, and the sta-
bility that is its natural conse-
quence. For it seems to me axio-
matic that such stability can only
be attained by strengthening that
regard for law and order which is
the most distinctive characteristic
of our people; by insuring that the
law, which is the very skeleton of
(Continued on page 4)

Mr. Justice C. F. Fullerton
Chairman of Railway Board

Appointment, Succeeding Hon. H.
A. McKeown, Increases West's
Representation
LONG JUDICIAL CAREER
Mr. Justice Fullerton of the ap-
peal division of the Supreme Court
of ManiLoba and formerly of Am-
herst, N.S., has been appointed
chairman of the board of railway
commissioners. The new chairman
succeeds Hon. H. A. McKeown who
resigned several months ago. An-
nouncement of the appointment was
made August 13th and he took over
the duties of his office August 25th.
The appointment confirms an
announcement made some months
ago and is pleasing to the West as
satisfying their appeals for in-
creased representation on the Rail-
way Board. The Winnipeg Tribune
states editorially that Mr. Justice
Fullerton has resided and worked
in Winnipeg twenty-five years. He
has the viewpoint, the mental
equipment and the experience to
equip him admirably for the task
of interpreting the wishes and am-
(Continued on page 3)
QUALIFIED TO PRACTICE
IN PROVINCE ONTARIO
The following were called to the
Bar of Ontario following the con-
vention of the Benchers of the Law
Society at Toronto on September
17th: Robert J. Gill, Jasper M. F.
Reycraft, Edward 0. Butler, Mur-
ray M. Herman, James P. Arnott,
Alexander H. Nethery, Jean Eliza-
beth O'Rourke, George J. Mcll-
wraith, Arthur M. Charlesworth,
Desmond D. Doneau, Henry C.
Goodman, Nixon T. Berry, Charles
11. Lemay, Henry W. Kinnear, John
F. McGarry, Arthur S. Hardy, A.
Armstrong, J. P. Erickson Brown,
M. Esrin, D. C. J. Farquarson, S.
J. Hennick, T. B. Horkin, H. B. L.
Jones, P. Lanove, T. H. Lines, A.
M. Mills, A. R. MceFarlane, II. A.
Newall, L. S. Samuels, F. D. Tur-
ville, G. A. J. Wilson.

Leaves His Bench
to Judge at Fair
Cooksville.-Magistrate L.
J. C. Bull judged the dairy
cattle  at Cookevillo  Fair,
September 29-30. He is an
expert cattle judge and was
assisted by Lorne Davidson
of Meadowvale.
It was decided to award
the cup from the Minister of
Agriculture, Hon. T. L. Ken-
nedy, to the best steer or
heifer weighing from 950 to
1,100 pounds.
Bold Robbers Purloin
Time of Magistrate
Take Mr. Henderson's Watch Chain
Along for Good Measure
London, Ontario-London thieves
and house-breakers play no favor-
ites.
Nat even the homes of magis-
trates, crown attorneys or police
chiefs are safe. W. B. Henderson,
recently appointed deputy magis-
trate for the city, ascended the
bench for the first time two weeks
ago and since then has been hand-
ing out time to prisoners who
are brought before the bench in the
King Street courtroom. That is his
duty but when some one enters his
apartment and steals his timepiece,
plus a gold chain and some cuff-
links-well that is an    entirely
different matter.
(Continued on page 11)
RESUMES PRACTICE
The Hon. Ernest Lapointe, for-
merly Minister of Justice of Can-
ada, has resumed the active prac-
Lice of his profession in the City
of Quebec. With him are associ-
ated his brother-in-law, Mr. Garon
Pratte, and Mr. Stanislas Germain.

Louis St. Laurent, who was re-
elected President of the Canadian
Bar Association at its recent meet-
ing, has had a most distinguished
career. He was born at Compton,
P.Q., on Feb. 1st, 1882, and re-
ceived his education at St. Charles
College, Sherbrooke, and   Laval
University, Quebec. He was called
to the Bar of Quebec in 1905, and
from 1905 to 1909 practised with
the Hon. L. P. Pelletier, to whom
he had been articled as a law stu-
dent. From 1909 to 1923 he prac-
tised with Hon. A. Gallipeault and
is now the senior partner of the
firm of St. Laurent, Gagne & Dev-
lin. In June, 1911, he was ap-
pointed a professor on the staff of
Laval University, Quebec. He was
named King's Counsel in 1915. On
May 19th, 1908, he married Miss
Jeanne Renault of Beauceville, 1'.Q.
Mr. St. Laurent is not only an
advocate of distinction but a bril-
liant speaker in both the French

and English languages. He has
been often urged to follow   the
example of many of his confreres
and enter the sphere on politics,
but has, so far, refused. A man
of splendid physique and great per-
sonal charm, he has a wide circle
of friends. His chief relaxations
are riding, fishing and golf. He is
a member of the following clubs:
Garrison  Club, Quebec; Quebec
Golf Club; Little Saguenay; Hi-
viere a Pierre and Lac de L'Est
Fish and Game Club.
Elsewhere in our columns ap-
pears the presidential address de-
livered by Mr. St. Laurent at the
opening of the Canadian Bar Asso-
ciation, and we take thl's oppor-
tunity of expressing our thanks to
him for the prompt and courteous
permission given to us to publish
the complete text which, we are
sure, will be of widespread interest
to the members of the legal pro-
fessions throughout Canada.

Governor-General Attends
Formal Opening of Court
His Excellency The Earl of Bessborough Delivers Address at
Opening of Superior Court, District of Montreal

The formal opening of the Su-
perior Court for the District of
Montreal took place on Thursday,
Sept. 10th.  His Excellency, the
Earl of Bessborough, Lord Dun-
cannon, Chief Justice Anglin of
the Supreme Court of Canada a_,n
Mtre. Fernand Payen, Batoniir
of the Bar of Paris, were olrung
these present.  The occasion was
remarkable in that it was the first
time that the Governor-General of
Canada had been present at the
opening of a local court. It was
also the 21st anniversary of the
elevation to the Bench of Acting-

Chief Justice Greenshields, who
presided.
At the opening of the Court, the
Hon. Alfred Duranleau, Ilatonnier-
General of the Province of Que-
bec, presented the newly-admitted
lawyers. It is not without interest
that amongst them wai one young
man, Mr. Philippe Laness, who,
has been blind from the age of
four, but,. despite his handicap, ob-
tained the gold   medal at the
University of Montreal and led in
the Bar Examination. He is to
study abroad.
(Continued on page 6).

Louis St. Laurent, K.C-, LL.D-
President, Canadian Bar Association

Governing Bodies
in Fifth Meeting
at Murray Bay
R. J. MacLennan, K.C., In Com-
mittee Report Discusses
Overcrowding
CONSIDER     ENCROACHMENTS
The Fifth Annual Conference of
the Governing Bodies of the Legal
Profession in Canada was held at
Murray Bay, P.Q., on Sept. lst.
The chief matter of importance
dealt with was the Joint Report of
the Committee on Public Education
and Encroachments on Lawyers
Sphere of Activities presented by
Mr. R. J_ MacLennan, K.C. The
report dealt with the difliculties ex-
perienced by many who have taken
the expensive arduous training
necessary to fit themselves for the
practice of law  to earn even a
decent competence after their ad-
mission. Two reasons were sug-
gested: overcrowding of the pro-
fession and encroachment on the
(Continued on page 3)
Magistrates Scarce;
Eventually Plentiful
St. Thomas, Ontario     Police
magistrates were rather scarce in
city police court for a while Mon-
day morning, -then they became
plentiful. Magistrate C. F. Max-
well is away Qn ,,acsalq  nd. . C..
Sanders, K.C., has been acting for
him. About 10.30 o'clock Monday
morning a telephone message was
received that Mr. Sanders would
be unable to take charge of the
court proceedings.  It was sug-
gested that H. C. Cameron act as
magistrate. Mr. Cameron happened
to be solicitor for two young men
who   had   been  summoned    on
O.L.C.A. charges. le consented,
however, to act a;s magistrate on
two other cases, which were dis-
posed of first. M. D. McCrimmon
appeared as defending counsel in
one of the cases. As soon as they
were disposed of, Mr. McCrimmon
changed places with Mr. Cameron,
sitting in adjudication of the two
cases on which Mr. Cameron ap-
peared.
AppointmentsI
BENCH & BAR joins with the
members of the legal profession in
tendering  its congratulations to
Mtre. Paul St. Germain, who was
named on September fourteenth
puisne Judge of the Quebec Court
of King's Bench (Appeal Side) to
fill the vacancy created by the
death of Mr. Justice Victor Allard.
Mr. St. Germain was born at
Chambly, P.Q., on March 23rd,
1872. le received his early educa-
tion at the Christian Brothers'
School at Longueuil. Later taking
his classical course with the Sul-
picians at Montreal. He graduated
in law   from  Laval University,
Montreal, and was admitted to the
Bar in 1895.   He was named a
King's Counsel in 1913. He held
the offices, first, of Treasurer of the
Bar and, later, of Batonnier. At
the time of his appointment to'the
Bench he was in partnership with
his son, Mtre. Jean St: Germain.
Mr. St. Germain holds a higa
place in  his profession, and is
greatly esteemed by his confreres
for his probity, industry and know-
ledge of law. The news of his ap-
(Continued on page 6)

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