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2 Bench & B.: Nat'l Legal Newspaper 1 (1932)

handle is hein.journals/bebalenw2 and id is 1 raw text is: BENCH AND BAR THE NATIONAL LEGAL NEWSPAPER Vol. 2 FEBRUARY 1, 1932 No. 2 Judge Greenshields Will Head C.P.R. Wage Dispute Conciliation Board to Start Work Shortly in Montreal Mr. Justice R. A. E. Green- shields, Montreal, Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, has been* appointed chairman of the concilia- tion board which will act in the dispute between the Canadian Paci- fic Railway and the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. Announcement of the appointment was made January 19th by the Department of Labour. The dispute arises over a ques- tion of wages and involves about 5,000 employees. Erroll MacDoug- all, K.C., Montreal, was selected to act for the railway, while Profes- sor J. T. Culliton of McGill Uni- versity was the choice of the men. These two were unable to agree on the selection of a chairman and the Minister of Labour was asked to make the appointment. There was some doubt as t o whether Mr. Justice Greenshields would be able to act as he is at present presiding over the Winter Assizes at Hull, Que. It was stated recently that the conciliation board would commence work the last week in January in Montreal. RETURNS FROM ABROAD The Bench and Bar felicitate the Right Honourable F. A. Anglin, Chief Justice of Canada upon his return from abroad much improved in health. GRAND JURIES OBSOLETE? An interesting item ap- peared recently in the daily papers to the effect that the Grand Jury System in Can- ada has long since passed its stage of usefulness, in the opinion of one of our well- known and respected County Court Judges who declared that that system had become 'both antiquated and unneces- sary?' His Honour bases his opinion on years of experi- ence both as a barrister and a jurist, and feels that with improvements made in recent years in the system of ad- ministering justice in the Criminal Courts, Grand Jur- ies no longer serve any real purpose. Note. Comments on the above opinion by members of the profession would be wel- coned by Bench and Bar. Resignation of Montreal Judge of Sessions May Take Effect February 1 Judge Amedee Monet announced on January 6th his intention of re- signing as Judge of Sessions and entering the arena of municipal politics as a candidate for Mayor of the City of Montreal. His resignation from the Bench is ex- pected to take effect as from Feb- ruary the first. r FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE PASS QUEBEC WOMEN DENIED VOTE GAIN LIMITED VOTE MONTREAL t Married Women Taxpayers in Montreal Granted Vote TEXT OF PROVISION After a vigorous debate, the Legislative Council of Quebec pass- ed an amendment to the Charter of the City of Montreal which gave married women a limited franchise in civic matters. This provision, which forms part of the Bill to amend the Charter of the City of Montreal reads as follows: Every woman separated as to property, when seized as, owner, usufructuary or institute of im- moveables property of the assessed value of three hundred dollars or upwards, according to the assess- ment and valuation roll in force, or when she carries on trade or keeps a place of business which renders her subject to the payment of a tax, and when such place of business is entered on the tax roll ,as being of the assessed annual value of not less than thirty dol- lars; but her husband, separated as to bed and board or as to property only from his wife, shall not be entitled to be entered on the elec- -hors' list, in respect of property belonging to his said wife or the trade or place of business of his said wife. Under the previous law, where a married woman held propert her own name, the franchise was exercised by her husband. The annual attempt to give Que bee women the vote in Provincial matters met with defeat in the Assembly on January 20th. The vote was 52 to 28, on a motion to give the six month's hoist to the measure. Last year the vote was 47 to 21. The usual arguments were advanced by the opponents of the measure, one deputy stating that to give women the vote would bring them down from the pedes- tal, another saying that the duty (Continued on page 7) HEADS CALGARY TORIES H. S. Patterson, K.C., was elect- ed President of the Calgary Con- servative Association for 1932, at the annual meeting of the organ- ization January lth. Judge Harris G. Fenety Dead Called to New Brunswick Bar 1889 Judge of Probation and Registrar of the Divorce Court Fredericton Mail, N.B.-AfLer an illness extending over a period of some months, Harris G. Fenety, Judge of Probate for York County, and Registrar of the Divorce Court, passed away on December 30th, 1981, at his home in Frederic- ton. The late Judge Fenety was the second son- of the late George E. Fenety, . for many. years King's Printer, and a former mayor and was a native of this city and in his 68th year. He attended the old collegiate school, and- after- wards took a course at the U.N.B. from which he graduated with the degree- of B.A. in 1885. After studying law at Harvard University and obtaining the de- gree of LL.B., lie was called to the Bar of New Brunswick in 1889. Shortly afterwards he ronoved to St. John-where he practiced for a number of years. About thirty years ago he was returned to Fredericton and opened a law office. He was some years later ap-. pointed registrar of the Divorc. Court and 'on the death of Fe S.f John Bliss took over- thu duties of Judge of Probate. - He is surved by his widow, for- merly Miss Hunter of the City of Fredericton, two: sisters two hrdth-J ers, a nephew, and niece. -The fun-, eral took place on Friday, January first. One of the best-know loved figures in the lg Montreal passed away day, January 16th, in of The Hon. J. S. Arc Chief Justice of the Sup of Quebec. Hon. John Sprott Ar born at Musquodoboi son of William and Ns bald, on September 8, 1 educated at the publi school there and then the Presbyterian Semin Coming to Montreal he in arts at McGill U 1867 and in law in 18' off the Elizabeth Tor medal. He was a D.I university. He was admitted to 1871 after having reac kins and Ramsay and and Wurtele. He e partnership with Dune mick, K.C., and on the of this partnership in came associated with I Lynch and George G. Immediately on his to the bar he was appo Judge Monet was b Remi de Napierville, April 30, 1890. He is the late Mr. Justice Monet, of the Court Bench. He was educe College de St. Remi an College, L'Assomption graduated in law from versity. He was elec for Napierville in 191 years later was named Sessions. n and best- al world of on Satur- the person hibald, late )erior Court turer in criminal law at McGill University. In 1880 he was ap- pointed to a chair in the same sub- ject and afterwards became pro- fessor of commercial law. He was created a- K.C. in 1887. In City Council chibald was In 1884 he was elected to the t, N.S., the Montreal City Council as alderman ancy Archi- for St. Antoine ward, and retain- 843. He was ed the seat until 1890. During his c and high term of service his knowledge of he attended legal affairs was of great assist- ary, Truro. ance to his colleagues and of great graduated value to the city. As an alder- niversity in man, he always put the welfare of 70 carrying the community first, and his de- rance gold parture from the City Hall in 1890 C.L. of the was generally regretted. He was appointed Revising Offi- the bar in cer for Montreal West under d with Per- the Electoral Franchise Act of 1885. with Judah This office he retained until the Act ntered into was repealed, not long after the can McCor- accession of the Liberals to power dissolution in 1896. He represented the Do- 1887 he be- minion Government before the Ion. W. W. Royal Commission appointed to in- Foster, K.C. vestigate the Caron charges. being called On November 22, 1898, he was inted a lee- appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of the Province of Quebec, and was known to the public as * one of the most painstaking and careful and most highly respected or members of the Bench. A master (Continued on page 3) orn at St. Quebec, on 50th ANNIVERSARY the son of Stipendary Magistrate, F. Dominique G. Muggar, for Sidney, cele- of King's brated the 50th anniversary .ted at the of his admission to the Bar I at Man oir of Nova Scotia January 12th. and later He was admitted at Halifax Laval Uni- before the full Bench on mo- ted M.L.A. tion of Sir John Thompson, 8 and four who became premier of Can- a judge of ada. ACTIVE BIRTHDA Y FOR CHIEF JUSTICE A day of more than usual activity, in which his regular judical duties were but a part, nlarked the 88th birth- day anniversary of Sir Wil- liam Mulock January 19th. The Chief Justice of On- tario, presiding over the Court of Appeal at Osgoode Hall, opened the court an hour earlier than usual, so that he might leave earlier in the afternoon for a reception. On ascending the dais, the chief justice was greeted with a bouquet of roses, and was the subject of felicitations from members of the bar. Honourable J. S. Archibald Formerly Chief Justice Superior Court of Quebec Judge Monet to Run for Mayor Resignation from Bench S I I Mrs. Alice Jamieson Retires as Magistrate Only One Woman Jurist Remains OFFICE TO BE ABOLISHED Calgary, Jan. 18.After 15 years as magistrate of the Women's Po- lice Court in Calgary, Mrs. Alice J. Jamieson, wife of the late R. P. Jamieson, former mayor of Cal- gary, is retiring, according to an- nouncement made by Hon. J. F. L. Lymburn, Alberta Attorney- General. The office she held will be abolished. Abolishment was necessitated by the Government's economy pro- gramme, in which every possible source of expenditure is being care- fully studied, Mr. Lymburn said. Mrs. Jamieson's retirement leaves one woman magistrate in Canada, the resignation of Mrs. Emily Murphy, of Edmonton, known as Janey Canuck, having been accepted several months ago. Dr. Margaret Patterson, of Toron- to, is the only one of the Domin- ion's three woman jurists who has remained in office. Mrs. Jamieson retains the office of Judge of the Juvenile Court, a position she had occupied for the past 18 years.

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