JUDGE CONOLLY.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 340, 20 August 1889, Page 2

JUDGE CONOLLY.

Very general satisfaction has been expressed throughout the colony at the appointment of Mr Conolly to the vacancy caused on the Supreme Court Bench by the death of Judge Gillies. The Marlborough Express says :— " Edward Tennyson Conolly, Inner Temple, was called to the Bar in England on January 30, 1852. He left for New Zealand, arriving on the I.9th August, 1865. After a long, honorable, and distinguished career in the district, Mr Conolly accepted the position of Attorney-General in the Atkinson Government before the Stout-Vogel Cabinet, and more than verified the hopes of his friends. He now succeeds to the proudest and most dignified position a lawyer can aspire to. Mr Conolly during his residence in Marlborough has won the respect and confidence of every one, and from a political strife always emerged with an unstained reputation, while his legal actunen and absolute fidelity have won for him extraordinary respect and confidence. No better appointment has ever been made in New Zealand.” The N. Z. Times says :—" The news of the appointment of Mr Edward Tennyson Conolly, ot Blenheim, to the vacant Judgeship, will, we believe, be generally acceptable to the whole of the Colony. Mr Justice Conolly is no new or untried man. He has a wide reputation as a ripe, sound lawyer. He is a man of unblemished character and of vast experience in colonial law. His arguments have always been characterised by deep logical acumen. He was appointedMinister of Justice in the Whitaker Ministry on October 11th, ISB2, and in the Atkinson Ministry of the following year he held the portfolio of Minister of Justice and Attorney-General from September 25th to June 4th, 1884. We have to congratulate the Government upon their choice and Mr Justice Conolly upon his appointment. We believe he will be an honor to the position he has accepted.”