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THE STRAND MAGAZINE.

process is greater in the County Court than in the High Court, and the State nndoubtedly ought to contribute toward the maintenance of the County Court in the same proportion as it provides for the High Court. But most of all is it desirable to be rid of that not inconsiderable number of County Court Judges whose flagrant incapacity renders them a scandal to the bench, and to inaugurate a new system of appointment, so that the administration of justice may be placed in the hands of only such men as are able to command the full confidence of the public.


Witnesses.