Judicial stamina seldom receives adequate attention from the lay pub: lic which is apt to believe that the {ask of sitting on a bench is comparatively easy, despite the admitted Strain of listening to the stream of silvertongued oratory {rom the bar. It is fitting therefore to find special note made of the feat performed by Mr. Justice Atkinson In rounding off G2eday hearing—during the course of which he underwent successful operation for appendicitis—with an ez tempora judgment occupying several hours in delivery. The books of reference give golf, motoring and Ashing as Sir Cyril Atkinson's ro-creations when he Is at leisure. He thus has acquired facilities for devel aping his powers of concentration, expedition and patience, together with physical endurance, Tt is probable too, that, as he sat for ten years in the House of Commons as a back-bench Conservative member, he was able to cultivate the habit of Ustening to long speeches without allowing them to tact sedentary character of their profes sional occupation, Mr. Justice Atkin ton seems to be no exception to that rule, Point is added to this view by.|the record of Lord Wrenbury "who died last month In London at the age of 90. He retired from the Court of Appeal at the age of 70 but Jong after that in the House of Lords and on the Judielal" Committee of the Privy Council, Lord Wrenbury was as active as been as Lord Just Toward the end of his sight was borne with magnificent courage and cheerfulness,
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