Some very curious judicial statistics compiled from Dr. Han- -cock's
Blue-book have been prepared, showing the relative amount of the judicial work in England and Ireland. From some of these figures, showing how many writs and summonses had been issued in the two countries, it would appear that if England hada judicial staff on the same scale as Ireland, she ought to have, at least; fifty Common-law Judges; and from other figures still more impressive, showing how many defences had been filed and the total amount for which verdicts had been given, the inference -would be that, on the same scale, England ought to have 120 Common-law Judges. Our own estimate, then, of the modera- tion of the Lord Chancellor's judicature reform in Ireland has certainly not been founded on over-statements, but rather on -under-statements of the abuse to be removed.
Previous page
