Sir Henry Wrenfordsley: Second Chief Justice of Western Australia 1880-1883 by J M Bennett

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Tiny mark on inside front cover. Dust jcaket in very good condition with minor wear. Previous owner's stamp 'Hon. Justice Miller' is on half-title page.

Full title: Sir Henry Wrenfordsley: Second Chief Justice of Western Australia 1880-1883 and (and acting Chief Justice 1890-1891)

Of all Chief Justices in Australia in the 19th century, none so demeaned the office as did Sir Henry Wrenfordsley, second Chief Justice of Western Australia.

A weak lawyer, he was ridiculed as a 'journeyman judge' and a 'gallery judge' who turned the court into a theatre. His public career was marked by every bad judicial quality - incompetence, duplicity, interference in politics, laziness, uncontrollable temper, chronic insolvency, and overwhelming self-importance, among them. (book flap)