This forms very strong testimony of his high estimation in the public eye at the very outset of his judicial career, and as we shall see later on he fully justified these opinions in the many years he sat on the Bench. Just here it will be of interest to give some idea of the person, and personal characteristics of this eminent Judge. He was of medium stature, spare figure with a highly intellectual face, very dignified in his bearing, not easy of approach, but at the same time very courteous to all. He had a high sense of the dignity of his office as a Judge. His manner, and address impressed this feeling on every member of the Bar, and official of the Court. When he entered the Court, and took his seat on the Bench the strictest etiquette was observed among the members of the Bar in the conduct of the cases tried before him. While patient to hear, and weigh all that was urged on either side of the case, he was very firm, and decided in his rulings, and there were few Counsel who would venture further argument once he had announced his decision. It must however be added that by the Bar he was always treated with the greatest respect and deference, due to their confidence in his great ability and learning—indeed he was recognised from the first as an able and accomplished jurist, which of itself accounts for the commanding position he held in the estimation of the profession. These few general facts I have gathered from those who practised before him of whom there are very few living, and some slight personal recollection of him when I was a student at law.