HC Deb 23 April 1883 vol 278 c910
MR. PUGH

asked Mr. Attorney General, Whether it is necessary that in the Queen's Bench Division, besides two Judges trying jury cases and one Judge sitting in Chambers, four learned Judges should be daily engaged in hearing, in two Courts, applications most of which are of an unimportant and even trivial character, whilst all the important causes pending in the Courts of Mr. Justice Kay and Mr. Justice Pearson have to go to the wall, owing to the absence of Mr. Justice Kay on circuit?

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir HENRY JAMES),

in reply, said, there could be no question that the absence of learned Judges on Circuit led to considerable inconvenience; but things would have to remain as they were until a better system was devised.