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"_-..-...-- ' "tttia that Mr. Hastings be askedi c, _ (h'id,',T"ttet'hrd, told 2gfe,""tgi, to tender to the Honorable the At- , propose on e " , ' I next day to tell about "my hrihery . torney Genera) his resignation as charge.' Mr. Burnaby declared, and Magistrate, and that the same be i F angled (",,t/'/,i't"T/t'oentthry' who afgcr- accepted, and I report the same; i P, :r" 5 'en n o _ e Wi ness ox, tyccortiin lv." Ia'lso declared, that the conversation c I 33 : (was Just a casual one, in which no Finding on Charges. i t details or explanations were gone . . . , " into. He did not recall whether the Th.yoPmit'sioner repmts on eight! Attorney-General had asked for the 'specific charges against Magistrate! name. but he was sure that if he Hastings as follows: i had he had not told him. As to number one, that "the yr-i' I Application Not Made. ministration of justice in the Police r Premier Drury once interrupted Court at Dunnville has ceased to! fl to say that, oddly enough, there had command public respect, and for this . been no applicant. for the Job with condition of things Magistrate- Hast- '. , initials corresponding to those given. tags is largely responsible." the com- : r The opinion ot the committee coun- missioncr says: "i find that the. 1 , egg, 'tt'it5tT1ctt','gr,ieteehghttu2,t Was to is. certain (Latent Tog",?)',', t e co a e a ne- 0f the secon c urge: "l r. as -, diction to inquire into the offering ings is influenced in his administva-l of bribery to Mr. Burnaby. lion or t? law largely by Mr. F. it; . Another vote of committee was. 1.31m, l J'.. President oi the Mon- . necessary before the AttotTey-_Gery, arch Knitting Co.. Limited. and a! eral was permitted to take the stand.'; group o.t 00!?" men who arc associ- [ Mr. 'fi'"g,'f.'rQ,y,', lhad condutctcdi uteri with librn in ti}; icontrol raid, most 0 ' r. urnahy's examlna ion, domination o t n a a rs o e. maintained strenuously that it was' community," Commissioner Paterson more? that the AttotTy'-Geryrr.aa1l reports: "f find that it has not been . Sohoutxltii Suzi: 1i,s'wek/ypee"i,ay,.iitli) frog-10d to the extent therein set :3 ii is v ' A' l . ,7 t . or ." Ji'i' was in favor of hearing the Attor-' Concerning charge No. 3, that up ines-t',vrusral. h ml "all these men, including' Mr: itias't- lei', Hon. Mr. Haney, owever, cou ings. are opposed to tie 0n arlo a" . add but little information beyond vthei Temperance Act and lo its enfmmle', .3 bare fact that such an offer had} menu tho commissioner says: I r been made. He had not wanted tol find that Mr. Hastings Is. not in sym- "play the spy." in a personal matter. pathy with all the provisions of the (g' . brought to his atten-tllon. 5%, 22:31; Ontario Temperance. Act, and. that, . I not 3:21) .3331] 13:1: o/l,. not (acting ; he has publicly taken that position. " wan CC, ' T t l' he stated, they had that rigiist. / Too Excessive leniency. y. . Before the committee at ournec. Fte . N 4 1ritic 1 it . ,',. . Ftegarding charge . o. , CI lea. "s,r5 to draw upfits Miguel;I Tfied) "113393;" of Mr. Hastings' administration, of Jiri a. I,",',",',?,.'", 'J"ILh'.; sound 'oia: its the o. T. A., in that he adminrster- .ihi' 30:11:11?" tn/Jo,'J10rvof't' 1ag,1r,fpt"guiiati') ed 12,i,inr,isr,'Tr1,,. penalties IT,'. ftrT,f, :i ' . . .. affoctin the the "ring w lei s T. con r0 o le ', matter '1"u,1,iJ;'ut1,U"rt,iatt'f/i, Ligis- affairs of the town." Commissioner , honor o a _ Paterson says: "l do not think that 'lf lature. Mr. Hastings has been strong ': o----------------"-"'- i . v? enough in his administration. He tempered justice with a too cxces- live leniency. But I do not find that "tii, l he intentionally or consciously ttrv- ;~, i, ored any particular Ying' or group." "N Concerning charges 5, 6 and T, ac- "iN . ~eusing the Magistrate of using his #'u?, i authority to release men without ia' ball, irregularly granting ball, re- V Stli . fusing to take information in cases am of serious infraction of the law, and "p" lil of arranging cases out of court pri- ttill i . PuG 1 i cately, l orntnission tr Paterson says: , gl ------- ':"r"gviuenco was certainly given in Itil . . . isiipport of those charges but f do Alll, Comm s - - . ,. - ISS|0ner Paterson Finds (not regard what has been shown as . 1 Magistrate Too Lenient to these as vitally important except _ . . as I have set forth above." , e In His Rulings The Partisanship Charge. i. i . - And as to the eighth charge, in l. [ . IS HONEST AND UPRIGHT which the Magistrate is accused of , political partisanship in his news- i. M..." .,paper. and with being an active po- ' , . juician in (-1039 business association " But Continuance on Bench (with F. it mm m. the conuuis- Il I . . . til0net. says: "I do not think that a Not l . ' . T n Best Interests gpolltlcs affected Mr. Hastings in; si' . g ' . -. . . .r . - . . . _i , 0f Justice (his 1dny/1'1v_'li,oy of Justice, al ', c", :though he was Editor and publisher! a Ti " _ .. ' "'_" ' EM a partisan newspaper. and r find/ 2 not .iianionrlecl in the report of as particularly set torth above. that: 'g C'omniisaioner John A. Paterson that 'more than half of the job printing', -. Magistrate 1tavial Hastings of Dunn- (if his (31"ch was derived from the " ll it. . s "_, sir. -. i' onarcl Knitting Company. of Ct V1,!" .lm "'"'llif,_", fol 711.5 resignation. which Mr. F. ft. Lalor, ILP., was The icooit. tabled Iart night in the the practical owner." .A . "Mario Legislature hy Attorney- Commissioner Paterson, in the if _ :Genernl flnnoy. acnuits the Magis- [tdi.',' part of his report, says that f irate oiLconsriously favoring any _ f','da/,'lt,'i,,.)or./,,i,2',a",s' sums up the i-e- i, " . " _ . C er., First. I desire to report," a . ring or giant). but finds that Mr. the commissioner. sets forth "that 5 Hastings was not in sympathy with I found from the. testimony of all the Ontario Temperance Act. and "tsiky's'r,11c1tu1, by. general repute, _= - that he "tempered justice with too ciencv _e_ l Hastings, whose efti-, ' etc tgi _ l . ." l as a Magistrate is called into, ual . 'ff Ive eniency. . question, Stands high in the com- 'tl "Under the powers given to me munity as an upright and honorable . , under and by virtue of my said ' . 2:15:le leaider in the Methodist , commission." says Commissioner '/illiun',"Jl'acahnil/l.ne Inf/113:: '?.11ttrtri,tiv is .3 Paterson. "I would recommend. hav- had to determine it wouldwgii 2511:"va .,a ins regard to what has been proved aged"): and gladly done. but it i; 'fia' before ttVt by good and sufficient . tt,'1g,sd1gt,,'ytr,',' lo inquire into his tu-' ca . ' r ' Aw? verbal and documentary evidence, as 'tultr"fu"1il,'"iy.:vc,1i',r,'t, Magistrate EV and having regard to the _impres- cases which 'oam'e 'fea/,t',"hr,it,tht (,:,4 lions produced upon the minds of a . Magistrate, and also by his general (ia considerable number of leading citi- attitude as a Mtutistrate." " sons of Dunnville by the administra- meady to Take Advice _ 5,: tion of lustice in the Police Court Aft . . i ",-'u'd"i " er dealin . . . . __, under Mr. Hastings, and notwith- cases which wig-e i1eiigyi1nte,tT,igtl, a standing the admitted fact that Mr. Sign at the Cayuga probe. 'dfi,flffli' Hastings is personally honest and 2n" Paterson' says, under the head -: _-" -,-." .. . i