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<str<strong>on</strong>g>Fa<strong>the</strong>rs</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>the</strong>ir</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>children</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>our</strong> <strong>Bench</strong><br />
Comm<strong>on</strong> factor<br />
M 0 Southwood se, Pietermaritzburg <strong>Bar</strong><br />
There can be no comm<strong>on</strong>-denominati<strong>on</strong>al factor that has induced <str<strong>on</strong>g>children</str<strong>on</strong>g> to follow <str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>the</strong>ir</str<strong>on</strong>g> fa<strong>the</strong>rs as advocates<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> judges. It would be a waste <strong>of</strong> time to try to find <strong>on</strong>e. There are qualities which have led to families' successes<br />
as advocates <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> judges. Few will agree <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong>m all, or <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>the</strong>ir</str<strong>on</strong>g> order <strong>of</strong> importance, but diligence,<br />
c<strong>our</strong>age, judgment <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> h<strong>on</strong>esty must be f<strong>our</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m. There can be no doubt, however, that <strong>the</strong>re is <strong>on</strong>e quality<br />
apparent in all but <strong>on</strong>e <strong>of</strong> <strong>our</strong> judges. They have about <strong>the</strong>m a whiff <strong>of</strong> rugged old tom cat. Having seen <strong>the</strong><br />
best <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong> worst, having fought hard to win, <strong>on</strong>ly sometimes to lose, having been forced sometimes to compromise,<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> having always to deal with <strong>the</strong> nettle, by grasping it or o<strong>the</strong>rwise, has left its marks. Children <strong>of</strong><br />
judges, following <strong>the</strong>m as advocates <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong>n judges, appear to have benefited from observing <strong>the</strong>se marks<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong> practical applicati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> qualities necessary for success. What follows bears this out.<br />
To<strong>on</strong>: man <strong>of</strong> many parts<br />
The excepti<strong>on</strong> referred to above is,<br />
<strong>of</strong> c<strong>our</strong>se, Miss Justice Le<strong>on</strong>ora Van<br />
den Heever.<br />
Judge Van den Heever is <strong>the</strong> first,<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong>ly, woman to have been appointed<br />
a Judge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Supreme<br />
C<strong>our</strong>t, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong> daughter <strong>of</strong> Mr Justice<br />
Francois Petrus Van den Heever.<br />
Her fa<strong>the</strong>r was born near Heidelberg<br />
in 1894. He matriculated in 1913 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
took his BA degree at <strong>the</strong> Transvaal<br />
University College in 1916. While at<br />
university he persisted in calling a<br />
scrum-half "Duimpie" until his victim<br />
cried out in desperati<strong>on</strong> "Ag<br />
Mr Justice FP van den Heever<br />
CONSUL TUS, OCTOBER 1988<br />
The Van den Heevers<br />
man, jou groot to<strong>on</strong>." The name<br />
stuck <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> this is how he became<br />
To<strong>on</strong> van den Heever, as he was<br />
known for <strong>the</strong> rest <strong>of</strong> his life. After<br />
university he taught Latin, Nederl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>s<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> English for two years, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
<strong>the</strong>n joined <strong>the</strong> Civil Administrati<strong>on</strong><br />
at Windhoek, took his LLB degree by<br />
corresp<strong>on</strong>dence, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> began to practise<br />
at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> at Windhoek in 1921.<br />
In 1926 he was appointed Senior Law<br />
Adviser to <strong>the</strong> Uni<strong>on</strong> Government<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> later to <strong>the</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Foreign<br />
Affairs. In 1931 he was Secretary<br />
for Justice, Law Adviser for External<br />
Affairs <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Government Attorney.<br />
About this time he was instrumental,<br />
in large measure, in bringing about<br />
<strong>the</strong> change which accorded Afrikaans<br />
its full place beside English in<br />
<strong>our</strong> Statutes. He also helped prepare<br />
<strong>the</strong> Statute <strong>of</strong> Westminster. In 1933,<br />
aged thirty-eight, he was appointed a<br />
judge <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> South West African<br />
<strong>Bench</strong>. In 1938 he went to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bench</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Orange Free State Provincial<br />
Divisi<strong>on</strong>, becoming Judge President<br />
in 1948 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> being appointed to <strong>the</strong><br />
Appellate Divisi<strong>on</strong> in <strong>the</strong> same year.<br />
Prominent in Afrikaans literature, he<br />
received <strong>the</strong> Hertzog Prize in 1951.<br />
He was a pilot who sometimes flew<br />
to circuit c<strong>our</strong>t venues, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, when<br />
he died in 1956, was an H<strong>on</strong>orary<br />
Col<strong>on</strong>el in <strong>the</strong> Air Force. He modestly<br />
refused to allow a biographical<br />
note to be published before 1949,<br />
after his appointment to <strong>the</strong> Appellate<br />
Divisi<strong>on</strong>. His first-rate intellect,<br />
his ability to move with ease in <strong>the</strong><br />
old authorities <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> his integrity were<br />
widely admired by <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bar</strong>. He believed<br />
very str<strong>on</strong>gly that <strong>the</strong> rule <strong>of</strong><br />
law is <strong>the</strong> foundati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> which civilisati<strong>on</strong><br />
is built.<br />
Le<strong>on</strong>ora: first woman judge<br />
The apple did not fall far from <strong>the</strong><br />
tree. Born in Windhoek, she lived in<br />
Pretoria, Windhoek again, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, finally,<br />
Bloemf<strong>on</strong>tein. She has <strong>the</strong> same<br />
aptitude for languages as her fa<strong>the</strong>r<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> dem<strong>on</strong>strated it at <strong>the</strong> Oranje<br />
Girls' High School <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> later at Pretoria<br />
University, where she obtained,<br />
cum laude, her BA degree in English<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Latin. Her fa<strong>the</strong>r wanted her to<br />
take a legal degree but she obtained<br />
Miss Justice Le<strong>on</strong>ora van den Heever<br />
21
an MA degree, cum laude, in English<br />
instead. She <strong>the</strong>n taught, but, persuaded<br />
by her fa<strong>the</strong>r that she would<br />
be doing him an enormous fav<strong>our</strong> by<br />
temporarily acting as his registrar,<br />
she did so, decided to do a legal<br />
degree, graduated with an LLB in<br />
1951 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> began practice at <strong>the</strong><br />
Bloemf<strong>on</strong>tein <strong>Bar</strong> in 1952. After she<br />
married in 1958, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
gave her permissi<strong>on</strong> to practise from<br />
The first pers<strong>on</strong> to follow his fa<strong>the</strong>r<br />
<strong>on</strong> to <strong>the</strong> Appellate Divisi<strong>on</strong> <strong>Bench</strong><br />
was Mr Justice Gustav Gerhardus<br />
Hoexter. He followed his fa<strong>the</strong>r, Mr<br />
Justice Oscar Hendrik Hoexter.<br />
Mr Justice 0 H Hoexter<br />
Oscar: could have become<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essi<strong>on</strong>al performer<br />
The older Hoexter was born to a<br />
doctor <strong>of</strong> German extracti<strong>on</strong> at<br />
Rouxville in 1893, matriculated first<br />
class at Rouxville Sec<strong>on</strong>dary School<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> obtained a Cape University BA<br />
degree with H<strong>on</strong><strong>our</strong>s in Classics,<br />
when eighteen years <strong>of</strong> age. He <strong>the</strong>n<br />
took a double first in ec<strong>on</strong>omics at<br />
Emmanuel College, Cambridge<br />
22<br />
her home in Welkom. During <strong>the</strong><br />
next five years, she bore three <str<strong>on</strong>g>children</str<strong>on</strong>g>,<br />
<strong>on</strong>e <strong>of</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>the</strong>ir</str<strong>on</strong>g> births preventing<br />
an appearance <strong>the</strong> same morning in<br />
Moti<strong>on</strong> C<strong>our</strong>t. In 1968 she took silk.<br />
In 1969 she was appointed a judge in<br />
<strong>the</strong> Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Cape Divisi<strong>on</strong>, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, in<br />
1979 in <strong>the</strong> Cape Provincial Divisi<strong>on</strong>,<br />
where she now sits. A pers<strong>on</strong> who<br />
has dem<strong>on</strong>strated what a woman can<br />
do in a male-dominated pr<strong>of</strong>essi<strong>on</strong>,<br />
The Hoexters<br />
(where he studied under Keynes,<br />
was awarded a research scholarship<br />
for fur<strong>the</strong>r study in banking <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> currency<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> was elected president <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> Cambridge Uni<strong>on</strong>) <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> an LLB at<br />
<strong>the</strong> Cape University. Admitted to <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Bar</strong> in 1918, he practised in Bloemf<strong>on</strong>tein,<br />
where he was also a parttime<br />
lecturer, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> took silk in 1929.<br />
He was appointed a judge in <strong>the</strong><br />
High C<strong>our</strong>t <strong>of</strong> South West Africa in<br />
1938. In his spare time he played <strong>the</strong><br />
piano, <strong>the</strong> violin (<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, it is reported,<br />
could have become a successful pr<strong>of</strong>essi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
performer), bridge, tennis,<br />
billiards, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> practical jokes. In 1944<br />
he was transferred to <strong>the</strong> Eastern<br />
Districts Local Divisi<strong>on</strong>, becoming<br />
Judge President in 1948, in which<br />
year he was transferred to <strong>the</strong> Appellate<br />
Divisi<strong>on</strong>. He retired in 1963 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
died in 1970. With his sharp intellect,<br />
he could read <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> absorb details at<br />
speed <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> analyse complex situati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
quickly. (He held that <strong>the</strong><br />
amount <strong>of</strong> damages awarded for pain<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> suffering must not vary with <strong>the</strong><br />
st<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> injured pers<strong>on</strong>, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
"most decidedly not ... by reference<br />
to his race" (Radebe v Hough<br />
1949 (1) SA 380 (AD)).<br />
Gus: first pers<strong>on</strong><br />
to follow fa<strong>the</strong>r in AD<br />
Gustav Gerhardus Hoexter was born<br />
in 1924. He matriculated at <strong>the</strong><br />
Hoerskool Windhoek, but <strong>the</strong>n interrupted<br />
his studies in 1942 to serve<br />
in <strong>the</strong> Sixth South African Divisi<strong>on</strong> in<br />
she has an ir<strong>on</strong>ic sense <strong>of</strong> hum<strong>our</strong><br />
which is <strong>of</strong>ten like a zephyr <strong>of</strong> fresh<br />
air through her judgments. She has<br />
observed, wryly, for example, that, in<br />
assessing a husb<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>'s damages for<br />
adultery, "C<strong>our</strong>ts apparently regard<br />
<strong>the</strong> loss <strong>of</strong> a modern 'liberated'<br />
woman less seriously than that <strong>of</strong> her<br />
predecessor", (in Chapman v Chapman<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ano<strong>the</strong>r 1977 (4) SA 142<br />
(NCD) at 144).<br />
Italy. After <strong>the</strong> war he obtained his<br />
BA degree at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Cape<br />
Town, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, in 1948 a BA <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> an LLB at<br />
Emmanual College, Cambridge. He<br />
<strong>the</strong>n worked as a Judge's registrar. In<br />
Mr Justice G G Hoexter<br />
1949 he began to practise at <strong>the</strong><br />
Pretoria <strong>Bar</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> took silk in 1965. His<br />
organisati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> huge quantities <strong>of</strong><br />
material in <strong>the</strong> Parity fraud case is<br />
famous, as is <strong>the</strong> generosity he<br />
showed to his juniors. In 1970 he was<br />
appointed to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bench</strong> in South<br />
West Africa, from 1974 to 1982 he<br />
served <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> Natal <strong>Bench</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> in<br />
1982 he was appointed to <strong>the</strong> Appellate<br />
Divisi<strong>on</strong>. He is eloquent in both<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficial languages, fishes for trout,<br />
reads <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> plays <strong>the</strong> piano, <strong>the</strong> violin,<br />
an ultra-subtle game <strong>of</strong> tennis <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>,<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten post-pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ially, practical jokes.<br />
CONSUL TUS, OKTOBER 1988
The Milne family is <strong>the</strong> <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>on</strong>e yet<br />
to have had fa<strong>the</strong>r <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> s<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>stitute<br />
a c<strong>our</strong>t, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> to have fa<strong>the</strong>r <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> s<strong>on</strong><br />
appointed as Judges President.<br />
Alex<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>er:<br />
s<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> a seafaring captain<br />
Mr Justice Alex<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>er Milne was <strong>the</strong><br />
s<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> a seafaring Captain <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> was<br />
born at Aberdeen, Scotl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, in 1899.<br />
His parents came to South Africa in<br />
1907, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> he went to school at Bethlehem.<br />
In <strong>the</strong> First World War he<br />
served in <strong>the</strong> East African campaign<br />
in Signals. He was under age but told<br />
<strong>the</strong> recruiting <strong>of</strong>ficer he would be<br />
nineteen years old <strong>on</strong> "27th November",<br />
omitting to add that it would<br />
be in a year three years later. After<br />
Mr Justice A Milne<br />
<strong>the</strong> war, in 1919, he went to Exeter<br />
College, Oxford, through <strong>the</strong> good<br />
<strong>of</strong>fices <strong>of</strong> an uncle, (his uncle's message<br />
arriving <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> day he was to<br />
begin his articles in Durban) <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> obtained<br />
a First in <strong>the</strong> BA H<strong>on</strong>s degree.<br />
In 1922 he was called to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> at <strong>the</strong><br />
Middle Temple, after which he returned<br />
to Durban where he <strong>the</strong>n<br />
became an articled clerk. Practice at<br />
CONSULTUS, OCTOBER 1988<br />
The Milnes<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> began in 1924. During <strong>the</strong><br />
Sec<strong>on</strong>d World War he served in Signals<br />
in North Africa, became a major<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> took silk. He was appointed to<br />
<strong>the</strong> Natal <strong>Bench</strong> in 1954, becoming<br />
Judge President in 1962 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> retiring,<br />
after a short spell acting in <strong>the</strong> Appellate<br />
Divisi<strong>on</strong>, in 1969. In retirement<br />
he sat as a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> C<strong>our</strong>t<br />
<strong>of</strong> Appeal <strong>of</strong> Swazil<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, lesotho <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Botswana <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> re-wrote Henochsberg<br />
<strong>on</strong> The Companies Act. He died<br />
in 1986. He took endless trouble to<br />
get to <strong>the</strong> bottom <strong>of</strong> everything that<br />
came before him with <strong>the</strong> result that,<br />
in litigious matters, it was widely held<br />
by counsel that every<strong>on</strong>e left his<br />
c<strong>our</strong>t satisfied that justice had been<br />
d<strong>on</strong>e. He drove inventively <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> fast.<br />
From a st<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ing start at a robot in<br />
Pietermaritzburg a left-h<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> turn<br />
from <strong>the</strong> right-turning lane, across<br />
two lanes <strong>of</strong> traffic, presented no<br />
problem. The writer was <strong>the</strong> admiring<br />
motorist <strong>on</strong> his left.<br />
John: <strong>on</strong>ly pers<strong>on</strong> to follow<br />
fa<strong>the</strong>r as Judge President<br />
His s<strong>on</strong>, Mr Justice Alex<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>er John<br />
Milne, is from <strong>the</strong> same mould. Born<br />
in 1929, he went to Hilt<strong>on</strong> College,<br />
Rhodes University, where he did a<br />
BA degree, with, after some nudging<br />
by his fa<strong>the</strong>r, some law subjects, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Exeter College, Oxford, where he<br />
took an MA degree. He was admitted<br />
to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> in 1953. While a<br />
junior, he was led by his fa<strong>the</strong>r <strong>on</strong> a<br />
number <strong>of</strong> occasi<strong>on</strong>s, an experience<br />
he has described as an educating<br />
<strong>on</strong>e. He took silk in 1965 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, while<br />
acting as a Judge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Natal Provincial<br />
Divisi<strong>on</strong>, made history by sitting<br />
with his fa<strong>the</strong>r <strong>on</strong> 9 September 1968.<br />
He says that, fortunately, <strong>the</strong>y<br />
agreed. Appointed a judge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Natal Provincial Divisi<strong>on</strong> in 1971, he<br />
became Deputy Judge President in<br />
1981 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Judge President in 1982.<br />
On 1 January 1988 he was appointed<br />
to <strong>the</strong> Appellate Divisi<strong>on</strong>. Counsel<br />
have found him to be accomplished<br />
in both <strong>of</strong>ficial languages: he presides<br />
with a c<strong>our</strong>tesy both friendly<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> firm, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> invariably masters all<br />
<strong>the</strong> facets <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cases he decides. He<br />
Mr Justice A J Milne<br />
has been c<strong>on</strong>structively involved in<br />
wildlife c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> (as a member <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> Natal Parks Board), he is a fly<br />
fisherman frequenting both <strong>the</strong> Dargle<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Underberg areas <strong>of</strong> Natal<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, perhaps influenced by experience,<br />
has been president <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Institute<br />
<strong>of</strong> Advanced Motorists. His interest<br />
in, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> affecti<strong>on</strong> for, all <strong>the</strong><br />
peoples <strong>of</strong> Natal has been manifest.<br />
Three-generati<strong>on</strong><br />
c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
A three generati<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> to<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Bench</strong> has happened three<br />
times. In <strong>the</strong> Transvaal it was Mr<br />
Justice John Stephen Curlewis, Mr<br />
Justice Ivan Curlewis <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mr Justice<br />
David Jeppe Curlewis. In Natal, it was<br />
Mr Justice William Broome, Mr Justice<br />
Francis Napier Broome <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mr<br />
Justice John Jervois Broome. In Natal<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Rhodesia it was Mr<br />
Justice Kenneth Howard Hathorn,<br />
Mr Justice Alex<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>er Anth<strong>on</strong>y Roy<br />
Hathorn <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mr Justice Anth<strong>on</strong>y<br />
Scott Hathorn.<br />
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William: adventurous life<br />
Mr Justice William Broome was born<br />
in 1852 to a chaplain in <strong>the</strong> British<br />
forces <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> Greek isl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>of</strong> Zante.<br />
He went to Victoria College, Jersey,<br />
until 1867 when he went to New<br />
Zeal<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> to farm sheep with his oldest<br />
Mr Justice William Broome<br />
bro<strong>the</strong>r Frederick. Hard times came<br />
for sheep farmers, so he returned to<br />
Engl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>. He <strong>the</strong>n travelled to <strong>the</strong><br />
United States <strong>of</strong> America just after<br />
<strong>the</strong> Civil War, where he eked out a<br />
living as a signwriter, in <strong>the</strong> retail<br />
trade, as a shop assistant <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> as a<br />
timber clearer. Attracted by <strong>the</strong> discovery<br />
<strong>of</strong> diam<strong>on</strong>ds he came to<br />
South Africa in 1872 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> worked as a<br />
sheep farmer near Beaufort West before<br />
seeking his fortune in <strong>the</strong> diam<strong>on</strong>d<br />
fields. The days <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> individual<br />
diam<strong>on</strong>d digger passed, gold was<br />
discovered <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> he went to Pilgrim's<br />
Rest. He <strong>the</strong>n visited Natal, caught<br />
malaria <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, when returning to <strong>the</strong><br />
Transvaal, became too ill to travel<br />
fur<strong>the</strong>r <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> remained at Newcastle.<br />
He joined <strong>the</strong> Civil Service (his<br />
bro<strong>the</strong>r Frederick 'having arrived in<br />
Natal as Col<strong>on</strong>ial Secretary) became<br />
Clerk in <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Attorney<br />
<strong>General</strong>, qualified for admissi<strong>on</strong> as an<br />
Advocate, joined a legal firm, left it<br />
to rejoin <strong>the</strong> Civil Service <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, in<br />
1888, was appointed Magistrate at<br />
Newcastle. In 1889 he went to<br />
Pietermaritzburg as Master <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Registrar<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Supreme C<strong>our</strong>t. From<br />
1897 to 1900 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> from 1902 to 1904<br />
he was Chief Magistrate <strong>of</strong> Durban,<br />
being a member, during <strong>the</strong> sec<strong>on</strong>d<br />
period, <strong>of</strong> a special c<strong>our</strong>t hearing<br />
treas<strong>on</strong> trials resulting from <strong>the</strong> Boer<br />
invasi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> Natal. In 1904 he was<br />
appointed to <strong>the</strong> Natal <strong>Bench</strong>, retiring<br />
in 1918. He died in 1930. His s<strong>on</strong><br />
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The Broomes<br />
says that, although his adventurous<br />
life had not made him a scholar, he<br />
was an extremely well-read man who<br />
wrote impeccable English. He was<br />
ra<strong>the</strong>r shy, but had c<strong>our</strong>teous good<br />
manners <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> was painstaking, thorough<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> dignified. He always rode a<br />
bicycle to <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> from c<strong>our</strong>t, enjoyed<br />
l<strong>on</strong>g excursi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> foot <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> preserved<br />
his slim erect figure into old<br />
age.<br />
Francis: ex-Member<br />
<strong>of</strong> Parliament<br />
His s<strong>on</strong>, Mr Justice Francis Napier<br />
Broome, was born in Pietemaritzburg<br />
in 1891. He went to Hilt<strong>on</strong><br />
College, becoming Head Boy, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, as<br />
a Rhodes scholar, to Oriel College,<br />
Oxford, where, knowing its value to<br />
a pleader in c<strong>our</strong>t, he took an H<strong>on</strong><strong>our</strong>s<br />
Degee in English. He was called<br />
to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> at <strong>the</strong> Inner Temple in<br />
1913. He was admitted to practice in<br />
South Africa in 1914. In <strong>the</strong> First<br />
World War he served in <strong>the</strong> Natal<br />
Carbineers <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong> Royal Field Artillery,<br />
was awarded <strong>the</strong> Military Cross<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> became a Captain. Afterwards he<br />
resumed practice <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> took silk in<br />
1931. From 1938 until he was appointed<br />
to <strong>the</strong> Natal <strong>Bench</strong> in 1939,<br />
he was member <strong>of</strong> Parliament for<br />
Mr Justice F N Broome<br />
Pietermaritzburg District. In 1951 he<br />
became Judge President, in 1961 he<br />
retired <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> in 1980 he died. At <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Bar</strong> he was generous with advice <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
enc<strong>our</strong>agement to junior colleagues<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> presented clear, competent argument,<br />
being an effective public<br />
speaker. As Judge President he was<br />
an effective administrator <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> his<br />
door was always open to colleagues.<br />
He was 'n traditi<strong>on</strong>alist <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> presided<br />
with scrupulous c<strong>our</strong>tesy, but de<br />
m<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed that counsel know precisely<br />
what his case was <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> make clear<br />
submissi<strong>on</strong>s. Like those <strong>of</strong> his fa<strong>the</strong>r,<br />
his judgments c<strong>on</strong>tain disciplined<br />
clarity <strong>of</strong> expressi<strong>on</strong>. He played a<br />
prominent role in <strong>the</strong> life <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
University <strong>of</strong> Natal <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Hilt<strong>on</strong> College,<br />
where he was a governor, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
he gave expressi<strong>on</strong> to his love <strong>of</strong><br />
wildlife by serving for many years <strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> Natal Parks Board. He enjoyed<br />
walking <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> l<strong>on</strong>g walking trips exploring<br />
Natal. Like his fa<strong>the</strong>r, he preserved<br />
his slim erect figure into old<br />
age.<br />
John: completed fifteen<br />
Comrades Marath<strong>on</strong>s<br />
The third Broome <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> bench, Mr<br />
Justice John Jervois Broome was<br />
born in 1928 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> matriculated at<br />
Mr Justice J J Broome<br />
Hilt<strong>on</strong> College, tried o<strong>the</strong>r occupati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
before being called to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bar</strong><br />
at <strong>the</strong> Inner Temple in 1955 after<br />
qualifying for <strong>the</strong> English <strong>Bar</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
serving six m<strong>on</strong>ths' pupillage, was<br />
admitted to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> in Natal in 1956,<br />
took silk in 1971 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> was appointed<br />
to <strong>the</strong> Natal Provincial Divisi<strong>on</strong> in<br />
1976. He presides in an atmosphere<br />
<strong>of</strong> calm reas<strong>on</strong>ability, writes <strong>the</strong> clear<br />
Broome prose, is a governor <strong>of</strong> HiIt<strong>on</strong><br />
College <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> an avid reader <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
financial press. He likes to ga<strong>the</strong>r<br />
mussels, oysters <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> octopus, <strong>the</strong>n<br />
eat <strong>the</strong>m, usually with wine, a drink<br />
about which he has some knowledge.<br />
Like his forbears, he enjoys<br />
covering l<strong>on</strong>g distances <strong>on</strong> foot <br />
though he does this at a faster pace<br />
than <strong>the</strong>y did - having completed<br />
fifteen Comrades Marath<strong>on</strong>s, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> acquired<br />
<strong>the</strong> number 835, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> having<br />
run three sub-three-h<strong>our</strong> st<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ard<br />
marath<strong>on</strong>s in his mid-fifties.<br />
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Kenneth:<br />
c<strong>our</strong>teous <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> kind-hearted<br />
The first <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Hathorn judges was<br />
Mr Justice Kenneth Howard Hathorn<br />
who was born in Salford in 1849. He<br />
came to South Africa with his parents<br />
in 1850 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> attended Pietermaritzburg<br />
High School. He was an articled<br />
Mr justice K H Hathorn<br />
clerk for two years <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> was admitted<br />
as an attorney in 1871. He immediately<br />
left Natal for <strong>the</strong> diam<strong>on</strong>d<br />
fields, did not make his fortune, returned<br />
to Natal <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> acted as Master<br />
when his fa<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>the</strong> Master, was disabled<br />
by his last illness. He began to<br />
practise as an attorney <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> in 1877<br />
was admitted as an advocate. In 1879<br />
he bought <strong>the</strong> site in Church Street<br />
where <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fices <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> firm he<br />
founded still st<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>. From 1901 to<br />
1906 he represented Pietermaritzburg<br />
in <strong>the</strong> Natal Parliament. He took<br />
silk in this period <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> was surprised<br />
when invited to become a Judge in<br />
1910. He resigned in 1926. He was<br />
c<strong>our</strong>teous, kind-hearted to criminals,<br />
meticulous, gave complicated<br />
costs orders <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> dissented <strong>of</strong>ten.<br />
Alex<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>er (Roy):<br />
became Judge President<br />
His s<strong>on</strong>, Mr Justice Alex<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>er Anth<strong>on</strong>y<br />
Roy Hathorn was born in<br />
Pietermaritzburg in 1882. He was<br />
christened with <strong>on</strong>ly two first names<br />
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The Hathorns<br />
Mr justice A A R Hathorn<br />
but his red hair earned him <strong>the</strong> name<br />
Roy, via Rooikop, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> it was added<br />
by Deed Poll. Hilt<strong>on</strong> College <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Lancing College, Sussex, provided<br />
his early educati<strong>on</strong>, followed by<br />
G<strong>on</strong>ville <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Caius College, Cambridge.<br />
He read law <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> passed his<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> examinati<strong>on</strong>s, obtaining a BA degree<br />
in 1903, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> was called to <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Bar</strong> by <strong>the</strong> Inner Temple in 1904. In<br />
1904 he was admitted as an advocate<br />
in Natal <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> joined his fa<strong>the</strong>r's firm,<br />
where he practised as an advocate<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> an attorney until 1921, practising<br />
exclusively at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> with Chambers<br />
in Durban <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Pietermaritzburg<br />
<strong>the</strong>reafter. He took silk in 1922 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
was appointed to <strong>the</strong> Natal Provincial<br />
Divisi<strong>on</strong> in 1931, becoming Judge<br />
President in 1939. He is said to have<br />
been a worthy opp<strong>on</strong>ent for Mac<br />
Keurtan in <strong>the</strong> many cases <strong>the</strong>y<br />
fought. As a judge he was generous<br />
hearted, but could <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> did strike<br />
terror in <strong>the</strong> hearts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dish<strong>on</strong>est.<br />
He was not, he said, a learned judge,<br />
but he was regarded as a wise <strong>on</strong>e<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> decisive. He died in 1957, after<br />
retiring in 1951. He played tennis<br />
regularly <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> was President <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Natal Lawn Tennis Associati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
<strong>the</strong> Pietermaritzburg Borough Tennis<br />
Associati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Anth<strong>on</strong>y:<br />
health damaged while POW<br />
Mr Justice Anth<strong>on</strong>y Scott Hathorn,<br />
<strong>the</strong> third Hathorn judge, was born in<br />
1908, went to Malvern College from<br />
1922 to 1926 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong>n to G<strong>on</strong>ville<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Caius College. He obtained his<br />
BA H<strong>on</strong>s degree <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> was <strong>the</strong>n called<br />
to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> by <strong>the</strong> Inner Temple in<br />
1930. He returned to Natal to become<br />
an articled clerk in <strong>the</strong> Hathorn<br />
firm <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> was admitted as an<br />
Mr justice A 5 Hathorn<br />
advocate in 1931. He began to practise<br />
at Pietermaritzburg in 1932, did<br />
pupillage with MacKeurtan that year<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> went with him to Rhodesia when<br />
he appeared in Bulawayo. He served<br />
in <strong>the</strong> Artillery in <strong>the</strong> Sec<strong>on</strong>d World<br />
War, was captured <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> was a pris<strong>on</strong>er<br />
<strong>of</strong> war for three years when his<br />
health was damaged. Returning to<br />
Durban, he took silk in 1951. He was<br />
appointed to <strong>the</strong> Rhodesian High<br />
C<strong>our</strong>t in 1954. His colleagues have<br />
said that he could quickly strip a case<br />
<strong>of</strong> technicalities <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> unnecessary details<br />
to reveal <strong>the</strong> essentials <strong>on</strong> which<br />
to base his decisi<strong>on</strong>. He was also said<br />
not to give learned judgments, but<br />
being guided by Mr Justice F N<br />
Broome's propositi<strong>on</strong> that what was<br />
not good sense could not be good<br />
law, gave wise <strong>on</strong>es, in <strong>the</strong> Hathorn<br />
way, until his health failed. When he<br />
retired he was a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Appellate<br />
Divisi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>rn<br />
Rhodesian High C<strong>our</strong>t. He died in<br />
1967.<br />
C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong><br />
A study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> list <strong>of</strong> judges in South<br />
CONSUL TUS, OKTOBER 1988
Africa since 1850 reveals that, all<br />
whites, <strong>the</strong>y have c<strong>on</strong>tributed to <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Bench</strong> from most parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> range<br />
<strong>of</strong> cultures composing <strong>our</strong> white society.<br />
A study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> same list reveals<br />
that at least eighteen families have<br />
had a fa<strong>the</strong>r <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> his child <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, in<br />
three cases, also his gr<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>child, who<br />
have c<strong>on</strong>tributed to this traditi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Etlike appelregters wat diep spore<br />
op regsgebied agtergelaat het, het<br />
in die j<strong>on</strong>gste verlede die tuig neergele.<br />
Sy Edele E L Jansen het by die Pretoriase<br />
Balie gepraktiseer toe hy in<br />
1957 tot die Natalse regbank verhef<br />
is, vanwaar hy in 1961 na Transvaal<br />
oorgeplaas is. In 1968 is hy as appelregter<br />
aangestel wat daarop neerkom<br />
dat hy vir <strong>on</strong>geveer 20 jaar in die<br />
hoogste h<strong>of</strong> van die l<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> gedien het.<br />
Vele uitsprake van hom wat sekerlik<br />
vir baie jare as ligbakens sal dien is in<br />
die h<strong>of</strong>verslae aangeteken.<br />
Sy Edele E L Jansen<br />
CONSUL TUS, OCTOBER 1988<br />
The foregoing sketches reflect this<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> show that <strong>the</strong> particular fa<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>children</str<strong>on</strong>g> have, not surprisingly,<br />
tended to be similar to each o<strong>the</strong>r,<br />
but different from o<strong>the</strong>r fa<strong>the</strong>rs <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>the</strong>ir</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>children</str<strong>on</strong>g>. While this article is<br />
not intended to be <strong>on</strong>e in which<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>ound c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s are drawn,<br />
this will fur<strong>the</strong>r be illustrated when<br />
Appelregters tree af<br />
Sy Edele G Viljoen is ook 'n produk<br />
van die Pretoriase Balie. Hy is in 1963<br />
as regter in Transvaal aangestel en in<br />
1980 as appelregter. Regter Viljoen<br />
het ook belangrike bydraes buite die<br />
suiwer regsprekende terrein gelewer.<br />
Hy was <strong>on</strong>der meer Voorsitter<br />
van die Kommissie van <strong>on</strong>dersoek na<br />
die Strafstelsel van die Republiek van<br />
Suid-Afrika (1974/76). Die Kommissie<br />
se verslag en aanbevelings het die<br />
weg gebaan vir 'n meer verligte strafstelsel<br />
en talle nuwe idees aanga<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>e<br />
straftoemeting - sommige waarvan<br />
v<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ag nog in die proses van verfyning<br />
<strong>of</strong> implementering is. Regter<br />
Viljoen was ook vanaf 1977 Ondervoorsitter<br />
en vanaf 1982 Voorsitter<br />
van die Suid-Afrikaanse Regskommissie<br />
en het 'n reuse bydrae tot die<br />
<strong>on</strong>twikkeling en uitbouing van die<br />
Kommissie gelewer.<br />
Sy Edele W G Bosh<strong>of</strong>f, ook 'n produk<br />
van die Pretoriase Balie, is in<br />
1957 as regter in Transvaal aangestel.<br />
Hy het vir bykans tien jaar - vanaf<br />
November 1976 tot Junie 1985 - een<br />
van die moeilikste en veeleisendste<br />
regsposte in die l<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> beklee, naamlik<br />
die van Regter-president van die<br />
Transvaalse Provinsiale Afdeling. Hy<br />
het nogtans tyd ingeruim om ook<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>er belangrike take in hierdie tydperk<br />
te verrig, <strong>on</strong>der <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ere as<br />
Voorsitter van die Regshulpraad.<br />
Op 16 Junie 1985 is regter Bosh<strong>of</strong>f<br />
in die Appelafdeling aangestel waar<br />
hy tot met sy uittrede gebly het.<br />
<strong>the</strong> remaining fa<strong>the</strong>rs <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>the</strong>ir</str<strong>on</strong>g> s<strong>on</strong>s<br />
are sketched in a sec<strong>on</strong>d article.<br />
Then, such families as <strong>the</strong> Brinks, de<br />
Wets, Fagans, Friedmans, Galguts,<br />
Jennetts, Ludorfs, Samps<strong>on</strong>s, Searles,<br />
van der Riets, Watermeyers <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Williams<strong>on</strong>s<br />
will appear. _<br />
Sy Edele H R Jacobs was 'n relatief<br />
senior beampte in die Departement<br />
van Justisie toe hy bedank en by die<br />
Bloemf<strong>on</strong>teinse Balie aangesluit het.<br />
In 1965 is hy as regter in die destydse<br />
Griekwa!<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>-Wes Plaaslike Afdeling<br />
aangestel. In 1968 is hy op sek<strong>on</strong>deringsgr<strong>on</strong>dslag<br />
as Ho<strong>of</strong>regter in Lesotho<br />
aangestel, waar hy en sy gade<br />
met aansienlike perso<strong>on</strong>like op<strong>of</strong>ferings<br />
in meer as een opsig baanbrekerswerk<br />
verrig het. In 1974 keer hy<br />
terug en word hy as Regter-president<br />
in Kimberley aangestel waar hy<br />
gebly het totdat hy in 1985 in die<br />
Appelafdeling aangestel is. _<br />
Sy Edele W G Bosh<strong>of</strong>f<br />
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