The Representatives of the Island of Grenada and The Hon. John Sanderson, Chief Justice
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 11 February 1847 |
| Date | 11 February 1847 |
| Court | Privy Council |
English Reports Citation: 13 E.R. 596
FROM THE ISLAND OF GRENADA.
Mews' Dig. tit. Colony, I. General Principles, 4. Judges and Courts; tit. Public Officer, A. Judcial Capacity, 1. Judges, e. Amotion. For cases of similar references to the Privy Council by the Secretary of State, see Smith v. Sierra Leone (Justices of), 1841, 3 Moo. P.C. 361; In re Bedard, 1849, 7 Moo. P.C. 23; D'Allain v. Le Breton, 1857, 11 Moo. P.C. 64; Bahama Islands (In the matter of a Special Reference from), (1893), A.C. 138; and cf. M'Leod v. St Aubyn (1899), A.C. 549. As to no judgment being delivered in the case of special references (6 moo. P.C. 42), cf. Willis v. Gipps, 1846, 5 Moo. P.C. 392; Montagu v. Van Dieman's Land (Lieutenant-Governor of), 1849, 6 Moo. P.C. 499; Rainy v. Sierra Leone (Justices of), 1852-53, 8 Moo. P.C. at p. 63; Jersey In re the States of), 1853, 9 Moo. P.C. 262; In re Pollard, 1868, 5 Moo. P.C. (N.S.), 130; in re Bahama Islands (1893), A.C. 148.
[38] FROM THE ISLAND OF GRENADA. In the Matter of the representatives of the island of grenada and the hon. john sanderson, chief justice * [Feb. 9, 10, and 11, 1847]. On a Memorial, presented to the Queen in Council, by the House of Assembly of the Island of Grenada, complaining of the judicial conduct of the Chief Justice of that Island, as illegal and oppressive; being refered to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; it appeared from the evidence, that during the fourteen years in which the Chief Justice had held office, he had displayed on the Bench, several instances of intemperate, and in some cases illegal, conduct, but these acts were committed many years before the presentation of * Present: Lord Brougham, Lord Lang-dale, Lord Campbell, and the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh. 596 GRENADA (REPRESENTATIVES, ETC., of) V. SANDERSON [1847] VI MOORE, 39 the Memorial, without any complaint at the time of the Chief Justice's misconduct ; the only act of recent date complained of, being the fining of two Magistrates for taking depositions in the third instead of the first person. In these circumstances, the Judicial Committee reported to the Crown, that, having regard to the length of time which had elapsed since all the acts complained of, except that of fining the Magistrates, (which, though erroneous and improper, had been committed by -the Chief Justice in the execution of his duty,) they...
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