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JUDGE OWEN DEAD

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JUDGE OWEN DEAD m DISTINGUISHED CAREER. I iris Honour Judge Owen died at 4.30 this morning at his Abergavenny residence. The judge was recently operated upon for an internal ocmplawnt, and, although at first THE LATE JUDGE OWEN he made same progress, he later loot strength, a-Tid, as stated, died tio-d'ay, I A Distinguished Career HJB Honour Judge William Stevenson Owen. D.L., J.P., was the son of the late Mr. Wil- liam Owen, of Withybusih, Pembrokeshire, and belongs to a well-known and liig-hly-r-aipeetol family in that county. He was born in 1834, and was cailled to the Ba,r in 1856. A oon- siderable Chancery practice fell to his share, and he was considered a promising barrister, €speoially in this division. For a time li,3 travelled the South Wales Circuit, and in 1883 was appointed to a county-court judge- ship in Mid-Wales, being in 1884 transferred to Circuit No. 58, which includes the county- courts of Cardiff, Newport, Barry, Chepstow, Abergavenny, Tredegar, I)onLyp-ool, Mon- mouth, Rose, Grickhowell, and uak. On the retirement of Mr. H. G. Allen, K.C., as chairman of the Pembrokeshire Quarter ^esaiona in April, 1895, Judge Owen was appointed to the position by the unanimous vote of his other magistrates. From that date until 1907, when he retired, he was most regular a.nd painstaking in the discharge of his duties. Onuy on one occasion, when he was too ill to travel, was he aJsse-nt at the opening of the court. Judge Owen was also appointed chairman of the quarter sessions for the town and county of Haverfordwest raa-ny years ago, a post which his father held before him. That position also he resigned in 1907. P>etrhaps the most notewwus case Judge Owem. was called upon to try as chairman of the Pembrokeshire Quarter Sessions was that of the astute gentleman who posed as the Hon. Arthur Pelham, and victimised 9ewral people in Pembrokeshire before his career was brought to a close. As a oounty- court judge he was ever distinguished by the brillia-ntt rapidity with which he mas- tered the salient features of all cases which Clame before him, and the despatch with which he got through the business at the various courts. While allowing the advo- cates who appeared before him full scoipo to discuss all matters that were material to the issue, he always checked the introduc- tion of irrelevant matters which wasted the time of the court When he was first appointed it was observed that, although a Chancery man, he was paFtaoularly quick in picking up common law. Although he had. PLS mip-ht. «xrtte>cted :n towns like Cardiff and Newport, a number cf very knotty cases to decide, it was only on very rare occasions that his judgments were upset on appeal. As chal-mian of quarter sessions, j udge Owen was ddstin- guished by his exceeding fairness towards prisoners, especially those whom poverty pre- vented them being represented by counsel. Likewise in the county-court, he was very much aiye to the processes of that court being used to oppress the poor. He scrutinised very closely the claims of tally- men and moneylenders, and in judgment summons cases was careful to ascertain the means the defendant possessed to discharge the debt. His personal conviction was that the Judg- ment summons system was a bad one. His argument was that it encouraged e.rodif, because the plaintiff could enforce payment by threats of imprisonment, although the defendant might scarcely be able to sup- port hamaelf or his family. Judge Owen was strongly in favour of the reduction of the time allowed for the collection of a debt under the statute of Limitations, from six to two years. This, he thought, would minimise the credit system which now prevailed, which would be better for the trader and his customer. Judge Owen was noted for the dry humour which he introduced into the prcaaic pro- ceedings of the county-court. His smart laconic commentaries frequently provoked the laughter of the general public and those who were concerned in the businees of the court, whilst his caustic and scathing obser- vations, when these were called forth. were things to be dreaded. The Rev. James Owen, of Cheltenham, and Dr. Henry Owen, of Poyston, two of his brothers, are both well- known in the county of Pembroke, and have brilliant university careers. Judge and Journalist rT1.1- "'f-.L" .1'- ■ine iaio ju>u/ge wias oi a very kindly dis- position. A few years ago a South Wales rep-orter made use of a remark uttered by his Honour whilst adjudicating a case. The remark was duly published, but a few days later the newspaper was threatened with a libel action, because the utterance of the judge had been misrepresented." Confident that he had made no mistake, but anxious to satisfy his editor beyond doubt, the young journalist appealed to his Hon-our to give a written acknowledgment if he had been .reported correctly. Judge Owen, evi- dently appreciating the young man's con- cern, at once supplied him with the docu- ment asked for, and no more was heard of the libel action."

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