THE ELECTION OF TAGORE LAW In

our isauo

proceedings reference

for 1st

September 1874,

0f the Senate of the

to this election.

wo

PROFESSORcommented

University

on

of Calcutta

tho

with

Dr. Chevers had offered himself a* lecturo on Medical Jurisprudence; tie Law Faculty had declared him ineligible; tho Senato, overrul' ing the Law faculty, had admitted his somewhat a

candidato, undertaking

inconsistenti}', failed Chevers,

with

a

to

to elect him

eligibility, but,

by

a

few votes.

persistence which does

This year Dr?

credit, again offered himself. A great numbor of influences wero put in operation to defeat him. A young and quito uuknowu native pleader was nominated by tho Law Faculty, and tho unanimous

vote of the in tho

him

almost

native fellows,

Senate,

was

who constitute a very

largo eleroe"1

thus secured.

Other influences of various descriptions wero diligently plied with tho result tbat on the pay of election tho u largo majority meeting was packed

ot

members pledged beforehand

to

by support tho nativo candidato

CORRESPONDENCE.

September 1, 1875.] It

in. vain that Dr.

appealed to his obscurity of his opponent; it was in vain contended that medical jurisprudence was a cumulative and progressive science and not a mere jumble of crude facts ; that its discoveries and principles entered intimately and essentially into the construction and administration of law; that lawyers themselves had repeatedly shown their appreciation of the science by writing treatises on the subject; that, in Edinburgh, law students were required to attend lectures on Medical Jurisprudence; and that, in this country more especially, it was of the greatest importance for the administration of justice that those engaged in the business of courts should possess an intelligent knowledge of the aid which medical science is capable of affording in the detection and was

ability

and

successful

arguments

prosecution were

Chevers' supporters

and contrasted it with the utter

celebrity,

of crime.

simply

wasted

These and many other similar on

an

assembly

which

had

judgment before it had heard the case! unalterably And the strange spectacle was exhibited of a prominent supporter and canvasser on the law side being able, before the formed its

meeting commenced, to state the exact number of voters in favor legal nominee, and this in what ought to be the most intellectual and independent assembly in India ! of the

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