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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