Whether I have succeeded or not, must be decided by my readers IT seems settled that the appointment of Justices of the Peace is vested in the Crown.

Of course they may be appointed by Act of Parliament ; or persons holding certain offices may, on bring appointed or elected to such offices, become Justices of the Peace.

In general they are divided into two classes, namely, those appointed by commission, and those who are such for the time Ix-ing merely by virtue of holding some other office.

Thus every Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Exchequer Court of Canada, and of the Supreme Court of Judicature for Ontario, is ex-ojficio a Justice of the Peace.

Rev Stat (Out), chap 71, s 1 See also R V Hosier, 4P R(Ont), 64 And every Police Magis- trate is ax-officio a Justice of the Peace for the whole county for which he has been appointed.