In his place in the House Mr Ward referred to the judgment in these terms :

With respect to the Judge's decision on his affairs, he found no fault whatever with the Judge who gave that judgment. He (Mr Ward) was not represented at the Court at all. It was the liquidators of the Colonial Bank who had applied for the affirmation or otherwise of the proposed agreement. It had been said that the balance-sheet was cooked, but as a matter of fact he (Mr Waed) waa not in the Colony when the transactions took place, and as a result of not being in a position to give evidence before the Court respscting that transaction he hid been placed in a most unfair position over it.
