 Whilst legal opinion had been divided on whether Kotze's judgement in Brown v. Leyds was legally sound (especially as he had found little problem with legislation by resolution in his previous judgements), there was considerable protest at his dismissal, most vociferously from the uitlander's representatives.Kruger's action was widely seen as unwarranted interference with the independence of the judiciary.Smuts strongly supported Kruger's actions, both in print and in discussion, both politically and legally.