New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-01-06
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III TASTE. The following aEecdotes ara well ;oj
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H. G reen Mountain Boys:
ANECDOTES OF TIE BENCH AND BAR OF YER
MONT.
There are many excellent stories of the Bench
had Bsr Of Vermont, very current among the
I,ood people of yhe State, watch however DO
E. reipeulbe- to have seen in print, and which
L. t,v are little known abrosd. Some of these
Il shall here set down precisely "a head them
lnp, the mouth Of an old lawyer, who IS well
Ikn3vn as tie Nestof OF the gown and wig in
vermont Ii it should turn out, asst often hap
hens in matters OF this sort, that any of the nc.
ls,uts here related shall be claimed TO have &C.
lpr,d somewhere else, TO tho hono- of some
Itber Of cur sovereign States, beg leave 10 de-
Hare according to established usage, that any
Iuch pre.ensiqn is wholly ulfoundcd, ard that
Inv versions different from my own are altogether
lpocbyphal.
| 1t was formerly custom in Vermont, although
how little praciised, for a lawyer, when promo
he'd 10 the dignity o. the bench, to follow up his
Ibid rs,aiaeis, ead accordingly whenever case
Icamcon in which his Honor was concerned as
lcounsel, he Immediately dotted the ermne, &c
snmed the gown, and bat!led away among the
htora;es, in The CID style. APropos, OF the met
lmorphose in question; story is tod Of Judge
Chasr, now many years deceased. The Judge
lyas man OF very ardent temperament, and Ia
Rebate was exceedingly vehement AMI v0cic-
IONS II az important cause he was making
he closing argument TO the jury, and with much
warmth and tarnestness OF =nsnner, insisting on
L verdict for the plaintiff a friend of The de-
lsndant, who had bean listening t. the conclud.
lrg part of The attorneys address, and WHO sup
POSED thot he was acting in his judicial capsci.
IL, ran cut OF the h9use, declaring that he
licsrr saw such asoinnsblc psrtalty il bis HE
I!iettrg the jeieadent IN TIE str5ot, &c io'd bin
Iemshi a vel go houo II once, for TIE Judge
lad eserged Ais case 10 the ceri', oId the piain
llF was suie 10 rtc0Teg'
Judge Chase WAS q MAE of excellent sense,
thd w;lha! a great sGckies for the dignity o.
lourts A case OF very trifling importance, hag-
ling well nigh run The gsuntle. Of iegal edjudic.-
Itoa, came up Ct length 10 the il!ghes. court in
The state TIE COUNSEL for the plaintiff WIS
IrPeaiug with the usual apologies for frivolous
lsu;, when the SUBJECT matter, to wit, one tur-
ICY OF great value ETC. catching the ear of the
iucge, teealled out: Mr. Cle-S, strike that case
i'om the docket; the Supreme G0srt II ths STATE
II Vernon. does not sal here 10 determ:ae tie
I'sasrsaip Of trvkey!
There !.yts 10 the northern part Of the State g
lawyer and e1,judge, VINO Is very famous Tor his
lsit, he ha. Aept q respectable law schoo. IL
las thamAe-s, 'cn and off, fag the list ioity
IytsTsi cud Is a;il teaetiog the clements OF bis
IP'p'e:zon 10 : kuot OF legal LIMOS, having sur
!rGet seyeralsuits Begun wiihinhis remembrance
10 The English cbaueery, and arrived, through an
honorable carec-, 10 the advanced age Of eighty
bu, aony instances Of rePsrtec are related of
the Old Judge which for genuine epie.amma.
sn are scarcely inferior 10 some o. the best OF
lFgon and Taiieirand
nhea practising attorney, many years ago,
aaspaened, While arguing qusstoc of some
aheuy, 10 ilius.rae q point in his case by a
petty ne use of tho vocabulary of the card
liable The presidng Judge asraplv inquired
tsae' he mean: by addressing such language to
lSensly.
Ga srother occasion, a judge vs4ed vi,h The
s'ihee,5, or irsitsted by the insignjficance Of a
sasc which T was CONDUCTING, cried ont:
sr' Why 90 You bring such cas- rs tins into
Io'aS I Why not leave It out 10 zone Of v,ur
lassssS ne'ghoorsP Because, y5u5 iiono.,' re.
'i'ea tae 6srrsler, We dont c,eose ;.ist soaeSt
Inen 'haald have any thing u dc wll.is.'
"a NE early days of Vermont ,rsorldence,
llv sn'et d1eorum which nsw YER ene-ally DIS
i.Hsa''hs5 Inc New, Eogland la. WAS comoaru.
tset unknown. Nothing was more common
ShS'p Ssercaiicns betzeen the Bench an!
IL oar soch wEangings indeed as would nov
s's'asa con,empl OF court, wese they 10 &C.
~ oo.' oetEeen Nc lawyers themselves. On
|, e r OcosS.on Judge r, WIN was then plan
H. h'l@re'' had add;essod SQUAD arsume5, to
l IT, 'oa;', and sat down The Judge Who chose
Ngae the question rather than decide il at
ss.s' sePlee N feeble argument, which he
sssef u his turn demolished. The jadga re-
:@s9 Of rPsstlng, " thou: sny material yerie.
rs-, us aiSt toe}y; and then closed the plead.
70 BY an adverse decision. Your Honor,s
~. currents sid r. adGrsssi..c himself
ny 70 Inc court AID partly 10 the bar, remind
~ Story A foolish old woman in Connect.
~ &c, osag one evening al party, vas ercatly
10 - ,0sS 70! soaething to say. Al length she
..'Itsd to inqai Of gentleman who sat no,t
~ .s whether his mother had any children p
- geaueman peli,oly pointed out the absuTdity
Ia a. 80 inquiry Il beg PARDON exclaimed the
,~e!' psiet'y!ng her mistake; .you dom,
n,s.i ne; l1neen to inquire Wheeler YOU.
II.,-,.aetasr had any childreni'
D., . oG M an euecdote of Judge o, Il.
kssI ~, uie distinguished president Of the syes.
Il on'StIsiiy, which is very characteristic of
H.. ss,' AID IS, have no doubt, au,hentie. Al
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