New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-09
The Lawyer- and their Reforms.

To he Editor Of In, TSf5rsss
Several Of the lawyers il appears. have lOrmed
themselves INTO s Commitics for tho purpose, they
silege, ofmskng reforms in Judiciary sys.emcsr.
tsiny very comuenfable N ieraking sid those who
have come forward 10 ala the Lesslsurs IN tbs d,llt
task among the most learned OF the proiession and
deservedy stand high r the community They present
cd plan and appears 10 have turned on, that law
yers Ike doctors doat always sgree The report ofbe
Committee rejected BY lac lar by large majority.
Mr. Jordsn then presented hs basis for plan and il was
almost unanimously adopted The object ofthis coumu
nicaton ia show yer hat TIE .sweXpoU1ders, even
snons he most eminent are not always the beat law
makers uortyaricgrl, ieI flsir ggl ss's s07cn
3D. and with that ntcnt III proceed briefly a. the nature
" the case will admit. - examine generally the repor
Of Inc Committee and the proposed bass OF Mr. Jordan
The Committee proposed 70 bve two Courts beside the
Supreme Court 70 attend % the civil calendar VIZ
Common Pleas aud Superior Courts end y abolish the
Marine Courtio create Justices' Courts whose ju
sdcton should Be prescribed 20 only certain cases and
ia those not 70 On amount exceeding sSp-thus fore
ns into the higher Courts oil marine ea.es eli aenons
between masters ami Of vessels and pas
seugers sni every suit where the ouount claimed Il
over $50 IL Il principally % hig 8st fict shall call the
attention Of your readers after have set forth Mr. JOr
dan proposed plan That plan IL % hlTe bat Court
70 do all the efr and criminal bus.nss Of the CITY from
petit larceny a u-urder-frpm claim Of Is cents
snd under 70 S.5 90 and over o Now both these
plans mgh be very good sndvery very profitable % he
lawyer The delay 81 suit would Of increase the
counses fees snd thesr Court o. Record mo MISTER
how much you simplify the practce) viii shut out the
sutton from appearing othcrgse than - attorney by
their iechnicafes " pleading. ana II simple.
ley will not b. sufficiently az Tor Dinetenhs OF the
suitors 20 understand them without study than
they End time devote 20 them Beside there
such things Gno-asys 1xd5k snd every claIm
over $50, and many under, excluded from The IN
ieror Court vi. AT carry c1s2s ind the plan propos
ed ~ the Committee and under taai proposed By Mr
JCrdan srTy claim matter how email. even II Il ls on.
ly for poor la5orerS days work. must undergo the
process OF drawing and Ming declarations. d-nur
rers.' "pless' "rfiOnders. "febntfcrf." gurTebut
ters, noticing Tor tiS and he hundred motion Ices
ard orders which despite al the Informs sought ia prsc
tics VIII be made by the lawyers snd Judges ingenuity
still 20 exist very great extent surely while this
nay BE- very good pln for the attorney, NUT 10
ghry bad one Tor the sutton II u somewbsf OF sln
gulsr coincidence that While the QUEEN Of srisiOeratc
Great Britain Ia her speech % Der Parliament IL recon-
mcndng the establishment nf Courts FOR tho cheap snd
expeditions col ~cron of Email ds5is and while Con
Kr6ss IL taxing from fhe United States Courts small de-
mands and sending them 20 the Inferior state Courf
the roiormcrs q our democratic Cit7 are pursuing
course directly the reverse. Fifty years ago tne iuris
Gchcn OF inferior Ccurts limited % SO and before
thsi 20 SIS Experience showed that Increase OF urls
dctiou in these Courts called for by the peopsoy
the OF the community and the progressive pr1nc
pie Of the age Bat refoTners wish 10 take tie back
track and this !. what they cal progressing Ar sor
dan ne don't hole for the 81 eat And one
for the small cat Now think the people do think
they want one Court dispose Of srge c1s, aid one
Il GOT more for small demands believe The people De
sire 10 see the Jurisdiction Of the Justices Courts IN
crossed and d'miniahed Tor y ilful they can and
de- appear without az attorney and attend 10 their on
business and get speedy ana ehcsp justice wthoF the
ad Of Counselor learned IN the .sw,' or Of
ALICENSED ATTORNEY