The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-05-04
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.Iextract from a letter, of Col. Rion,
lwritten ,dp,ing sojourn in, New Y ork,
Which the Colonel made to learn some. {.
i what Of the .Code7-giving information
IWhioh will be Of service to the bar, in
their career Of practices. bus .gyori
NEw YoRK, April l6,. 1910,
T'-E Hon, Samuel Melton--DEAR
Jpps slAts your request, II make q
brief "seport". Of my tour Of legal
inquiry, to, this place stand. unony re-
Aectioh, Withdraw my refusal to have
Iyous"printeit.''saAs Seneca commenced
ItGreely forthe frstl time, ,sat, eighty,2 /
came here with high hopes Of success
attending my re.commencem menti Of
the study oflaw ut somewhatless ago.
h Lgfind our. Code to boa reprint7of
thelNew York Code, n,utctis. nautandis,
with extracts from the ,"Reyised Sta
tntes" added. For ,ssJusticc Of the
Psace,'' ssTrial Justice" Is substitute
ed ,afof some reason which, '2if good
pugbtsto cause ,"Trial Juage''sto sub
stitute, tCircuit judge iu which
case the Governor might appoint these
|functionaries.". The greatest change
is that relating to tho lion of judg-
ments, which sis o mystery the New
York lawyers cannot solve for e.
The tpleadings, &c,.a in case under
the Code, arc very simple (when you
have learnt 'them) I bring home
with me three complete records, judg-
ments,' &c., Inclusive; Que On mon
Icy demand noa defence, a thos second
on; yerdict,by jury, and, the third ,on
decree BY Judge on issue of law. -
s'Uadef@ instruction ffom1 William
tH.aBoughtoh, ESQ, oone of otGe2 first
fpraotitioners of, the city,I have pro.
cured the following books, as eneces-
sary to operate under the Code. ,.,,..
I. VOORHEES, Code, a thousand page
book, containing the extracts from the
Revised Statutes embodied in aour
Code, andlwith notes referring tosde-
.cisions on the Code. > Of this, a, now
edition will he issued in August.
:. 2! STillinghast & Sherman's 'Prac-
,ltice, the latest and best. 2'i III" E'h
81 8.3 AbboSs > Forms,o the name of
which expleinsits suse.J @sg sas no
!, a. Hoffman's. Professional Rene:
dies, Jnder The Code. This is very
val Ia . and useful work. 'a {
~ 81 Howard's Practice Reports, the
first twelve'vulumes only, which come
up to 1855. n
6. ,Abbott's Practice Reports, Gwen
ty-Gve yolumes,) which commence at
1855. The preface Of volume has
much valuable information for us.
/ Z. Abbott's Digest, (eight volumes.)
The preface and Introductory matter
in volume ! is Of great value. This
digest contains decisions on all mat
/ ters Of New York law from 1884, as
we'll as the Code, and is valuable to
any lawyer, without regard to tho
. Code. Volume 8 comes down to, 1870,
and has an index at foot of pages re-
ferring TO preceding volumes.
Fs All these books cost $245, if bought
atone time, so as to havo discount
allowed, 's8e aa a9 u s.r8.4s w
l-wi.l now give you few conolu-
sions have arrived at. The Com
| missioners have done the best they
could in adopting the New, Y York Code.
1t would have required South Carroll
ma lawy ess to carry out the provision
Of tho Constitution .to revise, simpli-
fly and abridge the rules, practice,
pleadings and forms of the Courts
no,o,in ase in this State."f The plead
ings and practice under tho Code are
very compiled, as evidenced by the in
Vulnerable decisions in the foregoing
reports upon the Code. Before any
suoh a sy stem as the Code can jsim pill
fy,whpt, in its very atnre, is complex,
some power must be invoked that will
revise and simplify the buman mind.
The new or revised system adopted in
England would have been the best
one for us, and been in accordance
with tho requirement. Of the Constitu-
+! tion.
! New York City is a bad place for
any "foreigncr," who has eyes 70 aee
and ears.to hear with, TO bring down
hislattentiou to the study of the law
Very respectfully, yours, " q,
| ar; ;;cntrago IS Just reported in Ten.
nessee which has not been incorpcrat-
edpinfhe list of Tennessee horrors,
upon which 1.-The Radicals 1 are now
{ fessting, A few days Since, o, party
of negroes went to the honse Of a white
man in Hawkins county, in that State,
carried him into the woods and gave
him'six hundred lasl,es.J The offence
that provoked this mild schastisement
was the, "bewitching" Of the into Iii
gent Fifteenth COMMANDMENT" vot-
ers aforesaid, by the white man. It
isIperhaps needless to state that no
rad.hnt. telagrams were sent to WASH
ington, ,andDo demand made for Fcd-