The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-07
THE UTAH BAR.

THE UTAH BAR.
At the bar table on one side sat
Baskin and Maxwell, the prosecutors,
the former frowsy. cool and red
headed. the latter looking as if he
had oversight himself for week,
and cot MP mad. On the opposite
side sat Tom Fitch. late member Of
Congress from Nevada, rOtund cos
mopoli.an young man. with bright,
black eve. a piece Of flannel around
his bad cold OF a throat, and great
quantities OF forsenic eloquence
wrapped away under his mustache.
Behind him was A Miner, the lead
Mormon LAWYER, turned tritie gray,
and thinned down in flesh very much
since Judge Mexican got on the
bench: for the Judge Uses Miner as
the Scapcgoat for the sins of the bar,
and threatens him with Camp Doug
las and i tine every time he has a
toothacle. Whenever Miner gets
up to apologize the Judge makes
him sit down. and when he sits down
the Judge looks at him with his
resinuus black ewes as if he had com
rlitted solely and alone the Mountain
Meadow massacre. Miner IS the
d" Smallhoues" Of the court, and is
fed on Judicial herrings. The other
lawyers are all Geuuies. except Hosea
stout. and one SNOW. Of the firm Of
Snow * H0gc. q ermcnter. Aonder
is square built man. with cropped
hair. ex- Governor Mann, Fitch S
partner. They divide leading busi-
ness here with Hampstead 4 Kirk
patrick. the former a slow, serious,
military officer. and the latter dark
eyed Keutuckian. kentuckian also
is Marshall, the Ancient Pistol Of
the bar. rare and stupendous in
speech. and chiefly admired by his
partner Carter. from Maryland.
Marshall once did a good deal OF
Brigham's 5 business. but with the
impartial eve Of a lawyer, he after
ward sued Brigham for Goddess fee,
and lost the better client. Nothing
is bereavement to Marshall, however,
for. rs he frequently reminds the
court. the Jurisprudence of the
country reaches its perihelion in the
name of Kent, Choate and Marshall,
of which latter I am a part. Smith
y Earll and DeWolf are about the
remainder of the Utah Bar-a
slrewd, clever bevy of pioneer
chaps. some of whom draw large
contingent fees from mining suits;
others encouraged to settle here by
Brigham, who does not like litigiOus
emulation among his own folks.
He wants his good pleaders to be
preachers.
As Miner is the victim of the
court, the court in turn is the victim
of Baskin, the prosecuting attorney
pro TEN. Baskin comes from Ohio,
and gets his red hot temper from his
hair. He is reported to have shot
somebody in Ohio, and about six
months ago he sealed the ermine
slopes of Judge Hawley, one OF the
three luminaries Of this bench.
The Judge, by an order, came be-
tween Baskin and fee. Baskin
threw the paper on the floor and
ground it with his boot heel into an
inofensive tobacco quid. The
Judge, who is slender, conscious and
respects himself and his rulings,
told Mr.. Baskin he would fine him.
$50 ahead with your fne!' said
Baskin, you're Of no account. y
The judge fined Baskin one hun
dred dollars and sent him to Camp
Douglas for ten days. Baskin
switched the order out Of the judges
hands and said that being an "old
granny" the judge should be forth
with kicked down stairs. At this
Baskin threw open the doors to e1-
pedite the descent Of the venerable
man and rushed upon him, like Da-
mon upon Lucullus. The marshal
interposed to save the author of so
many learned and long opinions,
and Baskin went to the camp in Gus
tody.
But as this notable bench in Utah
never consult together, Strickland
agreeing with Mexican in everything
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