Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-03-26

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\ New YORK JUDGE E-Persons who have
formed their ideas Of judicial dignity from what
they have been in the habit Of seeing in Elr-
g!nia Courts have a very inadequate conception
Of the sort of character a 'Tammany Judge
really is The Judiciary Committee of the
New York Legislature is now inqulrlng into
the official career of the Mr.. George {. Bar
nard gentleman who has attained soule
notorety beyond his own circuit, with view
to preterring articles of impeachment against
him. and one of the witnesses summoned be-
fore the committee, whose business compelled
his daily attendance at Judge Barncd's Court
gives us some hints as TO the character and
bearing Of the man who has so long di-graccd
the Bench
George f. Miles law reporter Of the 1ri
bune, testified in reference to the undlgnted
and iudecorous actions and remarks of Judge
Barnard while on the Bench, adducing the
following among the numerous Instances daily
occurring in his Court, which was u place
where anybody could go at any time and be
amused as we'll as disgusted; On February
l2th last, in denying an application, he ctlarg-
I'd the moving party SO costs because he sad
and added Attorneys must pay tor their mis-
takes. Oh, don get any OF 1t, though be-
lieve that is put down against me in the artl-
tles of impeachment Laughter. On the
same day, in the case of Vaddy against Egan
for debt, he said he knew the defendant he
was a good-natured gambler, and they better
not keep him iD prison, but let him out so that
he could play faro (which he pronounced
''!;1iro J, aud earn some money. Upon coun-
sci suggesting that the other Justices held thati
was not in his power to let him out he said he
should reduce his bail if three thousand JUS
tices held to the contrary. Egan could give
his note to the plaintiff as security. He Bar
nard) knew good many men in New ork who
would give their note for j million if you would
ouly advance three ceuts on 1t. On Feb-
ruary -, while Mr. Miller, Of Miller, Peet
4 Opdyke, was submitting a paper to be
sigued, Judge Barnard paused, pen in
haud, and asked if Mr. Miller was Il member
of the firm Of Miller Stoutenburgh & Peck
ham. the latter gentleman being u prominent
member of the Bar Association? Mr. Miller
replied, "No" so you don belong to that
firm, then? 1t ia (sneering) fine frm, isn't
it, Judge Barnard told another lawyer who
tried to have case deferred on account OF
sickness, mo, you have got to come up to the
bull-ring this time old fellow In another
case Barnard told counsel, upon making an APP
plicaton, that he was not going to hear hlm
again. He had been in there seven or eight
times already on this same thing, ''all for a
l. l,1 lo,py
he had only been there twice. Barnard, after
giving him the lie by saying that he stated
things with singular inexactness and he would
use palmer language if be was off the bench,
turued to one Of the court officers and asked
him to substantiate his statement. The official
could not say he had seen the lawyer there
more than FIVE or six times. On February 90
Barnard opened his Court with the remark
that the article in the New York Times Of that
morning charging him with having said from
the bench that he had 100000 IN bank to
brbe the Judiciary Committee with, was a he;
the man that wrote it was a liar, and in my
opinion it was written by one of the most IN
famous lawyers in New York city" nanoth-
er Instance, where counsel wished case put
Oft until certain day, Judge Barnard told
him it would not be necessary to discuss the
question. "Mr. Barnard himself is engaged
on that day" 10 the Judiciary Investigation.
On another OCCASION, when the courtroom was
filled with lawyers who were noisy, he called
out II wish those gentlemen who have no busl
ness here would 90 out. | don't believe but
what some Of them came here to get watch
OF two Watches are lost here every day
Again, in a divorce suit, where almony was
claimed, aud opposed on the ground of poverty,
Judge Barnard told the counsel for the wife,
If he cant pay it, you can take 1t out OF his
l. ,,l, 49, tl,or al
lawyer, who pleasantly advised (him in open
court not to invest his money i'll certain
house, which he (the lawyer) was opposed to
as counsel, ''No | have got my money invest
ed in the bank Tor the Judiciary Committee.
Laughter.
THE FEMALE PrTuIAs The Scranton PA J
Times, of Monday last, has an account Of the
great excitement among the Knights OF Pythlas
of that place on account of the discovery that
woman, disguised as 4 man, had been lultla-
ted She received the pages degree, and was
duly prepared for the third or knight degree,
but in a certain part Of the work au accident
disclosed to all of the officers and members
present that they had been Initiating and Civ
ing the degrees Of the order to woman, aud
how they don't know what to do with her.
NEwspApERs.-D Johnson, when in the
fullneSs of years and knowledge, said l neV-
er take up a newspaper without finding some
thing would have deemed it a loss not to
have seen: never without deriving from it in
struction aud amusement The newspapers in
johnson $ time were meaere enough compared
with those of to day Now a yearly newspaper
volume is perfect encyclopedia.
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