, 1875-05-28
continuation OF Ills Suit Against
Mr.. Storey.
r.srned Definitions Of tho Word
Shyster.
nj, plaintl&r Condcsccntls 10 Sovcnty
flye.Ecnt Fec.

MORNING SESSION.

.,r,tnn In Judge Rogers courtroom. |
e1r!ah !" ,o'As.e" ~ ~ ~. ,,.,,5o .ho,n
tintca 1t tho uay peloeo o5 ar. tFon'' "uo'
uu,h 1t was said, lad been arroBtod. lie statoa
~ In WAS notified In st. Louis 10 appear before
,...,o, +o anuwcr tn n chnreo of nYBau]t and
asns''s .w..,. ,.,s,.ti,, I, tsttu,, l,ola nr
batlcFS' t1o eAo.a' eo"o'o -
WOMAN md delivering hos to po!lco ouces.
10 WAS aiacbargcd, mud tho Court hhd
..'1 ,nov .ov.roi Jrdocn in 81 Louta
he hoo" so'e'"A - s.:
tousss, having soiissusu nm '9t. .s ~,
b, looking up tno ieco,us q. ,a p's's5s ~ , iIa
1,o also had certificate Of good moral character
Nv s ,arlou. - 1ou,a nnt.ics
"orA ..;-.. 80 h,.r .or,,u.,,. T., ln,.d t,v Tho
His ot1eIneso nao 0een seriously 'njatoa W '1o
articles In the 1tfheS; since tle!r puoAcatsan ~
hid be en- abIo to do nothing. lie had heard the
xor,l sbyeker, lie thought It moant man who
"..ado1 =, In n 1nvvcr u,,on In ,raa mt an,1 to
ple!e'o'u ..s.,a. - 49,. o,,,ral,r,o,,a
Imply o'nnonoss t@sN,'
soectnble mombcr Of tho bar.
Ou a-axamnntion witnesa said ho lad
t1ied several cases befors Judge Primo. Who 10
aid, SaB Judge Of tho Criminal C0uee IN Ut.
Louis. 1Io could not toll tho natnce OF aEy OF
lis clients, however. The woman he had deliv-
cred over 10 L police officer was woman whose
bill ho Ind gono aud ho was afraid that alio H.
tended to fo,feit it, lenco ho had caalscd her
Arrest. uo was hnad So for tho oi1onse before
Justicn OF tho cace, but Ii, an upper court he Ind
been discharged. Wi1nuEs Baid that lawYor WHO
uept to police court 10 aasiat 4 friend. Tor in-
stapco, and WAS not n co,lstnnt practttloper
there. could not bo necessarily called siyssef;'
Ills definition Of tile word Bhystor Hna ucrivcd
nom tho significance 1t had gonorally.
JUDGE pooLTrLE
was next Rvorn. Had heard tho term shyn-
ter used Tor thc last fifteen years. Hs thought
Hin 11HH mn
tho word ID dictionaries, but bad seen It tn neHs-
pApcrB; !; had heard It III addresses aud CONVEX
saton. It brought to l!s miud M idea, but
pethupB not an o1act OF dot1nito one:
foproaep na rps Of Z poison haneing on TO tho rro-
fcssion who WAS unworthy Of it, and gircu 10 low
aud improper practices. ~
tln. Gus VAN nunEN
ter, and knew tbs anitnai when ho saw him. lie
thought the TORN was u contomptt1ous oseres.
sion, and implied q dishonest and corrupt attGt-
uey. II d,nototl an utontion to abtsu the party
to whom Il "as applied.
On cross-exam,iiatiou he said ho had neyor
heard tue word defined GH n Ahihdler, but would
rrxa1d lawyer nho nwnded !,s cl,cuts na cul-
bracod in the torn ehyBtcr. 1lo would regard
ilo word as synonymous Nilh "sbalpcr." 1e
had mover Ldnrd 1t uaed aB synonym for
s'ehark." 4 man who wae dishonest. grasping,
aud underhnndea With hls cllents, be thought,
vas shark. IA applied TO m Attorney
"shark," 1larpcr." aud ''Bwindlor" were Byn-
nnylpous will, "shyster." flu would not call \
man ahystor who Eimpiy protentcd to bo =
lawyer when ho WIS not
MIR. 4. 8. ALEXANDER
wss next examined. I1o said ha had heard tho
word ehyster great many .lnleh 1t Applied 70
an attorney guilty Of moral turptude iu Ills pro-
fesaiopal relations. uo thought tic meaning
had been enlarged alr,co ho first heasl 1t. lie
first heard il III tho old NecoEdors Court, when
1t used by l. N. Arnold IN = speech. 1t was
NJhfn
courts aud watched for vlctiEno. It was now
used with broader hsniflcation. Had heard
the term in four dMer0nt states, and Lad never
heard It applied to hanato'doal1nG tn1n. u "as
applied to lawyers guilty Or Wrons-deallng.,
on cross c1amination thc wltncsa stated that
blu idea Of the term lad been enlarged ain;G ~ 70
t1rHt heard It 1enhca' ~ WIS fooa uca! nke
ebo WORD 'bnmhert "lose meaning aapenuesa =
mncn upon sho occasion "heh Y VIZ hpp.ta !
and tue party us'hE it. lilo nhould ehlak tiat
man called shYstor whs dishonest 10 far a
nome OF the patt1eo fncnsonea N tne a1Ilcles
were concerned. ho taouEht tho "ofo nRa 1eet
used simply to ehow that lucy were constantly II
attendance q police courts. nut 10 IT,. th9 easo o.
III. J: O. hoopf
Was noxt sroIn. lilo lived IN vt. Lon,s until abou
year ago. 1lo had heard The #oru nh!btcr ant
thought Il meant ion. moan laWyef ,"o mo Mo1's
teBort 10 d!sreputabie means to Gct business. Al
attendant at tho police coutt Waa not enSatcr
The word slyBtcr *N4 aWayH coupled WIN Ih'
idoa Of dishonesty. Il man Advertised to PRO
cure divorces without publicityt tn newspapers, p
hand-hi}s, on ienceo. barrels, etc., hs "oula y
gully OF bad snoto, but would not DO shyhtcs |
ho did such business honestly,
Judge Doohstlo being called BY dttonEe, ss
Tint hs hardly fegardea hhsalof. sWiha'ot, sliata
lned to lawyers, while tho, other terms nor
more general. A smlndl!ng lawyer was asaystei
lii. Q. r. AEANIcK, ....-
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