The New York herald., 1876-03-05
Business in the Courts for
the March Term.
LONG CALENDARS AND PROLONGED LTTIClTIOSS.
Testimony of Mrs. Watson in the
Tweed $6,OOO,OOO Suit.
TROUBLES AND TRIALS OF SHERIFF CONNER

usually busy term II promises to be- In all tho
branches Of the courts there heavy calendars Civ
ing assurance OF plenty OF work for judges and
yers, say nothing OF the clients whose interest IN
their respective suits Is not to be regarded wholly
secondary Speaking OF the heavy calendars-there
being some 2 700 the Supreme Court Circuit
calendar nearly 500 the civil calendars in the su
peror Court Circuit and l, 100 in the Court
of Common Pleas, to say nothing of tho
tho General Term, Equity, and Special Term calcn-
darsit is worthy OF being stated parcnthetcally that
SUITS at present conducted in courts, slightly
suggestive OF the task OF Sysiphus II verdict Is OBJ
iained In suit appeal Is taken from the Judgment
and then the litigation has all 10 be gone over again,
not once but very frequently two three times before
final decision in the courts Of law results There
daily occasion, therefore, TO make practical the old
Latin aphorism, "AHeranl at sortim bene praepard-
tam" which has been amusingly translated into
thyme
When Fortune frown We m with hope get tpsy
But when she smiles, suspect the hatt'ring gypsy.
But thus II has been since courts OF justice
iablished and will doubtless continue thus to the end
Df the chapter. We far of from the millennium
which, according Oliver Wendell Holmes, Will never
come
Till factors take what they give
And lawyers give what they take.
The present month opens with the inauguration or
feature in the courts 1t has been found that the
been up TO the required mark At least such is the
expressed sentiment OF recent meeting OF members
OF the Bar ccared in resolution aud ndorsed by
a meeting Of the Bar Association Tho cue was taken
from the recent action OF the Court OF Appeals which
took the initiative in the matter. This feature Is
nothing more nor less than having the crer of the
General Term OF the supreme Court announce the
daily entrance into the court room OF the Presiding
Justice and his associates and that the members of the
Bar thereupon rise and remain standing until
the Presiding Justice and his associates are
seated. This formaty OF receptive homage
is also to be adopted in the General Terms of the Supe
rior Court and the Court OF Common Pleas. While
great stickcrs for court etiquette and think
this proper mark OF respect to the Judges and Tend
ing to enhance the dignity OF the Court others regard
1t as antdemocrac, revival OF feudal fussiness and
III the spirit OF man worship ana cringlng suoser
vicnce II entails absurdy humlliatng, wholly unwor-
thy true and independent manhood. But nolens
voeDs. all must fall in line and lputian lawyers
the advent into court OF the brobdgnian brothers OF
the Bench in their august presence and show
themselves subservient as the subjects OF Sepoy
Sahib
The Supreme Court General Term, will be held this
mosth by Judges Davis, Brady and Daniels On the
opening of the court decisions will rendered in the
cases argued at the January Term OF the Court
order has been established for the court taking effect
the present term providing that no case on the pre-
ierred calendar shall be reserved or set down Tor
day after the fret two weeks, and that the preferred
calendar shall be called through during the first two
weeks the residue of the term except Fridays, on
which appeals from orders will be heard, shall be de-
voted exclusively to cases on the general calendar
There no specially important cases on the calen-
dsr though OF course all possessing special interest
for the various liugants.
things look al present. speedy termination, is tho
continuation of the Tweed 60 900 suit This trial
will be concluded In the Common Pleas Trial uham
bers Part 2 the Court being obliged TO change It's
quarters owing TO the session OF the Supreme Court
General Term, and Judge Westbrook was yesterday
supervising the arrangement of matters in bus new
court room with view TO the comfort OF the counsel
reporters and audience Tomorrow will be occupied
In tho iurther discussion OF the renewed motion OF Mr.
Field for a dismissal OF tho complaint in which It is
anticipated that Charles oConor will further enhance
,he brlancy OF his legal reputation his argument in
course, Is that the motion will be denied; but one
thing is very certain that Judge Westbrook whatever
his conclusions may be, will base them wholly on the
soundcst principles Of law and equity governing tho
Following ON the heels OF this trial VIII proba-
bly, be the trial OF the Sl,00O00O civil suit against
Tweed.
The supreme Court Circuit Part l. will bc held by
Judge Barrett; Supreme Court Circuit, Part >, by
Judge Lawrence; Supreme Court, Circuit, Part \, by
Judge Van Worst and Supreme Court, SPECIAL Term,
by Judge Larrcmore Chambers will be held by Judge
Donohuc. Tho Court OF oyer and Termlner does not
meet until week from next Monday aud viii be held
on the calandcr, but none OF very SPECIAL interest.
Chef Justice Mcneil and Judge SedgwIok will hold
the Superior Court General Term; Judge Gurus, the
superior Court Special Term; Judge SANFORD superior
Court Trial Term, Part l, and Judge Spier Trial
Term, Part The General Term OF the Court OF Com
Pleas will be held by Chief Justice DAILY aud Judges
J. p Daily and Van Hoosen, and Judge Van Brunt VIII
hold tho Equity Term OF this court and Judge Robin
ton, Tria Term, Part l.
IN the United states District Court Judge Batchford
will SIT in Admiralty during the March term one
1t the prnep,, cases on 10. calendar .hs ;
Harvest Queen against the owners OF the White
star Line steamship Adriatic. In another branch
OF the court and before the same Judge, the CON
tnuation OF the argument the demurrer in tho SUIT
OF the United States against H. b. Cal n & Co for
alleged undcrvaluaon OF imports, viii DO argued by
Mcssrs Evarts David Dudley Field, choate Bangs and
other leading legal lights early in the week. Before
Judge Benedict, IN the Circuit Court OF the United
States the OF Charles L. Lawrence VIII occupy at
lentIon Judge Johnson OF the equity branch OF the
United States Circuit Court, has large calendar OF
eases made up, manly OF patent right cases
Therc Will be three trial tcrms Of the Marine Court
held respectively by Judges Alker, shea and Gocpn
Judge Sutherland will hold the Court OF General Ses-
sonS The matter OF getting new court room for this
court for Judge G,ldcrsoovo remains in statu quo-a
fact which. white greatly impeding Justice meets tho
decided approval OF the criminal classes.