The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-09
THE COURTS IN vAC4TIOM
what the Judges Have Bccn About aud
Where During the Dog Days.

Where During the Dog Days.
The higher courts have been in state Of
suspended activity since the end Of juno The
lofty rooms. where sad ltigants have sighed.
and distracted jurors have YEARLY do2cd. are
cool. deserted. and silent. and whcro few
months ago. heavy. thick air weighed upon
the lungs 81 Judges and lawyers. there IL
now strong. pure atmosphere Since juno no
appeals have been heard in these courts. and
there have been no trials. One Judge has been
sitting daily in each Of the courts to hear mo-
tions and grant orders; but there has been
much less Of that kind Of business than Mt othcr
Seasons. lawyers being IA little DESTROYS Of
making unnecessary arguments during the dog
days as the Judges of hearing them. For orders
of arrest. attachments against property the
taking OF testimony. inIunctions. writs Of
habcas corpus. the dis 'hargc OF insOvcnt
debtors from imprisonment and other matters
Of like description. there is. however
usually no time to lose. and there has
boon niout M much business Of that
Kind as Usual In The supreme Court
judge Wcsthrpok who IL apparently
made " clay that dclics alike heat and toll. and
who seems willing TO relieve his roiraEues o
the hardest work of the ycnr. sat during the
Who'll" Of July. nnl resumed The sent with the
beginning OF the present month To continue
there until its clOs'. During August Judge
Van Brunt did The work, and Judge Dononde
orriis lonnlly relieved him for u day or two. The
other judge have been rcrrcat iug in the cOun-
try. Jud.:T Donohuc ut Far HOc;nway. whore he
has a coitnge Judge Brady at Quo-ue Long
Island; Judge Barrett at Cooper oWn. OTIS .go
county: Judge Daniels ut Bulraln. whore his
Residence II, and judge Davis at Middlriown.
charming villag. oi 9ulO poruiai!on IN orange
county. Judge Lawrence IL in Europe. where
he IS trying to- get his rycsiglt hack. The clerk
Of the court lCOunty Clerk Nalshl has been al
Lake Mahora". ana Is th'r" y't. Judge Nrst.
brook lives in Kingston. nnd wis there lHst
month. lie WIS also at Saratoga Tor time,
The calendar Of cases TO b. tried in the SUI
prone Court L.. as i mas always been, "Arcs-
svcly crowded. mu 'h more litigation taking III
way into that court than into the others, owing
N-.hc greater extent of its jurisdiction. Ihrre
! have been thousands ol uniricd suits IN this
| court nj a time AMI il has taken two or three
years to rcil'h n cause. As last ~ ili"v are DIS
! posed Of. they are replaced 10y y, W ones. anu
although the Judges are very industrious. IN"
! calendar always remains excessively crowded
! ltErows daily moro apparent that IN. nulnbor
! of the Judges must BE- Increased, or the thr'"
| higher courts b., fused mo One, So that the
Judges of the other courts may Ice cnnlllrd To
| help IN the disposition OF the accumulatinG
In the Superior Court. Judge Freedman sat
me hrst hnli ~ Juiy. JUG" S'dgWi X me lhit"r
hall. tri judge SANFORD the first mali OF August
| Judge Curt = sits al present. and II TO cont niue
| until thr 10th. when he IL To- be relieved 10y
! Judge Van Worst. Judge Sedgwick has been
/ passing the hot DAYS at his r. sidcncc IN Nor
wich. Conn. Judge Curtis has hoen at Water
town Judge sanford has seen both Newport
and saratoga. judge Nan Worst lett the United
| States. and brcath"d ndnillci air Tor lew
| DAYS in New Jersey and Judge Freedman
| passed u month at Greenwood lake. Mr.. Boc-c.
the clerk Of tn court, went To- Kichied prings.
near rkimer. Tor about month. WITH HIS
| family. and utterwurl to West Hampton, l.. l..
| where he IT, now shooting and ishlng AMI COM
| INK Ia town every we"N or 80. WHEN anything
occurs 10 require MS attention. Mr. Boe7e :
! deputi : and ON ~ took turns at claims ana
lager beer on Consy Island.
In the superior Court every suit on the cnlon-
dar WAS called before the adjournment Tor IA"
| summer. Several hundred w"r" passed. thu
lawyers not beng ready, ami ily-srNen new
| case. have since lrs.u added t. thr-''. over "a
| hum fred more nrr expected this month. and IL
II likely that the trial terms Will Resume l'usl-
mess IN October with calendar of ahlut 500
/ Juurumcnt j3j eu- = were tri Il.
The great sui uet"e,n the Atlantic nnd "a
pnnics. about the Ellison patent IN which the
giving Oi testimony occupied ~iA weeks ana thc
cd"d and i j. not thought tNW judge SANFORD
can 10 through the Nuiumlnou- volumes ol
testimony HnA rral a Hr'is,nn ior -yn' llnv
To- como. Now that the two "umrani'~ are irar-
tci,lly IN partnership. "a d"cis on y probably vi
less importan-r tham was expected.
In the Common Pi"ns tue work ~ the first
half of July fell upon Judge Van Brunt. and
the last hall upon Juisr Van llos-en. the first
half OF August upon judge lurrrmnr', AMI TIA,
last half upon Juige Robinson. thici Justic.
Daly and judge Joseph /. DAILY are to dlspos.
The thrf Ju-tis, has been at his cottage nj
Sng lidrhur; Judge Robinson anu his eun-in
law lul-n Joseph I. Daily have taken their ci-'
at Worcester. near Cpopcr-town; jude Van
iiruW has iot'F.d al ii- COUNTRY mousse ul l'hA
Ridge. judge Van ilu'-.n's breathing place
has been farm n"onslus % him in l'o'Nl1no
| Mout'4air. y. j. Mr. Jur,,-, tine ci"rN ui the
court has u clttng, ~ Far l,o kuWay. and has
/ boon spending tn to- days there.
Of TINS court. and o.'oh VIII probably ilnd d
III. snrr~satc ha- been Kept in town most %
the summer by business connc ted with his
court. although there h"'" been no irinis sine
Suratu-a and about ton days IN Jefferson
county.