The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-01
NOTES FROM THE LAW COUBTs

/ lN''i NN IN uuht'Illg dispute, recently "A
Ashford. in the English county Of BIid,losoy
Fourteen years ago MIR. Thomas Day boushts
house and land there, called the Ashford ToIos
estate. For upward Of sixty years this r,s.
I idence had been known IA Ashford Tod,e
! Adjoining this property il a smaller csiato h,.
| longing to Con. BrownrgR named Ashford
! villa, n designation which il has borne eome
| forty years. In 1876. however the General be.
| gan TO call It Ashford Lodge. to the great m.
noyance OF Mr.. Day who occupied the plaooto
which that nnn,s properly belonged. This zen.
toman finally brought suit for permaueni
Injunction against his noghbor. and 1t came IN
| in the Chancery Division not long since on 4
demurrer the defendant eontending that tho
facts gave the plaintiff no cau4c " action Sir
! Richard Mains tho Vico-C Chancellor said thers
WIZ no doubt that annoyance must grow out Of
! the unwarranted change Of nnme. but the quos.
ton WINS whether this was great enough % In.
/ iure the plnintin, and thus assume tho ch rae.
| ter Of nuisance Mr.. Day. however. all,ge.l
| In his complaint that the vnue Of his estst, had
| decreased and would be further diminisho5bv
the persistence OF Gen. Brownrgg in mis,p.
| plying it's namo to his own property A. tina
demurrer admitted this TO bu truo the CoUd
held that sufficient cause OF action was shown
and decided Ia favor OF the Dlaiuun.
form tho Judicial system OF Cyprus. which an.
pears t. have been sadly in need of impf,.yo.
| ment II is somewhat surprising H. loaru tina,
| tho Turkish district courts. which probably
| present the vices OF an ele,tive judiciary In
| their worst form. are TO be retained. Those ara
tho tribunals Of first instance. with original
| jurisdiction in civil cases and over ofr,pss
punishable 10y imprisonment not exceeding
three months. Cadi prcsdes. and there are
two Christian and two NOhammeian Judges.
| The Cadi. whose term hAs hitherto heon only
two years. will hereafter bold Office during
good behavior. but the other members Of tho
court will remain elective Under TurLish
rule decisions were often. II Unusually. bought
in these courts. by brlbing the Mussulman mn
! jorify; but 1t Is hoped thoy will improve ,gbsa
! subjected to tho appellate jurisdiction Of Ing-
| ltsh Judges. A Chief Justice and an Assoc ala
Judge are TO be appointed for tho island. Tho
! Inter will go on circuit and hold an A-sos
| Court. with the assistance Of q Christian ard a
| Mohammcdan as assessors This court viii
hear appeals from the district courts. and its
own decisions may bo reviewed by tho Chiof
Justice. holding tho supreme Court. 1t s also
probable that a criminal court for the trio. Of
the more important offences will b. held b, The
Chief Justice.
An interesting and ancient custom g, The
courts Of Paris is mentioned in tho following
! extract from letter 10 the London Daty ls4.
/ graph under date OF Nov A.
The f,si,J, after tho vacations OF The Partisan
courts and tribunals OF lnsuec ioos place ti. nornv
according TO the customary cercnonial Aficr hsang
the Mass of IN saint Esprit The sointo ChareBe whar
the Archbishop Of Paris pficaied. tc Judge. and ARg-
trate- proceeded t their robes " thcir Narous
t,ke part umiis. .lsHasl lcaiiug ratafe u
| which l. learned speech BY one their uupl"f 80
some subject connocte with the history VI theor As
| .itthf arka 4
saint, Chapec at the head o. Inv bar. walking ~,
side oi tho idtHnier, haitrV Nie0let
The French bar ha, always risidly alhoreih
ceremonial obeeryancos. and no inclination t.
relax them s,oin- TO have arisen under u,e
/ reIublic
The crime Of sending threatening lett'ns
Il severely punished by tho courts in England
A painful case Of this kind came before Baron
! Huddleston. eary in the present month. az Tao
Warwick As-iDes. A young nrtist namol VIII
! liam VI. Whitaker had writ u 10 his sister hui
sent addressed 10 his mother he following lc-
! ter:
fmusthav e. this week. nc -,.ref me hot'cr. or ?
must come over These - iett.ts are killing me. ann
m 20 10 prison k that devil is mother Stan
write any more. II you pay e IN advance for
ture and allow me q week IN put everything
straight Trust me and all Will ue right or do - yea
Ike. and take the risk am net afraid 81 all tc io =
YOU, and take care you don't mt ourselves iu Warsi't
jail instead % me The Nerl least Will take is tiotoNh
o. pay my friends What owe them and take mo ','' q
Brittany. ard @ month long 1 require 20
rather Nil that ---d cvti and uvAlf Vel s.fl.tt
or than go back my 30 life co0e ysot vi V,a@.
Gay, Il the money h. not paid before,
The author was man OF good education tnt
WAS bitterly hostile 20 his mother and sister 90
account OF a bcqucst thoY had received from lie
| grandfather. out of which. however. thgl had
repeatedly made him gifts OF money. On nie
trial for sending this letter. he plainly showod
his flerco hatred of them by tho manner 10
which he conducted himself while in tho pals
oners' dock. The Jury convicted him. ana The
Judge sentenced him to penal ,oryiiudo tor '"n
years. This il the maximum punishment un-
der the English law for causing tho receipt 81
letter threatening to kill any person. lm1rr-
onment In n State prison not exceeding ne
years ia the statutory pCnu'y lr -endihR
threatening letters IN this State
In opening the British As-lsH- the so-
tumn. Lord Coleridge told the Grand jury MAJ
If they could make England sober they could
shut w nine-t,nths Of her prisons No doun
this is a truism. and one which as be- sad.
Judges must be almost tired Of repeating ~
the same time he thought ~ l,rournglng 4"
told In answer 10 such observations thm YOU
cannot make men good by act of Parliament
He did not favor prohibition Mw- thH cl'ic or
which Is TO add the vice OF hypocrisy 90 in' '''e
OF intcmpcrance. but he sought 20 cuior'" upoh
the attention Of Legislators the Lesson taught ~
the experience of every Judge, that th' GRIM
inal classes were the drunken Glasses. and mag
drunkenness was the inevitable !urcrlnlf 81
crime. II seems 10 W that tho New IN 'W
Damage law is an example of ehieaf'ous Dgis-
latlou in restraint OF iutamperuu'c ~mct
might be- studied with ad,uiag" in Ina'aod'
Under this law IL becomes the interested Tue
liquor seller and the owner ot the PROMISE
where it is sold. 10 prevent intoN alton 'ha
their interest in that direction cannot ihh 70
make itself felt. In no other WuY can 'A' "1''-
Gates Of temperance do sO mu'h for 'h' r"'~'
thoy have Mt neart as by preventing r''i'''
ened repeal Of this statute.
A man named 1Klndt Is now 1u t.n. 81
Brussels upon charge OF having robbed no
Banque de Bolgqu Of sixteen million oi lrn's-
Tho cross-eNani nation Of some OF ,Ac wlin'tt's
has developed tho extraordinary 'at mat mo
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