, 1879-02-04

| through, tl,c docket ot caEcs for that scar. nnd
| determined thc total amount Of fees. As fur
| ther answer to Tic aac.sinn In regard to not
tuned three co:cs IN which bc had returned
fees, The amounts being t4s.ss, ~, a,ul $40.
lie had never received f!'o fee IN these cases,
~, cxpafne hoy y, = WI. IG aw t;au.std
Mr. Bradley told him to take the s:5I IN these
eascs, bur Sir. 1iibbafi said !Iu preferred to take
the $40. 10 n not 70 bc Obliged to return the
~ !" Sut g a S4s5y TIL vss ss iii 10f m
nnsnt content with this; that .he law required
hEul to dcrnst With tlie Recistcr, n'ni that tle
| 1r.i+icr sho,lli take them. In these reports
witslrsa left olt fees ur cinOluments eaftlcd Or
rccrise1 Il, cascs commenced brfore tho year
:.Yon left ont the so deposit reccfsed IN
| each cAse dn!inE tii: year Tor wlItrh yoii re-
:si,c .,s. III" t5o,-or *'o' II you only received
'"So. sir''
Ibid yosi put those ,n''
~ tut rs much Of tho 80 In AS had been
"1'ako .hote CAGES where you had earned
inosc than eaD, but hadn't yet received It from
| ;.c. Assignee: What did you 10 n suca' casesf
! Did yon mt In III of them caEned''
eeiycd."
Witness was asked how he eonti tell, from tho
fce.looks, whether fees were earned durtng
ae nry y1aT a f . pt par n bGi ae liz &
cts. which wa the best he could do, because he
| couldn't set down and make out fee-bitl ur IL
I ccrtstn time without m inmcEse amount of
| labor. After going through t1!cet books. he
camc to tr conclusion That ssu IN cscl. case WAS
| q rcasonably liberal allowance for att the fees
| That had been earned according to his and Ills
| clerk's judgment.
Col. Coopcr asked witness why he didn't, II
HI: hat us lie had admitted, any question x!lolt
the decision, p,lL something In Ills report to stow
the Justices Q! tho Supreme Court TINT It did
rot Include all bis tess,-iec; earned ot received
year. OF tllc $50 dcpoait: Mr.. iliboar'l replied
| that be did have II Ia mind to put In such an
addcndua 10 tho rcpost, antl hc thought he
It with Ills son. and, since the first rerrt, to
| friend, but It was suggested that thr Supreme
Court Justices, or thu AttoEney-ucucrsi. would
say something about Kcgister k,nwipg moro
matie July ts. ls7s, he did substantially put
twu Of three questions. The friend tic referred
10 was Frank Gilbert, United ssases sub-Trcas-
much excited when the investigation came
up last summer bcforc the Bar Association.
feeling that hc had made h!a reports cohsctcn-
tfously anh honestly. No I'D. h1weyer, seen,
"vcrv nltnrnl," tuta Col. Cooper.
~ an not indifferent 70 Tint, sssure you."'
ttruet,on !" ottemreierr.d he tfIi1lars) lid not
state ,lIat fact In Ills letter to lie Bar Ass.cEa
wherc It belonged.
Mr. llibbarl ~, sall That would nccessitato
.nnI @ snsM1 ~. ~, sl.e. 1T q U.S. anu1sssen ~
I'm wsts,,, ,t,n.x.s ~ tn,.in% "nrti,"r ~, =, thn
tinc about what the rcport ol Tint Committee
contained. He had ASKED Co'. Copper TO be
allo"c 70 see .ne tcport OF cop! u H. n1t ' ng
snr rhcn @ ,, wttme.. al down m anI sdnIrssr
this communication to The Har hseocEtiot.,
Very little WA said ab4lt tllrse reports. TIE
great bulk of the eonvcrAatson.. A. 6c Judged
run "nae "as 1 ko,.e ~ y. ~ t'c u.i!ee .of ~
u,'; ine.mrh ~ e ,iI,1n'. i:noa ynt ",,nre'.
would be brought ugatnss him, he could nut in
letter received in the dark, be aolr To cover
IL" points with ans degree ol certainly. bat
"me, t,e Iaestfp1h .h mas a! st Ialsen " ~ ~
lie Eom,uIttee, in the univ interview Lc
lad or could ret with ilc1u uu thu
subject, that lie desired tn ihs report tn en-.
n!1c him to 'naSe formal fcpiy 70 'ts cratl-
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