Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-11-26
Special Term Supreme Court.


AZ 10 o'clock u. IN. on Monday last .pcorl term
~ tho supreme Court WAS opened for the hearing
OF ''"'s IN bank After Marshal Parke had read
'ho COMMISSIONS OF the mombora Of the Supreme
Court, Attorney General Armstrong Addressed the
Court IN follows;
After listening to tho readings OF the commits.
siona issued 10y command Of IIis nnieety Ia Nh,
learned gentlemen who now occupy the Icncb I
icel assnrcd that my legal brethrcn will heartily
ION WIN mo IN the opinion that tho judicial de
partinent OF the Government is now In n ,uoa,
satisfactory condition. The mombors Of the BAR
~ any country are especially alive 10 the mecca
sity Oh btronR, compact, and impartial judiciary
u has been thc experience OF this nation 10 hny.
mo judicial machinery, from the oariicst dnys In
tho hands OF co'npctent mon. My own rroollec-
ion runs Dack To the time when tho judicial ava
tenn was drawing itself out OF the Hawaiian or
standardization, and striking its bounds i'm this
,Iarger civilization OF the English speaking people
IL was indeed most difficult task TO place side
by side and properly adjust the intercst tho right
tile claims OF two different races. Governed Inv
such diherent customs and laws. hut these men
succeedcd IN creating most harmonious relation
Mny II please tho Court, you are the suces,ora M
these men, and 1t hns devolved on YOU to- carry ont
Win strength and justice that system Of jutIica.
ture which they inaugurated, and winch soy.r,i
al yon have already assisted in continuing, I re
peat, that tho nation and tho Bar may oon.rutu.
. .a1 themselves that You gentlemen now forming
sne ouprene Court of this Kingdom are abunda ntjy
ab'e to accomplish the task and ean, in every
Independence" ~ "
Chief Justice Judd then made the following
remarks:
bnkrMnTs IL is gratifying =, the Court Ia re.
oVe TINS KIND expression Of the feeling of the Bar
through You, Nr. Attorney General
neorganized as the Court now ill., think We
bring TO the fnlfllment of the grave Responsible
Ties with which We entrusted degree of fa,nil.
hrity with the needs OF the country and its Gus.
TOMS ana desire to discharge our duty with fdel-
ny ana conscientiousnass. The future will show
tnna hall al l.. a..
uiste " enable them To stand the test of crit
sisrn The business of this Court has greatly in.
oreased with the growth Of commerce and the
Pioihotion OF our enterprises. The important
cases heard at the last two terms Of the Court re-
equal IN number TO those presented durin, nm en-.
sre biennial period bfteen years ago. mud with the
aeNeiopnent Of the outer districts the work of the
Crouits mas become very ltborious. New and puz.
Iiing questions are constantly coming To the sur.
race Tor adjudication. While we may not erpec,
70 develop, ms III larger communities, any great
Ss'cihists IN tn. law, tho great variety of cases
which our miorocosm presents, demands oil tn.
part OF the Bar and the Cour, familiarity with
necessary with Maritime law. Equity, the law of
Marriage and Divorc,', but with Criminal proceed
ure, contracts and Real Estate,and foresee hat
acknowledge of corporation law and other branches
AZ We advauce, is likely to he put into reQuist;on
10 these dutiea We now address ourselves will
eeal, ana IN their prosecution expect and believ,
we snail nave the sympathy and assistance of tn,
Har. N" higher duty ever devolves upon the law
yer than to assist the Court with the resnlts of hi,
'uvestvationa, ana tn present the Law of his cas-
eShaustively and concis.ly.
harmony among che members OF the Bar ant
pleasant relations with the Bench have ever heer
me tradition OF this Court aud these W. will en-
deavOr to preserve
me complex nature of our community gives u.
the advantage of having here as lawyers gentle
men from All parts of the American Union anC
from Great Britain. it was never stronger than Al
present "
am reminded of i.s varying character by I'll,
tact that of those nov address, not one was =
practitioner whom WAS admitted n practice ir
TINS Court IA junior in 1884. We thank YOU
brethren, for the kind hopes you have expressed
We shall endeavnr 10 discharge our duties with
acceptance to yourselves, the community and oul
own consciences.