New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
QCIcHER UoEE n TIE C0rRTS.
RESULTS or TIE NcHfAsE ~ rUE >usmrG or
judges.

/ RESULTS or TIE INCREASE ~ 1IT >JWrG or
judges.
The election OF additional Supreme Court jus
ticc,. wli, TOOK place list fall ru.el te coriiu
tu0d amendment. vI tnuld uGru leie' to thc
courts Two such Justices have been elected oI te Clty
and County Of New Yor and ono fr cach of tie other
seven districts of tbr state The aJoa expense 10
payers for salaries ETC., Will IL nHy reasonably bee eY
pec1G be- many times retained i'm hc increased facilities
Of the courts Tor the asecon Of thcr business. Ills
is particularly The 10 ti city For Gals in9
nujcr 81 justice, iu this district has been uacu TOR
TIC performance of The necessary judical Wo6 Il has
therefore been necessary for the GoNDIol each le4l to
assign Of the cSperor Court iUac- oi The Com
a0n Pleas judges and Supreme Court Justice :lcl some
other pant oi the State to Judicial duty in the Supreme
Court here In this way Only has il been possible 10 dis
pose in any satisfactory way 81 the upon the cal
eudr. The result however has been 10 cripple to
siderable extent the IRON which These judges
taken and to throw too heavy burden, upon tc remain
Ing Judges. 30 that the benefits ot The increase ci u-
dicial workers viii BE- felt in all these courts.
For number OF successive years the Governors 81
both political parties have continued 10 assign To tie s
prcnc Judge Van Worst the Superior CONT who
is Republican, and Judge LlrcmoIc, ul the Common
Pleas who is a Democrat. This IA, been continued he
OF the general satisfaction they hay" given G te
places to which they have been assigned judge Van
Worst has been painSiaIng industrious. ana most eX
haisye seaTcher after the law bearing upon the que
ton before him Judge LaIcHUr.has mad, Ai- greatest
reputation the equity side OF the court where perhaps
the erayest questions and most important interests are
brought for adjudication. 30 devoted j. hC 10 Bis work
hat he has not missed srcle day il is said from al
pointed judicial abors in the thirteen years That be has
been upon the bench Both these judges viii leave De-
hind them in the supreme Court record Of Impartial and
accurate iucal service that j. well dcmon>i rated hy the
comparative luitqucGcy Of the Instances M which Their
decisions have been reversed by the aIpttaie courts
But win the return OF these judges i4w Obligations
lack cf sufficient number of judges has beca accepted
.atsfartorv evrlonotion NJ the manner and Lnr. of
doing chambers business in those courts. But these
methods such have been considered proper
adequate in the Supreme Court. In the latter court
inlge is always in attendance either in the chambers
courtro0u IN IN tie private chambers. nom O'Clock ia
the morning until IN the afternoon. To him. during
these hos vhcu he i not actually engaged IN the hear
ing Of other motions, lawyers arc Away 1t liberty 10 90
aid rakc pte applications ar even 70 bring on con-
tested motions This IL a matter of considerable mpOr
tance. Circumstances constantly arising at a hours
of the day WHOM 10 preserve rights Of property Of lib
cty il is indispensable that immediate access may, be
had to Judge OF the court IN which cause pending Ia
order that some prov sl0na relief may be obtained II
has been IN recognition OF this that the supreme Court
has uade the arrangement referred TO- although II has
generally rested upon the iatnulneSs OF very few OF
the Judges 70 carry ont In the Common Pleas and su
pcri0r Courts however, there has been reea-
oa. Lawye.s complain that no Judge can ever be found
al the chamber. of either court before 10 O'Clock: IL
more often hall past 10 ana licqH"huy o'clock Ihen
IL IS expected that al e. pGh hns"s Viii be ready TO le
usacted once. II lawyer finds II necessary up
ply for order alter te motion calender las been dis
posed o In All pfoaHy hr WI d,foveF tiat thc lGgr
has either gone home l. locked IN his private chanhcrs
and Is naccrssi ihle Ana even H. ny re ti'ce OF polite
ctical, be coiI1Frs 10 flbe-r MS papers IA ne
fore fbe fudge he j. fortunate f hc does Not nfNc his ap
pllcnflon denied hecHsc he has no opportunity ~ OK
plsn the matter To the Judge oi else 0r hoi meet VIA
T.lnn for not having applied WhrA Tue lu-e WIS ga Toe
bench" II IS seldom ind, ed that julie can be found
these on Saturdays.
fying heaYy burdens, ard y possible mo hey NoHs
nave beeu unable 10 accomplish al their %9fN u me hAs
not protected themselves IN this way against nnarccs-
sny inirision on the eeessnesS Of rios stHains aW
yrcs. Bot wt tie ietuer Of ihf9e Jude - fG-i re a.
pscino CoHt this eI hardly De thS S"se -.d u "oe4~