St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-03
ADDITIONAL ST. PAUL NEWS.
REASON OF THE DELAY.
Why Gases Are Not Sooner De.
cided by the District Judges
Legal Briefs.

Almost every day complaints are
made of the length of time which the
judges of the district court take to de-
eide the cases which are tried before
Them. Several cases in which the testi-
mony was submitted from four to
eighteen months ago are cited by the
complainants, and the litigants are still
anxlously waiting for judicial deter
mlnation of their legal disputes. In
many cases the Judges are most Sc
Eereiy criticised for what seems like in
excuSable delay, and many argue that
III majority of cases the failure to
promptly render decision works as
defeat OF Justice. Upon its face this
would seem to be so and the judges
greatly to blame; and these same people
who are loudest in their COM
plants have an idea when they
appear before judge with their attor-
ney and witnesses and the testimony
IS submitted to the court, the only thing
that remains for the court to do is to
write decision. This, however, is an
erroneous impression. In almost every
case the attorneys for the respective
parties. after they have submitted their
testimony, make an agreement that they
VIII submit briefs, or their law argu-
ments, to the court. The plaintiffs at
torney generally takes twenty days to
make up his brief, and the defendants
attorney then takes twenty days longer
10 prepare his answer to the same. The
plaintiffs attorney become buSily en-
gagged in considering other business. and
Instead of putting in his brief in twenty
days, postp0neS it for several months.
or until he is reminded by a note, or
probably several notes, from the Judge,
that his brief has not yet been sub
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has to be similarly handled by the
Judge in order TO induce him 10 furnish
the legal argument in reply to the one
furnished by the plaintiff 5 attorney. If
the Judge Is successful in inducing the
respective attorneys to attend to their
business, lie finally considers and de-
cideS the case. During all this time the
suffering iiugants are expressing their
minds in most emphatic terms on the
subject, the SlothfulneSs of the judges.
AS matter of fact the fault, in large
proportion of the cases, is entirely due
to the neglect of their own paid serv-
ants. 1t is fact well known to the Of
fcerS of the court. that there are many
cases now in the hands of the Judges
undecided that were submitted several
years ago, simply awaiting the legal
arguments Of the attorneys who were
engaged by their clients to try and argue
the cases. all efforts to induce them to
submit their briefs having proved I'M
availing. This goes to show that the
life of district judge is not happy
one.
LEGAL BRIEFS.
a. h. D0ering, who was arrested
Tuesday evening for passing counter
felt money. was given hearing before
Commissioner McCafferty yesterday and
discharged.
Charleston, the colored man who is
wanted in Cauada for forgery, was
brought before the United States COM
missioner yesterday. his ease being con-
unued until this morning.
The Chicago. Milwaukee q st. Paul
Railway company has notified Attorney
General Clapp. through General Solici-
tor Carey. OF that road, that it will ap-
peal the Owat0nna milk case to the
United States supreme court.
Wallace ". Thomas has brought suit
against the Security Investment COM
pany ct al. to quit title to lot ). block 8,
BaZille & Guerin'S addition.
The grand jurors were sworn yester-
terdaY and charged by the court and
went out to deliberate and investigate
The special venire of five grand Jurors
TO complete the panel is as follows:
William Il. Marshall. Charles Kettel-
son. Lane X. Stone. Charles Michaud
and Matthias Koch.
The court yesterday appointed
Thomas a. Abbot foreman of the grand
jury.