Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-02-10
Court and Jury, Law and Law
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Court and Jury, Law and Law
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Goo. w. Merrick, Esq, in Wellsboro, Pa.
AgitatOr.
| ask space for few articles OF
the above topics without,so far as
know, any main purpose in doing so
unless the pleasure anticipated il
the writing and the possible interest
Others may take in the reading be
such purpose. 1t it be said this il
not the highest purpose, j,
may still be thought per
missible one; and should it Tighten
an occasional leisure hour for the
writer it will repay him; whether i,
will do go for the reader-he must
take the chances.
Many an incident in Court, a wit
ty remark from the bench, sharp
shooting between counsel, some strik.
ing phase of u trial, happy hit in ex-
animation quick retort from wit.
ness, telling anecdote, strong appeal
or blilliant argument,-unless gather
cd up and saved ia some way, all
these fade from the memory and are
soon forgotten To recall and sketch
as well as may be with q somewhat
unused pen these fieeitng scenes and
impressions. among other things, not
to forget old things already saved, it
is thought to do; but without claim
to originality in matter or manner
Anything coming to hand which will
serve, of thought or sentiment, fact,
fancy or story. will be used without
always stopping to credit the author
ship.
The Law, written and unwritten,
is the Science of order and justice.
Human society is built up by the
and cross-plav of mutual and diverse
interests; and Law, in a word, is the
Science which reconciles and regula.
tes the clash of conflicting interests,
not only in the relation of individuals
and groups to each other, but in their
relation to the state And as the stu.
dent observes this intricate maze of
manifold interests and relations and
notes the order and harmony which
the law has evolved out of conflict
and confusion, he begins to see glimp-
ses or outlines of the science which
will continue to discover unsuspected
truth and beauty to him so long as be
remains it's student.
1t is well for the law student that
be cannot, during his novltiate. real
ze the magnitude of his task;
otherwise he might be deferred from
undertaking it. But learning by de-
grees the immensity of the fields
which open mp to research, be be-
comes fixed in his profession before
learning much of the dimensions of
his undertaking, and must perforce 60
on Fully equipped, such student, to
begin with, should have a high order
of intellect, a broad grasp of mind
He should have collegiate educa-
ton; be must have O fair education
1t is wrong to any young man to
urge him to undertake the law short
of this. He may, by native force and
application, succeed signally with out
classical education, but without =
good English education he will al
ways feel his limitations and seldom
reach distinction in his calling
The standard for admission to the
bar in this district has in recent years
been considerably raised, and the re-
suit is observable 10 the superior at
tainments and standing of many men,
bers of The junior bar. The writer
has served twelve years upon the Ex-
amining Committee, and can speak
with knowledge of the brilliant exam
nations of many of the younger mem.
bers of the bar. Once in while, of
course. there is one W no fails to" make
the rifle" and of such an instance |
have case in mind. The applicant
was of a hopeful and confident tenn
permanent, and was before us for the
second time. Confidence is said to
be plant of slow growth, but in some
breasts it has a phenominal growth;
and il is not always the child of
knowledge, for it grows less as we
more fully appreciate what we don't
know; and this latter condition in
creases as our intellectual horizon ex.
pands. In this case a number of easy
questions received problematical an
swers. The following are given as
q sample:
1--WE now give you a suppositive
question, but you are to deal with it
as if it were true: If eeven is one fourth
of twenty, what is one-half of TWEEN.
ty?"
He dropped his meditating head
into his hand, where it rested SEEM
ingly o full minute, when suddenly
raising it, he said
"That's not fair question"
I Not a fair question; how so?"
because you don't give me any.
thing to start from!'
"Well, We'll give you something
to start from. Suppose | should say,
We should have went to tea before
this examination began. Would
that be correct? INSTANTLY the an
swer came: Yes that is correct, but
it is not 80 elegant as if
you bad said, We ought to have went
to tea before this examination begun /"
Additional point is given to this
when it is stated the applicant bad
been school teacher. he thought
the Committees standard too high.
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