New-York tribune., 1890-06-27
PREPARING FOR JUDICIARY REVISION
DELIBERATIONS OF TIE COMMITTEE on
SUPERIOR CITY COURTS.

DELIBERATIONS OF TIE COMMITTEE ON
SUPERIOR CITY COURTS.
The Committee on Superior City Courts of the
Judiciary Convention met at cX-Surrogatc Rolnss
Office No. 81 Nasssu-st yesterday afternoon and took
important action Ia formulating recommendations TO
be made to the Convention when 1t meets i'll Albahy
early In August. All 1.-THE members OF the committee
except william B Hornblower were present, and ne
sent communication embodying his ideas as TO what
ought 70 DO with the superior city courts Those
present were Daniel G Rollins, chairman: Z. F. shepard
Franklin Bartlett George q. Reynolds, Thomas t.
PearsaU aud william c. Greene. OF the SIX men
present five seemed TO be opposed To the ideas put
forward by Mr. Shepard.
AS soon as the meeting called to order, Joseph
II. Choate addressed the members on the supreme
Court and superior city courts generally. Mr. Choate
strongly advocated consolidation Of the Court Of
Common Pleas OF New York County with the superior
Court Of this city and the supreme Court Of the First
District According TO Mr.. Choatcs plan, there would
be only one general term, which would have the
power 10 assign judges TO the different departments as
occasion required.
When Mr. Choate had finished speaking Mr.. shepard
offered a resolution providing for the consolidation Of
the City Court OF Brooklyn. the Court Of Common
Pleas Of NeNg-Yor County the superior Court of TINS
o.ty and the superior Court Of Buffalo with the
supreme Court. This motion lost only Mr..
Shepard voting in the Affirmative. Mr. shepard IN
lnedlatSiN OuclCS duOtHcf resolution to-
sodation Of the Court Of Common Pleas of New orl,
County and the superior Court of this city with the
Supreme Court OF the First District. The same fate
befell this resolution the former one.
Then Mr.. Bartlett moved the adoption Of the plan
advocated by Mr.. HOrnbowcr, which was 10 abolish
tile superior Court OF this city, assigning three Of the
Judges sitting in that court 10 the Court Of
Common Pleas, and three to the supreme Court oi
the First District This motion also lost.
The resolution which finally adopted was nitro
hy Mr.
of Common Pleas Of New-York County and uit
Superior Coprt of this city shall remain practically
as they now, with the exception that they shall
have general terms, and all appeals shall go TO thC
General Term Of the supreme Court 1mS General
Term shall have among It's members one Judge from
each Of the other two courts. who shall be selected
BY the judges OF each court.
Mr. shepard then came forward w5ih another rcsolu
ton providing that the judges OF the City Court Of
York should be made judges OF the supreme Cour
and that the Caty Court should be abolished.
The idea - exclaimed MP. Rollins. Better make
District Court judges OF them instead" he continued
Nr. shepard thonght that that would be good
idea perhaps but he put the resolution 10 vote and
again he was the only voting IN the Affirmative.
resolution then offered by Mr.. Greene anC
carried. recommending the abolshDent Of the City
Court OF Buffalo.
The committee adjourned to meet at the same pac'
on next Wednesday st IL a. IN.