Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-03-14

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Butler, "went away without thrash
ing, the remembrance of which would
last him a lifetime" He soon made
up his losses, and at the end OF three
mo nths had more pupils than when he
began.
During all this time he devoted six
hours day to the study Of law. At
the September. 1s40, term of the
court OF Common Pleas, Judge Charles
Henry Warren presiding, he was ad-
mitted in the usual way; that is, after
mere form Of examination, but in a
way that was eminently Butlerian.
And this is how he tells it:
As the law then stood, il student
had slept in lawyers office for three
years, claiming that he was studying
law, and his teacher would give him
certificate that be had done so, he
could be admitted to the bar as mats
ter of course. But il the student had
passed any less time in lawyers
office, he had to be subjected to an ex-
animation by judge of the higher
courts before he could be admitted.
Mr.. Smith made an application for
me to the judge for admission upon
examination, stating that he though.
| could pass the examination. The
Judge appointed an early hour that
evening, at his lodging, for me TO ap>
pear to be examined. He received
me very kindly, and asked me when
and where l graduated. and what |
had done since. To all of this l an.
swered, saying only that had been
attending to the law for two years,
with the exception of three months that
l had been engaged in teaching. lie
then asked me what text books ! had
read. l told him. He said, "You
have read very few text books" That
was too true to be d. MED. He said
that he thought I had better read q
year longer, and that he would advise
me so TO do. l said | was very much
obliged TO him, and thought l had
better read five years longer, but the
difficulty was did not see how l
could get the means to do it. He said
under the circumstances unless in-
sisted, he would rather not examine
me. l said to him that it was neces.
sary that should be examined, If
! were fit to enter the profession, and il
= | were not he would soon show me
$ wherein l was deficient, and if il
e woull not trouble him too much
S desired the examination. He said
"Very WE'LL" aud began q series o.
e questions upon the practice of the
!. law. He supposed | had no know)
e edge of this, and thought he could
g easily convince me that | ought te
n have some. Bat the tuition that
e had got from my friend, Judge Locke
IS was too much for him. That part o
y the law | knew betr~r than some gen
e tlemen who had been III practice fol
T. years.
'r remember that among the ques
e tions he asked was this: "If you hat
deed to prove in court where bott
!, the maker and subscribing wi,nes
u were dead, how would you prove it?'
answered at once: "By calm!
A somebody who knew the handwrit,n!
of the subscribing witness and provin!
his handwriting"
He said to me: "Why not prov
a the handwriting of the maker?"
~ because the subscribing witness,
70 was my reply" twas called as sor
'e Of attestor, and, therefore, we prov
"a the signature OF the subscribing wi,
y, y. ness and not the maker s."
:, :" He continued that kind of exami
!, nation which related to the prac.ic
,r in courts, saving to me that that wa
:, thing l should feel myself most il
=. need of. This continued for yer
y long space of time, it seemed to me
A. but suppose about the space of Al
hour"
- He then put me this question: 4"
~ sec you have always been in cour
=, while have been here holding SEES
i, sion, apparently attending TO tn
- cases as they go on. Do you undt
" stand the proeeeding>?'
- 81 try to do so, Sir, and think ! d
- understand some of them at least"
'e "Well," he said, tive sat li,tl
i. later than usual to>night, and oh
it served that you remained there unit
the case was finished"
:, "Yes, SIR"
"Will YOU state to me, in your ow
," wav. what that case was, and tn
o. ruling of the cour,?"
ID answered: "That case was a sui
ly brought by the indorsee of a promissor
ar note against the maker. The defenc
was that the maker was an infant,
- e., under twenty-one years of agt
or when he made it. The answer
~ that WAS that after he became twenty
of one years of age, when it WAS pre-