New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-29

Tor ten years, ana Tor nearly as ION, II 'hhe P'c-
viously had been United states District Judge for
the Northern District of New York. lie became
Circuit Judge when Judge Blatchford was promoted
to the United States supreme Court bench. lie Is
in many respects the opposite OF Judge Blatchford'
though both Of them have the high regard OF prac;
arriving quickly at the point OF case, and this
faculty Is especially valuable in patent cases. Most
C CO. e Before sTs judge Wsace and his decisions
involving millions Of dollars have been MIN
s Courts an fs sSsSR'J judge Wallace one q lie
SI pp an% nG 0 psfTSna n q S Make n
d favorte in social meetings OF members OF the par;
His tall, straight figure and cearcgt features; SET
p Pc judge give him dlgniaed nppearanee,; lie
is the bench the model OF presiding Ius'iee %
one OF the highest courts OF the land
An additional room has been secured for the
February term OF the Court OF Common Pleas. ms
and all tho courtrooms regularly assigned for the use
Of that court will be occupied by the Common f1eas
Judges Several OF the Judges have been occupied
for the present month with General Term work, ana
tho calendar in that department OF the court has been
wal cleared. The Court OF Common fieas III auuiuon
to its regular work has important functions as az
has been ndustriously engaged in General Term work
having taken Judge Giegechs place az ahe d,nns
term and being regularly assigned 10 .ne Aualuoais
Gener Term Tor February 30 ana tne Mafcn whpss
Tine % regular Sns
Chief Judge Daily GIessreh and BOoSa Sss
, 70 s a nd Pryor e
Chambers and Special Term. 49,
tn. un.n,mou. .Eo7al BY members of the pro-
fession Of the remarha bill for lesisaatns members
Of the senate or Assembly into the ranks OF the legal
profession without inquiry to their legal knowledge
or character seems to have effectively disposed OF tnat
unique proposition. Not one word IN approval ~
measure has been said by lawyers or legal gourhais
nd New York LAWYERS are to be congratulated that
the mailing Of the members OF me oar 10y s hoa Who
lation has chance OF success Even W.. ~
would be benefited by such a law have; with ie~
exceptions expressed their opposition 10 IT,
II is easy to criticise a lawyer who has lost case
lint tho friends OF Carlyle W. Harris have shown niue
discretion In the attempts which they have pupnciy
made IN discredlt the attorneys who defended hi'
~ Trayers Jerome the young lawyer VINO mainly
conducted tho examination OF witnesses, had de.
fsrysdy high rspuFs %%n as Po O Of the
Harris case considered as remaikapy a ne Il
anic and ,ncisive as an no one could nave
more thoroughly ascertained Just what ,e xcnn,i"n
Which could have assisted the defence on an appeas
in the was taken me % fart. alleged by the
n, PROSECUTION could be successfully denied ana 'ns
only question was as to wHsisr ' Strong to war
rant conviction The attempt by letter Yer %r Icness
nure the attorney who wore dnnt and at the same
Time TO obtain through manufactured " pubc oph,,om,
favorable decision from and 'Inge spe Incidents
connected with this unusual case.
The latest new law periodical Is that issued oy INC
Northwestern Law College OF chicago, an insu'u'on
hch hos all The bgnessr OF the Western Metropolis
having among its lecturers one or TWO Assoca.e Jus
,,cs ~ ,he United States Supreme Court the tn'eo
states Circuit and District Judges. the soheitorI,en.
era OF the United states ana Or fhse states The
most interesting article In the hr1t nm no proessor
Northwestern Law ,b KeY nsw school on esameniary
cspacity as Affected by Contract lie reviews ' no
interesting series OF eases arising V vnl ta by making
SUBSEQUENT Wills dispcsng OF the property al, that
way Professor Abbott arrives az nSerered With by
The making OF a contract to leave property d III y,
but that nr SIT n that W Way n follows
that the Probate Court must Ordinarily ad av the
later viii when 1t + properly executed ana eave .ae
pe ,sr Hi ACHIEVED by the to devise the property
In accordance with the contract TO h a tf Is one q
the most popular OF the younger law professors: He
was until a few years ago practising m~ys r ~
Boston, and was 81 MrSigsn Ills lectures
zine articles Show the same clear reasoning anu '''0
full literary expression.
| rh. nootrv OF lawyers-in spite OF the showing
! made in the Judicial Anthology pubished III Ine
| Green Bags not usually OF high order' ine
| latest law journals contain Few speomehs' seheiS
| NOT ahove the average. ID. L. Cady, In 1.-The Gen.
trail Law Journal" versifes one OF the "origha
,aorooo- cases I'm a metre supposed to resemble that
| ., Jopcfelow's lIiawatha." Alter reiauhg ws
seizure OF some rer shipped by Peoria brewers, inc
decision OF the lower court, and the appear Oh 'he
hrowers TO the United States Supreme Court ne says'
| There the sachem Of the big court.
| With his dark and long mustaches,
Many without the twee~rs'
once again reversed the Judgment
And decided for the Lelsys,
| Saving that the power to manage
| Commerce mong the States ana req meas
| BY the Constitution vests in
| Congress and state can have IT,
| Saving that all OF wet goods,
| Subjects are OF trade and commerce.
| And so on through a number OF lines otcishany
| relieved with n bit Of numor L. u L." III ias
London Law Times" has some verse Win more hiean'
Ing. entitled Professional Etiquette lie tells oil inc
| numerous means which lawyer sometimes adopts 70
bring his name before the public, ana when are NOT
Considered unproiessiona In spite of the objections 70
| advertising. lie continues
You msy cit upon the Council;
| You may be the Mayor,
| You may take chair at meetngA
| And may talk OF lawyers there's
You may 20 public meetings.
And, replying for the law,
| Tell them complicated stories.
OF the cases that you saw,
| II your names upon a sale BILL
| You may It any SIZE
But you mustn't, really mustns.
| No. you mustn't advertise
Sir Frederick Pollock, the English law writer, q
perhaps the best OF these rhymers on legal technical
subjects and his paraphrases OF some OF me cases
are decidedly rhythmIca One OF his pleasant stanxas
is In referring 10 an English case Wnere catue nad
been sezed by land owners when they broke into hia
field from the highway, but damages were not recov-
cred because there proof that the cattle were
| .passing, along the highway:
The right Is to pass, and re-pass alone,
| Free and fair Is the Kings highway.
| And that your pleadcr should we'll have known,
| Whose fault has lost you this Cause to-day.
| Irving Browne and few others make practice o.
but frequently the same idea would have been more
gcousy put In ordinary prose, and the unevee
rhymes have painful sound.