The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-26
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES.
Lawyers Opposed to Their Creation
Still There Is Too Much
Work.

Lawyers receive the proposition to In
crease the number of Judges which Is be-
ing so eagerly doomed in Essex, with diff
ferent feelings. They are by no means
a unit on the subject. Some believe that
all the Judges of the Supreme Court are
overworked, others believe some are over
worked Il still others believe they have
not work enough. In the last mentioned
class is Judge L~ippincott, who has just
been appointed a Supreme Court Justice.
There is probably no man on the bench
who SO thoroughly knows the amount OF
work done in the Hudson Giro nit as
Judge Lippiucott. For five years he was
Presiding Judge of the Common Pleas
and for the last year he has tried at least
one half of the Circuit cases: | asked
Judge Lippincott yesterday If he thought
he should have aid in his Circuit, and he
replied In an emphatic way that he did
not.
1--WE have,n said he, always kept up
with the work here, and have not allowed
it to accumulate. The business done In
this Circuit is as great as chat done in any
in the State. We do not need any adj
ditional judges here"
-FOUR MORE SUPREME COURT JUDGES.
Ex-Mayor Collins of the firm OF Collins
g. Corbin, said:-'I don't favor the plan
Of creating Circuit Court judges or adj
ditional law judges In the Common Pleas.
The duties of a judge in the Circuit
Court are just as important as fnase IN
the Supreme Court, but if the Circuit
Court Judges are appointed, l Tear we
won't have men of the same high grade
as we now have. Judges Of the Supreme
Court are assigned Circuits now,
and they are all men OF
the highest grade. Lawyers like
them would refuse the appointment to
the inferior position of Circuit Conrt
Judge, should such an Office be created.
| believe to create the position would be
to deteriorate the standing OF the Bench.
I believe that the Circuits OF Judge LIP
pfncott, Judge Depue and Judge CARR
son have too much work for the Judges
and | would be in favor of increasing the
Supreme Court by four more Judges.
This would give rs all the relief we need
and at the same time would guarantee us
rood men for Judges. There is NO doubt
but that the Court of Chancery is over
worked"
Counsellor William H. Corbin was pres
ent when Mr.. Collins expressed his opin-
ION and he coineided with his partner fn
every particular.
IN HUDSON N ESSEX.
Ex-Judge Garretson said In reply to
nv ipouiry:-"There seems to be plenty
of work for the Judges in Hudson and
Essex counties, but | do not think addi-
rional Judges. such az are contemplated
are a necessity. If there is too much
| work in this and Essex county it could
be lighteued hy having some OF the lesser
worked Judges hold Court here. Some
| of the Supreme Court Judges have but
little work to do and if they could be as
signed to relieve the hard-worked coun-
ties that would be all that is needed.
The nine Judges of the Supreme court
can do all the work required of them,
but it should be differently divided"
Ex-Judge John A. Blair said:-"l don't
favor the proposition to create Circuit
Court Judges, or additional Law Judges
in the Common Pleas. There is no press
ing necessity for such creations. The
Judges are not over worked"
The circuits of the nine Supreme Court
Judges are in counties as fo1lows:-Reed,
Atlantic, Cape May. Cumberland; Dixon.
Bergen aud P~assaic; Garrison. Burlington,
Camden aud Gloucester; Depue, Essex;
Lippincott. Hudson; Scudder, Hunterdon
aud Mercer; Beasley, Middlesex and
Monmouth; Magic. Morris, Somerset and
Sussex: Van Syckle, Ocean aud Union.