New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-05
FROM BENCH AND BAR.
GATHERED FROM LAWYERS AND AMONG
THE COURTS

ing the brownstone building in City Hall Park will
be used for the last time this month for the carry
ing on OF the criminal law business OF the county
The building Is strongly constructed and. though
ancient may be used for public purposes for many
years Within It's walls civil or criminal courts
have met for scores OF years. The General ana
Special Terms II the Supreme Court formerly
occupied the main floor OF the building where rar'
III. OF the court and the District Attorneys once
are now situated Brady. O'Conor. Graham and
many other famous lawyers Of past generations
have conducted cases in tnn courts he;D niIs rinh
in It's appointments and containing every con-
venence FOR the orderly care OF papers ana m,
historic associations which make the old structure
an Interesting feature in historic New-fork
THE New-York Law Journal suffered less man
had been first expected from the fire IN the ouuo-
ing in which it, forms were kept Ine JouThdi
was issued every day last week. although few OF
the numbers were delivered a. later hour than
ususl The publishers are TO be congratulated upon
their cool fortune. and the lawyers OF the city 10
whom The journal" has become a necessity VIII
rejclce with them. Serious complications "o1id
have resulted II single number Of The JournaI
had not Len issued Most OF the advertisements
must by law or the orders OF courts be published
AZ stated Intervals. The failure 70 publish an al
vertisement al the appointed time woud Usual, S
made II necessary begin the whole series OF pup
Hcation again. and loss Of time and otner IN.
convenlences would follow The Law Journal a;
the profession and any interruption OF It's usual
work would be misfortune.
Few OF the papers written with the purpose OF tx
fueaclng the members Of the constitutional ConVef'
ton vii. have more influence than that OF whe.
+ Newton Fiero l. the author. The Albany l-a>
Journa" publishes in full Mr.. Fiero's article cone
corning changes In the judiciary article of the Stau
Constitution Mr. Fiero a member OF the Ju'
dietary Commission % 1879. and was one OF the
most successful presidents OF the state Bar Asso-
citation some Of the mos, important OF MI. Fieros
suggestions are that Official referees should oe Sc
.ec,ed before whom equity cases should BE- 'r!ed'
,h,, = verdict OF ten or -even jurors might De
accepted when iwe'v- could not agree IN CIVIL
case that county Judges and snrrog1tes sh1ui NOT
be a.owed to practise law. and hat the General
Term Justices should be eectrd separately Ho'i
the Justices OF the supreme Court who are not
members OF the General Term As 10 the most DIM
cur ouestlon 20 be considered by the judiciary Conn
mi:tee-ihe composition OF the highest appe.'a'e
court-Mr Fero believes tina, the most )uaclous
plan would be moderate Increase in the numo ,ss
" judges OF The court OF Appea.s . .avns ,n
number sitting any one time as az preseh anu
by system Of rotation c5rped WIN &C., " ~ ner
~ appels from orders. enabling NE JUDGES ~ po
form much .arger amount OF ,"orh nan ~ -,
pF:snt Lwo 81 h'e yySsr ass3ciites we're hearing
argumsn,s ana when they returned 10 court otnet
W i risro's v1ws are gsnera.y conservative ard
/ vi. probably have much weight win 'Ae ''e''oe''
u thu convention
The aws OF New-York Tor the session OF 1884
have been published and are IN the hands OF .a"-
yers Tn dlie OF publication Is nea''y TWO MONS
/ ear fer than IN previous years before Inc
/ Tribune began the AZ ;at!on against the de'ays Ny
state ofica.s and pub ishers In preparing the ses
.l,n laws The volumes contain os cnlp'srs, c.
number man at some pr n,rers for some Of the
c.tss ami amsaim@1:s T. acts !ncorpora ll Va:
/ sn',g ~ tvo volumes each containing ABOUT lvo
/ pages The number OF unmportant or peeu''ir
/ statutes is smaller than usua"
The list of changes OF names contained IN 'he
socond volume Of the session shows the usual
desire on the part OF those having Russian OF ro'-
Ish names to change them for others less peouhar'
The name OF Smith appears 10 be popular among
those having foreign names which they desire 10
! change on the other hand. one smith desires ~
have his middle name consolidated with MS fanny
! name so that he becomes instead OF hu"a,'
Chestre Smith Mr.. Chestresmith Some OF the
one OF the most noteworthy changes Is tna he o.,
Thomas Qugley who sine ,amtar appeilation OF
Thomas O Seabrooke. The makers Oh uiIs.. nj,
r rstoice in the fact that the names which
have been modified by the acts OF tne Cnsnwskv
Jaskulk Kadvschewitz. Kosteztky. Mishkoows,ky'
rodwersky P arinsKy and Otto
he family name assumed by the bearers OF '"'
| last mentioned. unpronounceap'e cos"o'"e"'
While many bar associations are now preparing
for their annual meeting In this country the '''o'
B I'm England competing tHfH P'""' 49,
bar association. The decadence OF the Inns VI
court may in part account for the desire 10 secure
a representative association of the attorneys "e
! solictors have long been united III n ""
which now includes In It's membership o"S-ai ~
/ the solicitors whose Office addresses are 49,"
| Tho Bar Association will start under 'he ms
favorable auspices as Sir Henry 'a"eS' ~
| pIchard Webster Sir John Rgbv. and many others
~ the leading lawyers OF the country nave ""
active in the attempts TO organize me par i"s
/ incorporated Law Society does an extremely var
liable o o w9Tk N Hs and complants
against those who misappropriate LUIS ~ ~ IN.
nroSsssIon Tho proposed Bar Association VIII
probably NOT have at prSsen, w "a socety has over
,he sor,tors but IL will probably in time perform
almost as usefnl WORK
Suggestions as TO vacation reading FOR lawyers
come from many sources. THE Iowa Law bule'"
contains long ist Of books interesting 20 ia"ye's
which they might lake their summer tr'p"'
,,org ,,vels suggested are some OF D.ckens's
ps,de.s and Rulwer's Warren's Ten Thousand
Year" properly heads he LIST. TIE aw OF DICKENS
Reaje and Warren j. usually correct ou' IT,"
some other OF the novels suggs''ed-euc" d" -,
Naaso,.s Vrr' and THE Leavanworth case the
amour, o. instruction obr1ned>bv the average nw-
YER would no; be great II may b. doubted wn-,me r
- W. FOR their vacation reading novels and otner
,igh, literature In which aw points are au,S, ,L:
i Men ,hSHshts far away from their usuai STUDIES
instead of having their briefs server up h ~ ~
and the humorous literature for tner n1u,s "a "a
leisure The works OF Won Hoist. Moptesphmv , S'
Maine are Included in one suggested .ist, puI IL
LAWYER is to take them for vacation reading
wo,,b nrob,by be az vel contentei to STUDY tns
renrrs Of S.ckels and Hun In his own ONE ns'esa
OF taking vacation with the consnu'o"a' h'
tcrians.
Law Book News" which az the beginning 'nie,'
ened 70 be .arge;y an advertising med-um Tor '',
! a., vh,c, n,h.lshes IT, has become. by severai
changes an interesting and valuable peri9a,ss lions
Contains the reviews Of important sw pSss.oss II
, as, collects many notes. vaiuaoie VI
to lawyers