The evening world., 1894-02-06
STTNER GOT ANGRY.
He Thinks He and the Other
Justices Are Sadly Abused.
Calls Or. aParkhurst a Crank and
Defends His Colleagues.
Incidentally He Helps Goldfogle In
Clearing His Calendar.

The exposure made by THE Evening
World" OF the loose methods In vogue
In the civil courts Of this city has had
a salutary effect. Evils are being hur-
riedly remedied, and the Justices are
rushing things 50 as to get their calen-
dars clea- and make as good n showing
as possible.
IN the Eighth District Civil Court.
which has jurisdiction over the SIX
teenth and Twentieth Wards, the court
Is at 900 West Twenty-second street.
The Justice Is Joseph II. Stlner, who
has something of a reputation as n police
court lawyer. Some idea of Justice
Stiner's cali5re can be CLEANED from a
speech he made from the bench yester-
day when DR.. Parkhurst's Society.
through q tenant, made complaint
against tie landlord of an alleged dis
orderly house in West Fortieth street.
II want It distinctly understood" said
the Justice, and 1 want 1t recorded, not
only In the minutes of this court, but in
the columns of the newspapers, that l
do not consider. this Parkhurst Society
q society FOR the prevention or crime.
society for the propagation of .cranks,
and With all due respect, think pr.
Parkhurst q crank. l have no hesitation
whnssxer IN e, alsm Sa,sI so .his e conn tw,ce
each week-on Tuesdays and Fridays
Justice Stiner says he is at his court
every morning at 9 o'clock, and remains
there until 8 o'clock in the afternoon.
He says Tuesdays and Fridays are his
"trial' days, and Mondays, Wednesdays
and thursdays his return days"
There are to-day about eighty cases
stiner had the distinguished honor of
sitting in two courts yesterday-the
Eighth and the Fifth,
charges made by "The Evening World"
sent for Justice Stiner yesterday to help
him dispose of the cases that had piled
up in the Clinton Street Court. Mr..
MIR. Stiner presided In a room above.
MFR. Stiner was angry over the exposure
made by THE Evening World n was
loud. in the defense of his colleagues
Mr.: Stiner. a remarkably Woodworking
and sanity lot. There are no abuses or
evfis OF any kind in the civil courts, and
Mr.. Stiper cannot understand why 50
many citizens complain of the methods
practised. Mr.. Stiner has only been a
Justice since Jan. l.
The Ninth District Court, which has
Twelfth Ward. is at 40 East One Hun.
Joseph p. Fslion. Who Presides there
IIaS ~ w OilCe Ut ios ENuSShu stTttt
The Ninth is the Harlem Court. and ha
the most gorgeous apartments In the
new Harlem Court-House. There IL not
= better equipped civil court in New
York than this, from point of location
and conveniences. r..
Justice Fallon- holds court but twice
zach week. on Tuesdays and Fridays
and now has LEO cases on the calendar
Attorneys. who practise in the Ninth
consider Justice Fallon slow and easy
going. His court Is so slow that the
waiting lawyers sometimes get impatient
and leave without getting n hearing.
The Tenth District Civil Court, at One
Hundred and FIfty-eighth street and
Third avenue. gets all the cases of the
Annexed District.
WiTilpm q. McCrea. an attorney at 81
Chambers street. Is the Justice there.
He has fewer cases to adjudtcate than
IN other of the District Court Justices,
most Of the residents of the Twenty
third and Twenty-fourth wards owning
their own homes. Consequently dis.
possess cases are rare.
The Eleventh District Civil Court
which completes the list of civil courts
In New York. has jurisdiction over tn.
Twenty-second Ward and a part Of tn.
Twenty-frst Ward. and Is at 9l9 Eight
avenue
Justice James A. O'Gorman, who pre-,
sides over this court, has a law office a
20S Broadway. There are about eighty
cases now pending In Justice O'Gorman',
court, AND like other uptown district
courts, things move slowly. This may bt
due, to q scarcity OF business. Justice
UGorman holds cour three times II
week.