The evening world., 1894-02-06
|STINER GOT ANGRY.
He Thinks He and the Other
Justices Are Sadly Abused.
Calls Or. Parkhurst a Crank and
Defends His Colleagues.
Incidentally He Helps G~oldfogle In
Clearing His Calendar.

The exposure made by The Evening
4 WORLD of the loose methods in vogue
In the civil courts of this city has had
4 salutary effect. Evils are being hur-
/ riedly remedied. and the justices are
rushing things so as to get their Calen-
4 dars clea- and make as good a showing
as possible.
In the Eighth District Civil Court.
which has jurisdiction over the Six
teenth and Twentieth Wards, the court
Is al 200 West Twenty-second street.
The Justice is Joseph II. Stiner, who
has something of a reputation as n police
court lawyer. Some idea of Justice
l Stiner's callbre can be CLEANED from a
speech he made from the bench yester-
day when DIR. Parkhurst's Society.
through a tenant. made complaint
against the landlord of an alleged dis
orderly house in West Fortieth street.
Il want 1t distinctly understood, said
the Justice, land 1 wan 1t recorded, not
only in the minutes of this court. but in
the columns of the newspapers, that |
do snot consider this Parkhurst Society
q society for the prevention or crime.
on the contrary, ! look upon 1t as a
society for the propagation OF ,cranks,
. and with all due respect. l think Or.
Parkhurst a crank. / nave no hesitation
whateyer in dismissing this complaint
Although he holds court only twice
ZACH Tuesdays and Fridays
Il Justice Stiner says he is at his court
every morning at 2 o'clock, and remains
there until 6 o'clock In the afternoon
He says Tuesday, and Fridays are ms ns
and Thursdays his return days
There are to-day about eighty cases
pending In Justice Stiner''s court. Mr.;
btiner had the distinguished honor OF
Il aittinR In two courts yeSterday-the
Eighth and the Fifth.
Justice Goldfogle. smarting under the
sent FOR Justice stiner yesterday to help
him dispose of the cases that had piled
up in the Clinton Street, Court. Mr..
qoldfogle held court downstairs, while
/ MI, Stiner presided in n room above.
Mr.. Stiner was angry over the exposure
made by THE Evening World and was
loud In the defense of his colleagues
Mr.. Stiner, a remarkably hard working
and sanity lot. There are no abuses or
evils Of any kind In the civil courts. and
Mr.. stiner cannot understand why SO
many. citizens complain of the methods
practised. Mr.. Stiner has only been a
Justice since Jan. 1.
The Ninth District Court. which has
Twelfth Ward. is at 40 East One Hun.
Joseph p. Fslion. who Presides there
The Ninth is the Harlem Court, and has
the most gorgeous apartments In the
new Harlem Courthouse. There Ii not
better equipped civil court in New
York than this, from point Of location
M conveniences |EE
Justice FaIlon holds court but twice
each 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 80 slow that the
waiting lawyers sometimes get impatient
and cav without getting a hearing.
The Tenth District Civil Court, at One
Hundred and FIfty-eighth street and
Third avenue, gets all the cases of the
\ Annexed District.
william G.. McCrea, an attorney at 81
Chambers street. is the Justice there.
He has fewer cases to adjudicate than
any other of the District Court Justices.
most OF the residents Of the Twenty
4 third and Twenty-fourth wards owning
their W 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 the
Twenty-second' Ward and a part of the
Twenty-frst Ward. and Is at 9l9 Eighth
avenue.
Justice James A.. O'Gorman. who pre-.
sides over this court, has a law office al
y 206. Broadway. There are about eighty
cases now pending in Justice O'Gorman's
court. and like other uptown district
courts. things move slowly. This may be
due to a scarcity of business. Justice
o'Gorman holds court three times a
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