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
World" OF the loose methods in vogue
in the civil courts of his city has had
n salutary effect. Evils an being hur-
riedIy remedied. and the Justices are
rushing things so as to get their Calen-
dars clea- and make as good "A howIng
as possible.
In the Eighth District Civil Court,
which has jurisdiction over the SIX
teenth and Twentieth Wards, the court
is at 200 West Twenty-second street
The Justice is Joseph II. Stiner, VINO
has something Of a reputation as a police
court lawyer. Some Idea OF justice
Sinners calibre can be CLEANED from II
speech he made from the bench yester-
day when DR.. Parkhurst's Society,
through a tenant. made complaint
against tie landlord OF an alleged as
orderly house in West Fortieth street.
81 want it distinctly understood" said
the Justice, land ! wan 1t recorded, not
only In the minutes Of this court, but III
the columns OF the newspapers. that l
do not consider this Parkhurst society
a society for the prevention Of crime.
ON the contrary, ! look upon II az Il
society for the propagation or cranks'
and with all due respect. thlIik ior;
n 1aTknuTSt a claim -"
whatever in dismissing this complaint.
Although he holds court only twice
each week-on Tuesdays n FRIDAYS
Justice Stiner says he Is at his court
every morning at Q o'clock. and remains
there until ) o'clock In the afternoon.
He says Tuesdays and Fridays are his
trial, days. n Mondays' Mennesnays
There are to-day about eighty cases
pending in Justice Stincr's court. Mr..
Stiner had the distinguished honor or
sitting In two courts YESTERDAY the
Eighth and the Fifth.
charges made by The Evening World"
sent for Justice stiner yesterday to hell,
up In the Clinton Street Court. MT.
Goldfogle held court downstairs, while
Mr.. Stiner presided in u room above
MI. Stiner was angry over the exposure
made by 'The Evening World and va
loud in the defense of mis- colleagues
on the bench. They ale, according I"
Mr.: StiEer. a r~emarkabiy hnrd-"nrkihs
and sanity lot. There ere no abuses az
evils OF any kind in the civil courts, and
Mr.. Stiner cannot understand why 81
man, citizens complain of the methods
practised. Mr.. Stiner has only been Il
Justice since Jan. J. .,. 49,
The Ninth District Court, which has
Jurisdiction over he laii!e part OF IN
Twelfth Ward. is at 40 Fast one run
dred and Twenty-iirst street. Justice
Joseph j. lTallon, who ureSiles there
has a law office at 10. Nassau street
Z The Ninth Is the Harlem court. ana hi'
the most gorgeous apartments IN th'
new Harlem court-EouSr, There ~. no
a better equipped civil cr"rt. In New
York than this, from point OF location
and conveniences.
Justice Fallon holds court but twice
zach week. on Tuesdays and Fridays
and now has $50 cases on tn" cAirndhr
Attorneys who practise In the Nm
consider Justice Fallon slow u easy
going. His court ~ " slow that the
waiting lawyers sometimes get imLnti"n
and leave without getting a hrnrins.
The Tenth District tlvi Court. at ON
Hundred and Flfty-eighth street an,
Third avenue, gets all the cases Of th'
Annexed District.
William O.. McCrea. an attorney at .
Chambers street, Is the Justice there
any other Of the District court n~jstices
most OF the residents of the Twenty
third and TwenH-fourth wards ownin'
their own homes. Consequently dis
POSSESS cases are rare.
The Eleventh District tiNil Court
which completes the list OF Civil court
In New York. has jurisdiction over III
Twenty-second Ward and n part Of tn
Twenty-irst Ward, and IL at "is Eight
avenue.
"A Justice James 4. DG .rman. who pre-
sides over this court. has Il law office Il
205 Broadway. Th-re are about eight
cases now pending In Justice bGurman'
court. and Ike uther uptown dlStrio
courts. things move slowly. This may h
due to a scarcity If business. Justtc
O'Gcrman holds court three times
weak.