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do with the charges, and Mr.. Linson stopped
him. Mr.: Phillips made an Inaccurate state
tn, record, but was struck out later. He said
that the story showed motive for neglect In
duty OF the Commissioner TO admit il whether Il
was IN the specifications or not Mr.. Linson said
Mr. Phillips took up each of the homicide
cases wherein neglect was charged, and asked
the sa,s. gh nSd not but tSeas
the ground that i was against public policy. :,
lie posy pPRps Tss'On' or
~ i' very s9gmprehensiny,e phrase explain,
would defeat the ends Of justice" -.
'ES For pubic teH reasons. MG s"'I saIs Mr.. unser
Mr.. ungsr retired. and Detectiye Sergeant g
the District Attorney office that Lawyer schoo-
seen him, and that the warrant for his arrest
ney's ,9tiice qnd by him taken TO Inspector Nc
Laughlin at Police IleSdddarters the Inspector
| Deputy Clerk Walsh Of the Court Of General
Sessions was the next witness. He had with
Jachns appeared d. as a surety. I By % Mr. Walsh Mr. T
PHILLIPS; with great particnlarity And detail,
torncy has the actual possession of the indict-
| ments presented by the Grand Jury until the
| cases nave been disposed or MIR. Philips de-
cAres that this is violation OF the law. though
ne admits M that /! is NE practice II every county
w WERE rng held BY Gd Eesw 'nI his @ afy as
officer OF the court and that therefore they wero
in actual possession of the Clerk Of the court AS
well rs OF the District Attorney.
at is a fact, is it not, that the courts fire.
auently adjourn because there is a lack Of busi-
"lf a great many of the prisoners plead guilty
nnexpscted,y, SI then en- the courts often adjourn:
70 a court where this has happened, but i hear
Mr.. Phillips put the Jaehne bonds in evidence
There were twelve Of them representing In the
aggregate Sll,5O0. The surety was a building
mortEaGed for $1,000. Then Mr.. Walsh was was
There are four Judges of the Court of ses-
-" Il would be physically impossible" said Mr..
w.lsh while Cox FsIoT' jumped up and said:
but three shall sit at a time. Tho law provides
only toni parts to the Court Of General Sessions
repeatedly made to, get fourth part,
tends court I" asked Mr.. Phillips.
-, see him around almost every day" said Mr..
Mr. McCurdy asked: do you recall single
day when any part OF the Court OF Sessions or
the Oyer and Terminer did not sit for the reason
thst me District attorney had not provided it
No, sir. do not" said Mr.. Walsh.
called and asked about more bail cases. He told
MI Phillips. IN AZ answer TO question about an
IL DtChuSe rectlOn OBO OF the
Code Of Criminal Procedure requires it to be
done" Co., ,,.,0. 40 ,.o uo,,,,n -, .,on. ,,,.
matter" declared Mr. Phillips.
Al the efternoon on session Mi Hennsssy showed
torney was accused Of being remiSs Mss in falling to
collect, 1000 had been collected or the courts
hs6 hs6d % % sbs IT. ana r the rsst was IN the
dussg sho cas that the RT0wnS
Just before the afternoon session was called
door. Mr.. Phillips called after him. Get IL.
That'll be a corker, and 1t will just I'LL out the
case" 1t wasn't known at the time what was
Judge Cowing. Mr.. Willing did better. He got
both Judge Cowing and Judge Fitzgerald.
up by additional examination and cross-exami- |
nation OF Chief Clerk unger. Mr.. Unger eI-
which Col. Fellows was accused Of being rc>ni>s |
In. The explanation was lucid, and was such as
charges were made. Among other things he |
showed that at no one time was MIR. Jaehno on |
At 4:so O'clock the Commissioner adjourned
the easel case until 70 % wnit for for Judge Cowing In
duced as a new counsel in the iGu case. lie % took
the place Of Mr.. Sntro, who. Mr.. Phillips ex-
Quoted the examination of Judge C"Wing when
that gentleman arrived. During the examna-
ton Judge fzseTad sat on the bench wit With the
on the bench in the Court of General Sessions
Q.-Have you any idea OF the length Of time
In ordinary cases which elapses between the
finding OF indictments and the trialsI Al
two or three days. and 1t may take much longer
time.
q. Can you give us the, average length of
time Al am sure could not.
Q.-lt sometimes happens, does 1t not, that the
Court Of Sessions adjourns for want OF business
A.,That has occurred many times when the cal
snder breaks down.
Q.-What is the cause OF the calender break
INK DOWN A.-There are various causes.
sometimes the parties are not ready TO proceed
to trial. Sometimes cases are marked OF by the
Judges. Sometimes there are many pleadnRs, |
Q.-tow often has 1t happened that the cal
he District Attorney was not ready with cases2
A,-The court has frequently adjourned because
its calender was completed.
Q.-Can you tell me how many times during
1894 the defendants in cases have been ready
and tho District Attorney not? A.-No, can't
Q.-Have the Judges OF the court always been
able 10 do the business OF the court; have there
their full capacity2 Al can speak only for
myself. | have been physically, and may say
mentally, able TO do more work than have
,Q.-In your opinion. is it necessary TO increase
the number OF cOurtsp
Mr.. Linson said he didn't see what this had TO
do with the case, and Mr.. Van Hoesen said:
" As understand you, you say you have fire.
quently been unable to keep your court open be-
cause OF the neglect OF the District Attorney TO
provide the business neededf'
No such statement has been made" de-
eiSred MI McSurdy. and Judge Cowing said,
adjourn the courts only in the day when, had
the calendar been larger, they might have been
The most important statement In the Judges
lnation was that every day there
were more cases on the calendar than could pos
sibly be tried, II II happened that none OF the
prisoners pleaded guilty.
often" he said, "Iuries in cases are already