New-York tribune., 1895-08-11

bic s,,vo bcre avery IS not upheld by law. there
being no law but the law OF nature. ana the nas'e'
| and slave being equally entitled TO 'heir 's"'' W.
der that law the slave has the same rght 10 ass''
| his freedom that the master has to claim p's-
| sage through the country and that the prov's'o"
| of the Constitution of the United states wnch pro-
vdes that the citizens Of each state shal oe s"'
titled TO all the privileges and immuritics OF ei,l,
hSme In a sister state the privileges enjoyed by d
citizen OF that state. but n9l 're own STATE
| Ths case is reported In the ffth volume OF sand
| ford page CN
| LAWYERS WHO PRACTISED BEFORE IT.
THE Forrest divorce case. which attracted much
attention at the time. was tried before Chiel Jus
| tlce Oakley In those days the bar was muoh o'
ferent from what Il IL at present; IL was c"''"'''
Bar and those that tried cases were men OF great
ability Among them may be mentioned Charies
| OConor Daniel Lord. George Wood, william C"r,ls
| Moves. Ogden HOFFMAN, David Graham. James w.
Gerard John Anhon James 4 Whdlns stnarhioh Mar
nett, Francis B. Cutting Augustus F. smith Smith, Ren-
Evarts LORENZO j. Shepard and John iSsT BsTriI Y
then young and able pras'l9nersS S,a a'n iis quota OF
peculiar Characters the proportion was not So aTse
however. and notwithstanding sher tseir er
w Mu!ock the ola.tmsrs d2rsa on ons
who had been sued @ by Muochs
a ba loa be medicines were no good At the trial
he brought into court sorry-look,ng sea , u NJ,
be Setter .ps aed When a5or
ney the strange aggregation ne nIu''TTI TIE an
swer Was that those were some OF the victims S n
Of the plaintiffs medicines the sale Of Which rS by
at seeing that whether MnI0sks anI appears
rSse ance would surely damn the sale Of his co"nOd
Gerard had many peculinrltes. While no, not brl, %
liant he was keen. practical man as We,l as
good lawyer and ; awas oo with he ury
Chief Justice Oakley was strange LOOKING ms III,
., Sar wf Which tood up ks the a
the fretfu porcupinc. He was always TO the % %pont.
fs COLLATION. consisting mainly of gingerbread ard nd
water. Judge Duer was an Ideal chahce;ioa' h ., ne
sion of our statutes in 1890 He was particularly
well versed in the echniques of trusts and matters
IaI Is7 procsedings to chang. the names q persons
had chiefly in this court jurisdiction which zen
Court Of common Pleas the atty Court Einss o1s fSe
concerning for fee and rental r onm
and many Of the leading principles which govern
these contentious were settled there; or n by the
fHuie Gnder 0t the new Constitution the Superior Court
gees out Of existence this year. It's judges peins
yeas &c of "a" Existence its decisions iii sxyone
volumes of reports devoted exclusively to the court
and other reports.
WHEN THE COURT ENDS ITS EXISTENCE.
The judges of the Superior Court will become
Justices Of the Supreme Court after January l. but
their labors will continue on the same lines. The
cases IN the Superior Court will be transferred
to the Supreme Court and the experience Of the
Supreme Court judges in the elevated railway and
other classes of litigation will be availed of in the
enlarged court Although the judges will receive
additional compensation and belong to court hav-
ing longer history. they were loath TO nave
the court abolished and the transfer Of judges
made They proud of the record made by the
court and believed that the existence OF several
tribunals having general civil jurisdiction would
be more advantageous than a consolidation win
the Supreme Court They viii probably s s in the
and heard arguments in years past but the words
be changed that all viii be parts OF ths Supreme
Court. The Judges will not have appellate jur,s.
S bnnns ss nT {he Of
The change in the court will affect more seriously
perior per Court Clerks Office for more than twenty
years has been more nearly removed from politics ice
charged when new judges appointed. but re-
malned as long as they were able TO perform their
clerk and the feeling OF pride among the subordi-
mates In the history Of the office made them courte
Sgs foand as IT we easy S to obtain and
assured that the s s Of hS Srs clerks ay be
transferred to silar places In the p me oHnr s
b0es h the OF chs1 rs WITH S
courts. He has held his present place since 1871;
He had previously been an official under the lSoard
OF Education and had also served In the clerk
Office of the Court Of Common Pleas lie is sys,
tematic and painstaking In keeping the records of
the office and has stored UP in his memory infor.
nation as to oil points of practice. He mas also a
fund Of arccdote about the1iudges and older law
yers and discouses pleasantly about his expert
ences oho1al. . ~ =. 49,, ,.
served for many years in connection with both the
Superior and Common Pleas courts, Is hKewlse a
model of courtesy and of efficiency in the dlscharSe
NJ his duties Clifford Boese and others OF The
clerks have also seen long terms OF service Inc
records Of the court have been carefully kept ana
Tho transfer of the same methods TO the supreme
Court under the new law VIII MAINTAIN me Eopu-
,aritv of that tribunal with the members OF the
Bar.