Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-06
TOLD ABOUT LAWYERS.

Though the law is counted a dry SUBJ
jeCt by those who have little to do with
it. there are occurrences during the trial
of cases which serve to brighten up the
monotony and relieve the attorneys and
the attendants on the trial from the
weariness that sometimes comes over
them These occurrences are usually
some comcal incident. says the Cincin-
natl Enquirer the creation of the at
torneys or the witnesses.
Many stories of such things are told
of the bar of this county, past and
present.
Among the Judges who have sat on
the common pleas bench of this county
there never have been any who were
more fond of a Joke than was Judge
Storer. one of his plcasantres. of
which Attorney Samuel Crawford was
the victim. is often told MIR. Crawford
was engaged in the trial of a case be-
fore Judge Storer, in which large
number of persons We're Interested. That
interest caused a large crowd to be
present in the court room each day.
which was increased by the presence Of
the usual number of persons who seem
to have nothing else to do but stand all
day and listen to the dry details of IL
case on trial. on the particular day in
question there was a larger audience
than usual. When the court had been
convened Mr.. Crawford was not present.
and the case could not so on without
him The judge waited patiently for u
time and became impatient as the min
utes sped by and Mr.. Crawford did not
appear.
The absent attorney was a resident
of Glendale and the mayor of the viii
lage. 1t was evident that he had missed
the train he usually came to the city on.
But the judge did not think of that or
IL he did was not in humor that morn-
ing To consider it as an excuse for de-
laying the court. He became so impa-
tient that he paced To and fro on the
pla tform behind his desk. After the
lapse of an hour Mr.. Crawford appeared
in the door of the room and began
squeezing his way through the crowd.
and, sense of humor coming over Judge
Storer. he stopped, posed in a dramatic
attitude, and exclaimed: 'Gentlemen.
make way for the mayor of Glendale"
The crowd roared with laughter. Mr.
Crawford paid no attention to it. but,
depositing his load of law books on the
table, the case at once proceeded.
a good story is told of George r.
Pugh. who was the brightest attorney
at the bar during his time. Ii illustrates
how smart attorney can rebuke u
judge and yet not give him offense Mr..
Pugh was trying Il case before Judge
Murdock. He had as an adversary a
young attorney who had not had much
experience, and Mr. Pugh did not try
5id a ba ala nat ,,,nn+ ~ be TOO harT
on the young man. AS the trial pro-
gressed he saw that the Judge was in
clined to al the young attorney by sug-
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