New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-27

PARDON C. WILLIAMS.
..oss IN looming the counsel under ali needed
restraint He has persuasive way In ieslnany
frightened stupid witness to give e ms and Tepm
ner has performed extraordnary arge a.n peen
S 4e TO Within In two or three days Of the much
longer time usually required WIN Two Cse a ,ha
aSses he
delays in bringing defendants 10 tr'ai sho"'u So0'
The Court Of Appeals decided last week Few
cases on the new calendar. The decisions were
,r,nc,nalIv on questions of taxation. Motions for
reargument continue to be made frequently thoue"
such motions are rarely successful. ana "hel t"e'
are granted seldom result In any chanse - VI Op ar
ION d ,%s second time Five motions for reargu.
ment were denied last week ana tne miho do NOT
know when they beaten to give up ,aese an an
tempts to change the opinions o nnon after delib-
Grafton and consultation among themselves
One of the interesting parts OF Inc repol' Vi '"e
Committee on Law Reform submitted at the recent
meeting of the New-York State Bar Association re-
lates to the proposed appointment OF couns., "
draft bills and devise legislative actoh >. Ne",o
Eiero the chairman Of the committee sent IN
,'o. 90 tho Secretaries OF State throughout the
1-,,ted States concerning the methods OF REVISING
hills submitted to the Legislature lie iounu ,'',
Maine South Carolina and Connecticut aione "au
,aken action toward a systematic supervision o.
LAWYERS of the form of legislative enactmehas' ~,
iaamymiss,on APPOINTED in Maine recommends me
employment of the AtorneyS.enettaat socitors of
SONS Of the Legislature to draft Ds W VIM Attorney
General TO supervise the engrossng OF b,is ro so
hsfoye IL can be ratified rules Of the Houses
of the Connecticut Legislature Pr pro-, of aiI bills
e, ZEN ndorse them prepare amendments and SUI
pervise the printing OF bills and sisfes depore the
fsct that provision the revision OF leglss CESSATION
does not exist The Statutory Revision or
legislative committee draft or revs Sa 1' be- sub
, mtted = TO them for revision or Endorsement
r>,u.or,or,s ~ turtles In cases occupying so
,oh tine az that of Iaidlaw against Sage. weaken
rosract for the Jury system among many members
NJ the law New-York State is conservative IN max
ing legal changes. and provisions Tor Veroie's Wy
nine ilrymen and for doing away win lur'es III
many cases have not met favor among lawmakers
ard delegates TO Constitutional Conventions Trust
in the common-sense Of jurors Is sun strong i" ."'
East. while in some of the Western States nmi'a-
lions on the powers of the Jury are are, more PEnelsh
noticeable feature in the iis' s,l E ~ in
The number OF jury cases Sixteen years ago ,s ores
per ere heard by jury The percentage Of jury
cases had fallen two years ago 10 Jess man i p ~
I'm oneen's Bench Division of the High Court are
10 be tried by Judge alone me frequency ~ ~. L.
agreements is the principal cause asss"eu i'' Inv
change.
The legal principles which Justice Gaynor
tounded his decision on the application for writ
~ mandamus in the action against the trolley
companies In Brooklyn are familiar 10 students VI
law but have. he says. been iost sisht ., III
most of the labor cases which nave peeh 'ahe"
before the courts. Legal proceedings nave usuais
been directed toward the managers OF strikes or
against the employees OF corporations Such cases
as have arisen in which the companies nave Ueen
NAE dsntes With their employees carry out their
contract with the public In conveying Passs s
or freight have usually resulted in quick TesuhP
ton OF the usual methods Of transportation; -,
corporation duty 70 ,ne dpoud do to carry
out its contract with the public on the g roura
onin,on is an unusually clear and able statement
OF the legal relations between corporations anu
the State.
,rho a,,emnt Of n former member OF the Bar or
Ohio TO obtain reinstatement after his disoarmeh'
has led 10 a recent review by the Circuit Court IN
Fayette County OF remarkable series OF oishoh
orahe acts by an attorney Charles A Palmer, VINO
had been a practising lawyer for many years. was
charged three years ago with misconduct anu UNI
unreasonable acts. The Circuit Court al that time
decided that he was guilty OF several OF the acts
charged against him. In two or three cases ne hau
collected sums of money and refused 10 pay tnen
over to his clients until they threatened to bring
arose out Of employment to obtain redress for
the NJ sGne tho ea yeun o but
the aid Of accompce. succeeded In obtainmg
frOn
case could not be settled for less amount He
then secured from his client receipt IN fui TOT Or
in the receipt being 5000 though his client was as
sured that the amount really obtained was a; 4n
The r smGun' wS Ss dvered and the difference
between S 600 and 1880 was divided between Palmer
PAL paimer SOUGHT from the Court readmisson to the
Rar in spite Of the serious charges against MN
dsbarment The Circuit Court refused 10 mEag
TO show that Palmer had been industrious and had
enfoyed n fair reputation since the time OF his dis
oaren but the Court thought mar .ne m Se sar
an attorney whose dishonorable acts hao extehoeu
over many years
A novel point in extradition cases was decided
two weeks ago by the Circuit Court for Fairheid
County Ohio Charles Hudson. who had been IN
dicted for maintaining gambling device went 70
West Virginia and was taken back from that state
TO Ohio requisition by the Governor OF ONO
upon the Governor OF West Virginia. When he
arraigned for trial he sought to have the
proceedings dismissed because he had been I'M
properly taken from State to the other. The
revised statutes of Ohio provide that the Gov
and the charge against Hudson was for mis-.
demeanor. Judge Slough. in the Court OF Com
made The power Of the Governor Ts to issue re-
QUESTIONS was not. ne declared limited by. the
S na Hs
ecutiye powers granted to the Governor BY the
court has recently afT%sd this decision c'' An
X Ss sw IS that sds les;
Buckwalter refused 70 surrender cooIed man
mob he sa
,e M eo% %
extradiction OF fugitive because OF some fear as
state to which he was to be sent
METHODIST SOCIAL UNION DINNER.