New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-11

has recently affirmed the judgment on condition tnat
the plaintiff consent to reduce the verdct 10 s''o
The plaintiff usually earned 81 % day LOT HIS
work Judge Childs. in writing an opinion IN the
case showed that If interest on the verdict were
reckoned at per cent, the laborer would obtain
s15o a year more from the verdict than he would
earn by his labor, leaving out OF account IN, the
principal sum. The plaintiff although ne n had w ios{
and to obtain wages so that MS earning ar ing
power not entirely gone as result o. hs sne
governed by some mistaken view or the evidence
IN arriving at its decision and ordered tnaI ne~ w
5000 Amounts almost as large nave peen at,o ~
for the loss Of hand or 1907 oue r Tne Of SO
Chicago has recently lost by death several prom-
mont members OF its bar Ex-Judge Cation VINO
tried the first lawsuit In Chicago, was the most
widely known. Judge George f. Blanks, or the
sunerior Court died suddenly few minutes after
having gone to bed In apparently good heaith. he
had an attack OF pneumonia several months ago
and had perhaps been weakened by that sickness.
His death had probably been FASTENED by the foul
air OF the Chicago County Building, which Is al
ready responsible for the loss OF several hyes
Tourteotte who one Of the most eminent
Jury lawyers OF Chicago, died at the age OF nifty;
equipped a regiment of infantry in 1862.
Soma new or newly told. stories OF Lord Chief
Raron OGrady OF the Irish Judges or the last
generation have appeared in the English law
PAPERS The Chief Baron's reputation as humor-
list has been kept alive in the British courts by
many tales of his sayings while on the bench.
When q woman. who had been convicted before
him of robbery and who had committed an assault
on a police officer in the courtroom, was arraigned
for sentence he proceeded in the manner usual in
serious sentence her to transportation but
closed the sentence with variation OF the usual
formula by saying land may God have mercy
upon those who shall have to manage you there. y"
was acquitted before the Chief Baron motion
for the prisoners discharge was made, put the
Judge turned to the counsel and said: The Pris-
oner will be discharged at noon tomorrow ! set
out for Waterford in the morning, and Wish 10
have two hours start OF your client"
A lawyer. who urged the good behaviour OF his
client In prison since the arrest was made as Il
reason for clemency, was disappointed when the
has been good your conduct out of it has been
bad. In the interest of the community, the longer
you remain In prison the better 1t VIII be. y
Humor the bench has died away in the higher
do the judges attempt occasionally to give a
comical turn to their expressions.
The English High Court in the Chancery d.
vision, has recently decided that bequest to an
"Anti-Vivsection Society is charitable gift A
woman who had the power to designate by will the
benefciaries OF about $50 900 left for charitable
purposes" named two societies for the suppression
OF 'vivsection among those to receive legacies.
Judge Chitty held that the associations near
the border line between charitable and non-charita-
given by the courts to the word charity" he sus-
tanned the gifts.