The herald., 1895-10-14
THE STATE SUPREME COURT
II vii! Convene 10 This City for the
October Term Today
Motions Will Be Heard This Afternoon and
Applicants for Admission to the Bar
Examined Tomorrow

The supreme court of the state will
meet in bank in this city for the October
term this afternoon at 2 O'Clock, at the
court room on North Main street. All of
the justices will be in attendance. as will
also be CLERK Ward. District Attorney
Fitzgerald, it Is believed will not be pre-.
emit. but will be represented by his depd-
ty, Mr.. Jackson. Deputy Clerk Wood bury
has returned from his vacation and will
be- on duty, together with Deputy Butter
worth of the San Francisco Office, who
has been attending to the duties OF the
local Office III the absence of Mr.. Wood
bury. During the past week the latter
gentleman has had the court rooms sand
justices chambers cleaned and put in
thorough order. The full calendar for
the term was published IN The Herald of
last Monday.
The session today will be for the pur-
pose of hearing motions. Tomorrow will
be devoted to the examination of appli-
cants for admission to practice, which is
conducted under the following rules:
Applicants for license to practice as
attorneys and counselors will be exam
ineu in open court on the first day OF
each regular term. and on that day only.
Until further order the examination will
be based upon the following books i
Blackstone's Commentaries, Kents Com
men taries, Greenleaf's Evidence (tirst
volume,) Story's Equity Jurisprudence,
Gould s Pleading. Lube's Equity Plead
ing. Parsons on Contracts. Pom eroy's In.
PRODUCTION to Municipal Law, Gods OF
Civil Procedure, Civil Code, Constitu-
of California. Persons applying for ad-
mission, whether upon examination or
motion. must personally appear in court
at the.time the application Tor admission
is made, No applicant will be examined
unless there shall have been filed with the
the term at which the application is
made. a certificate signed by at least two
attorneys of the court, each OF whom
shall have been regularly engaged IN
practice as such attorney for at least four
years next heretofore, stating, in subs
lance, that they have, and that each of
them has, carefully and diligently exam-
ined the applicant touching the qualitica-
tions of such applicant in point OF learn
ing in the law; that it satisfactorily APP
peared to them. and to each of them,
upon such examination, that the appli-
cant had been engaged in the study of
the law for period of time to be named
in the certificate, naming the place at
which and the person under whom, If
any, such study mad been prosecuted;
that the applicant had, during that time,
read certain books of law. which books
shall be enum erated In the certificate;
and stating any other fact tending to
show the character of the attachments uf
the applicant, and also stating that, in
their opinion. the applicant possesses the
requisite qualifications in point Of learn
Ing in the law, to be entitled to be adj
mitted to practice.
1.-THE fee for license. $40. must in all
cases BIO deposited with the clerk of the
court before the application is made, to
be returned to the applicant in case OF
rejection: u
to renew the application earlier than the
third regular term next after such rejec-
tion.''
The attention of attorneys is again
called to the fact that on February /,
1895, the system OF numbering cases in
the supreme court was changed, the old
number being dropped and abolished
and the foil ,wing system introduced:
All case filed On and after February l,
1895, commence with the initial number,
j. e., all cases in the San Francisco dis
S. F. No. 1, and so on; those of the Sac
ramento district. Sac. No. l, and so on:
those of the Los Angeles district, l.. A.
No. /, and so on. All criminal cases are
nun bered: Criminal No. ], and so on.
This has no reference to cases already
nleu, wnlcn Will retain tnelr former
nun bers.
Attorneys will please. have the designa
tion of the district printed on their
transcripts, briefs, points and authori-
tices. etc., and will please file them in
tn e office of the court in the district where
they belong. All criminal cases should
be sent to the San Francisco office.
To facilitate matters it is advisa BILE to
file petitions for rehearing in San Fran
cisco office.
Petitions in original proceedings must
be filed in the office of the clerk before
presenting to the court for the order.