Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-22

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four odd wesks to the summer vacation
and wonder II he can conscientiously
get off q few days earlier on the plea
Of bad ventilation In The courtroom.
And all the while his trial calendar Is
fioundcrjng In the mud back last win
ter somewhere.
Attorneys with cases well along to.
ward the ends of the calendars have
given up hope of getting anything bet
ter than an early place on next years
calendar. beginning next fall.
The Judges are thousands of cases he.
hind. and lawyers say that three times
their number could not make up in the
short month remaining the time they
have lost during the year. In the opin-
ion of most of them not over half u
dozen judges will care to point TO their
record when they are away at the sea
shore this summer. There was time
when the attorneys would have sug-
gested that the judiciary curtail their
saturday holidays and get up u little
steam to at least make good showing
at the finish. That time Is gone. Satur-
day has come to he known us Judges
day" among the profession.
Two lawyers were discussing in one
of the corridors of the court house
whether or not Judge Ewing had u
courtroom. One said he had. for he
had seen the name over door Oh the
fourth floor. The man who had the op.
posing argument asked him If he had
looked inside. He admitted he had not.
"Well." said the other. "that makes Il
big difference" A third lawyer joined
the discussion. lie did not think Judge
Ewing had retired from the bench. al.
though he had not seen him In the
court house for week. The law bullc-
tin gave no intimatlOn that he was hold.
ing court.
The trio were Interested In finding out
the truth and got the Judges order
book. This did not show what days
the Judge had held court. but Indicated
that he had gone into law March 20.
After this second day there was break
In the orders until April 1. They began
again AMI ran to April ~. when there
was another break to April ~. On
May 10 the orders were interrupted
again until June ). Then they ran to
June = and stopped. During Judge
Ewing's time on the law bench he had
tried nineteen jury eases that were re-.
corded. ana about so per cent. Of these
were "short-caus," eases. which nrc
supposed to take only an hour or two
In the trial.
On Judge Ewlng's trial cal ndar tn ere
are 1.O42 cases. Judge Brentano work.
cd on II for two months last fail. ana
he hasa reputation for fast work. Judge
Ewing started In on II last March,
When last seen In court he was some.
where near the 15Oth case. The balance
OF MO cases are to DO attended to dur.
Ing the next month II the calendar IL
cleared.
The three lawyers saw all this and
thought they ought to find Judge Ewing
ana tell him about II. They asked one
or his brother Judges where he could
be found. The Judge said he had seen
him at the lrOQuOis Club. I
Judge Chetlain's calendar has n fresh.
business look. There are 1.O32 cases on
II. ana the Judge has only 0l5 left I'M.
tried. He has been on the bench since
the fall of 1893, but mas sat on the
civil bench only three months of that
time. states Attorney Kern was asked
why he had kept Judge Chetluin I'm the
criminal Court ana away from his law
calendar all that time. Mr.. Kern said
he had never asked the Judge TO stuy on
the North Side. Each Judge IL sun.
posed to do three months Criminal
Court work each year. but some of
them refuse to leave their calendars
even that length Of time. Judge Chef
lain could not be found to be questioned
why he preferred the Criminal Court.
III the Chnncery courts the calendars |
are usually made up each month, Judge
Horton has not got beyond his March
calendar yet. II has fifty.four eases on
IL. The judge has called twenty seven.
Judge Horton II busy with other mat.
teis In the mornings. In tho afternoons |
he does not hold court az n rule. Ie
says the air Of the court house Is bnd.
For several months he has said this.
ma has gone to the country Cor fresh
mir In the afternoons
Judge Tuthill has not touched his
March calendar vet. His clerk says It's
name may be- changed. 1t will then
be called the October calendar. Judge
Tiley has not called his calendar for
two months. II has cases assigned
from March 10 to May =. He has
the middle of the fourth day.
Judge Gibbons IL not holding court
now except In chambers. This requires
The hearing of some half-dOzen matters
u day. The judge edits Il law journal. |
Judge Sears Inns called 3tr' cases IN
I ,Oi7, and says he enjoys going fishing
with his bailifY ana taking trips to Lake
Geneva on saturdays rs much as ever.
Judge Hanecy has 35l cases still to
try out of 1,241 for the year, but has
been too busy attending to justice OF
the peace matters In Springfield to be
In court since Friday.
Judge Adams still goes fishing about
once In two weeks. He IL half through
his calendar. lie IL considered to have
4 good record, ana says the fishing did
IT,
Judge Smith has called 30l IN loo
cases, Judge Freeman $50 in 1,O3G ana
Judge Goggin 145 In lob.
Judge Ewing was not In town yester-
lay. but his minute clerk said he had
pone AWAY for his henIth v'ho i,ldga |