New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-15

nation is usually difficult in Of Children
who become frightened and refuse 10 amS%eI nat
child says Il that man In the street Loi -
only remembers that ne. saw some man and was vas
told by other child or his parents tha' o rne
In matters of Identification and OF me He,as hiv
rs n an and in Tew-York state the
testimony of young children may now son. nr-
be taken ws"Tu' te sustain the evidence
No such rule exists in United states courts Es.n
with that Limitation, the admission OF thS 49,,
rnony Of young children in criminal trials IL oiteh
dangerous.
The Supreme Court Of Michigan has recently
handed down a decision which makes the rule IN
that State in one class OF negligence cases con-
form to that Of the New-York. New-Jersey and
Colorado courts mail agent VINO was about 10
place some mail bags a train at station was
injured by another train going In the opposite w
rection. 1t necessary for him 10 cross one
set Of the tracks in order TO reach the Tram On
which he was 10 place the mall bags. Inc 'ouft
held that it not negligence for him to omit 10
look for train going in the opposite direction.
II WAS the Iuty % TIE railroad company 70 nave the
incoming train stop before reaching the station
until an opportunity had been given for persons
to leave or board the train already at the station
The Cour; he'd in effect that a passenger na1 me
right to rely upon train not passing over tne
track between the station and another Train walt
III a. o,ar S,s1as bnt the orinciple laid down by
the supreme Court Of Michigan is IN accord VITA
the judgments OF most Of the courts 81 last resort
The Green Bag" for December has as its OPEN
ing article sketch by A. Oakley Hall Of Alex
ander Hamilton, the Lawyer" The article Is ex-
asperatng because il nadequateiy meets the ex-
pectations aroused by it's attractive title. The
history of Alexander Hamlton's legal career. Il
and imnort,nce II Would require however. a care
fu, search OF old manuscripts ani volumes to give
an adequate idea OF the NUMBER OF cases IN wh,en
Hamilton appeared and OF the importance or ms
work al the bar. Mr. Halls sketch is readable, but
1t does show close Investigation There are sew
statement thar year ago the thirteen planted
by Alexander Hamilton near what Is row One;
taken away to be planted elsewhere. The thirteen
trees are still standing whore they were originally
"Reminiscences" in TIE Green Bag" and Andrew
butcher has an nteres tins review q me greh h
ster Rufus Choate, James T. Brady and Francis
CFnsM were 6ucbT esc S se rhe Gen Bag
contains the closing article IN the series on the
history of the Supreme Court of Maine
The Irish Court for Crown Cases. Reserved, has
rendered in a case recently reported decision on
a question as 70 which the English judges have
been unable to agree The master OF A vessel gave
to a workman two banknotes. believing that they
were both one-pound notes. one Of he notes was 10
fact for ten pounds. Neither person noticed the mis-
take until several minutes had passed. The master
declared that mistake had been made though ne
arrested and convicted of larceny. In some
! what similar fourteen English judges were
exactly divided IN opinion as 10 whether crime
had been committed The question was argued
before nne judges of the higher courts Of IRELAND
i've of the iulgts he'd that no larceny had been
committed. They declared that there must be an
intent 10 steal at the time wnen the property was
taken The goods were taken innocenOy, and the
subsequent; appropriation Of the money, did not
conviction should be upheld. Their reasoning was
that the banknote did not really pass into the
possession of the person whom II $ given, be-
cause neither party to the transaction intended
to transfer that which was received cut note Tor
/ a. The question or less I'M
portancc in this State than IN England. because
, both INSTRUMENTATION and ordinary stealing are
! larceny under the New-York statute. Few ques-
tons have however, been before so many judges
with 50 close a difference OF opinion az to the
or ulnaity OF an