New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-05


the Justices Of the Appellate Division Most OF
them make changes in the provisions as to the parts
Of the courts In which motions shall be made APP
plications for final judgment In certain cases may
be made at Part OF Special Term for the hearing
OF tigated motions any day In the june july Au-
gust September Terms. when Part III OF the spe-
cal Term Is In session, but In unimportant cases
tho applica ons may be adjourned to the NEXT TERM
OF Part Ill The trial terms OF the court were not
in session las. week. and will not again be open un-
III the third Monday in September. The short two
weeks session In September Will be some aGvat NE
over the long interruption OF court work curing INC
summer months under the previous court system.
Several among the new attorneys
In last week before the Appellate DIVISION OF
the Supreme Court. Few Of them intend to prac-
tise the profession actively or the women who
have been admitted to the bar In previous years the
majority do not practise law at ALL ana those VITO
one or two exceptions entirely office work. There
is little probability that women VIII soon De ia'n'iar
figures In the courtrooms OF TINS city
THE New-York Law Journal" comments In an
editorial article upon the difference in the methods
Of conducting criminal trials In this country ana IN
England The trial Of Mrs. Fleming occupied sew
eral weeks, while the English woman. Annie Dyer.
was indicted tried. convicted. sentenced and put 70
death within the time covered by the Fleming trial.
THE Law Journal doubts whether the English
system Of quick trials and subserviency to the pre-
siding Judge may not in some cases lead TO MUS
tce. The system in use In this country. though IL
often causes protracted trials and long delays IN
carrying effect the sentences OF the Court gives
the accused person full opportunity not only for the
careful consideration Of his in the trial courts
but for review Of every point rase'i by ms cou nn
There wtfG us Criticism Of some details Of the New
York system and OF the conduct OF members OF ,he
defence but the evils do not work injustice to the
accused person. even II they do sonetimes u,reSon
ably delay the execution OF proper sentence.
An article By the late Austin Abbott on Delay
and Uncertainty In the Administration of Justice
Is published in The American Law Register and
Review" 1t Is one OF the last products OF MT Ap-
bolts active brain and busy pen. and Is in the line
of much Of his work in behalf OF thorough training
for the bar and Improvement In methods OF proceed
ure one OF his recommendation Is that the period
Of delay fixed by the statutes should be shortened as
much reasonably be done. especially IN cases
in which wroneloing is not charged. when twenty
days" he says. was fixed for the time Of answer
ing It took much more than that time to go across
the Continent or to correspond with Europe. Now
man can go in person TO San Francisco and back or
10 Europe and back within that time. and have
time left to draw an answer. or he can telegraph
for informa ton instruction and have 1t In
twenty -four hours, at not much greater expense
than was formerly involved In the postage on let
get answer in three or four weeks Every
thing Is shortened and quckened except the process
OF law as practsed on business men and criminals
certain Gases has been made By many lawyers. aud
there IS now decided sentiment IN favor OF o.
periods fixed by the statute. The amount OF time
s some mehod Of bng the courts to pass upon
controversies more quickly should bc adopted. one
suggestion which might nave been more strongly
urged by Mr. Abbott is that much of the delay in
administering Justice might be done away with II
Judges themselves less ready 10 grant dlla-
tory motions made by lawyers
The PENNSYLVANIA Bar Association will consider at
It's Approaching annual meeting the report Of the
committee appointed last year to formulate sys-
TEN OF preliminary and final examinations suitable
for adoption in that State. The committee has con-
s!dered the system OF legal education IN Pennsy-
vania with great care, and has also prepared re-
port upon collateral subjects such as the advisable
ity Of requiring the law student to spend part
Of his time in the office OF a practising lawyer the
granting OF admission the bar without examina-
tion those who have law school diplomas and the
requirement of a general course Of reading in con-
nectton with the study which the law student is
auired TO pursue The committee recommends that
a thorough prepara ton should be required In English
studies. mathematics and Latin. such as would be
necessary for admission to college where the
T Tne and curriculum Of legal studies is
laid out. The committee has prepared list OF
law student is permitted to take mis- final examina
ton Among the recommended readings are the
Bible Of Shakespcare's plays: one book or NIL
toms paradise Lost" and parts OF the works OF the
best-known poets. novelists and orators
It is pleasant to note that Judge Tall Slough. Of
the Ohio Court Of Common Pleas. has so commend
cd himself to his constituents as TO have won re-
nom lon His absence would have been regretted
from .mong the picturesquely named judiciary OF
that court. Much is to be expected from tribuna.
in which Tall Slough has such associates az Ace
Gregg and Judges Dilatush. Ong Pugsey Lemon
Shook. Sheets and schaufelberger. The fame OF the
Ohio Common Pleas Will never fade "hie those
names appear the pages OF its reports.
Judge Peter s. Grosscup OF Chicago. recently de-
iivered at indianapolis thoughtful address, which
has been published in fun In The chicago Legal
News" In some Of Judge Grosscup's opinions he has
shown wide reading and careful study. and his In
dianapols address Is the result OF earnest thought
on the growth OF civilization and the methods by
which further advancement can be mad. In the
practical part Of his address he advised the young
itcs and 10 work toward higher methods OF govern,
ment The necessity OF personal .ndnnv
individual freedom and opposition 10 the tendency
70 incorporation. combination and the loss OF indi-
viduaty were among the ideas which he set be-
fore the young men,
The Married Womens Law. which went into effect
In the District Of Columbia last month. completely
changes the condition OF women before the law IN
that District The law formerly In force was among
the least progressive Of the statutes relating TO
women Under the act passed by Congress at IT'S
last session. a married woman may bargain, sell or
convey her real and personal property, ana may en-
ter into a contract In the Same manner and 10 the
same extent married man may IN relation 10
his property. married woman may also carry
any trade, business or occupation by herself ana
with Others and her earnings from her business or
from her labor service are her own properly ne
husband is no longer liable for the payment OF his
wifc's debts contracted before marriage, ana tne
sole right OF the mother as one OF the naturi guar
dams OF the person OF her children Is fuily rccos-
nzed. Among those who were especially active III
procuring the legislation were some OF the women
who have been admitted 10 the bar In washington
and other parts Of the United States.
case In which the old ''heriot service" was In
VOWED has Just been tried IN the Queens Bench
Division In England "Hertot' was feudal ser
vice fine such the best beast or chattel pay
able to the lord the deceasc OF the landhoder or
vassal The recent action begun by the LORD
of the Manor OF Munden Hill in Essex against the