New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-28
complished soldier, but a thorough gentleman. ana
had the esteem and admiration OF all who knew MIN.
BENCH AND BAR.
GATHERED AMONG LAWYERS AND IN
THE COURTS.

occasion OF much additional criticism or expert tes
mony and has led to suggestions that State expert
be api cinted act in criminal cases with greater
authority than the paid witnesses of either side IL
is a question whether such proposal would meet
with approval after short experience. such
an expert. matter how impartial ana
learned he may be, would still be SUBJECT
to attack and 1t would be declared that his
interests were rather with the prosecu-
ton than with the defendant because his appoint
ment and the salary which he received would come
from the State, in the name OF which the prosecu-
ton was conducted. The same proposal has been
little support. The Belasco Fairbank trial was one
York courts and the ability of the lawyers. well
as the pecuares of some Of the witnesses, created
involved, the importance or any legal prlh-
ciples involved.
The Court of Appeals has taken recess until
October and as of the other courts are on the
eve of adjournment. the summer vacation may De
considered as practically begun although there Is
one more week before the first Monday of July the
official opening of the vacation period Inc court
Of Appeals in the present condition of It's calendar.
might perhaps without disadvantage have set the
example of a shorter vacation. but its methods con-
tinue undisturbed by the OF aPpes ais
Department has decided to ho.d midsummer ses-
sion on July to h S ani the
thus given of disposing Of important business WhiSn
cann ns w Will be be almost undisurbed until the first
Monday of October
THE committee of the council of the New-York
University having charge of the University Law
School has the duty of making provision ior next
years instruction in the subjects on winch Dr
Austin Abbott has lectured in previous years VIII
lam Allen Butler. John Z. Parsons William 8 OPP
dyke Joseph S. Auerbach and David Banks. with
chancellor MacCracken form the committee
special announcement of the arrangements VIII De
made In circular additional to the one already sent
to members of the bar. The announcement is mace
that whoever may be chosen Will continue what 10
known as 1.-The Abbott method OF law instruction.
This is an eclectic system some parts OF all SUBJECTS
be,np taught by lectures and some study OF nearly
ALL subjects being from textbooks. sometimes the
printed statutes placed in the hands OF Grass
and in some subjects tables and charts are uSeu ~
assist the student in following the train Of ,ho soe
subjects and sometimes the lecturer uses ms 1 T
brief the subject OF which ne Is h spee e,,er within
the last year. and having both day ana evening irI
ei as "a those having more time at their dis
posal.
The Illinois and Virginia State Bar Associations
both meet this year on July IA. The Illinois Asso-
citation will as usual consider principally Hia''ei'
relating to the practice and ADMINISTRATOR vi ''0
law in that State The need of reforming metnods
OF procedure in the Illinois courts has peen u"e'
upon by many speakers at previous meetings. ana
li.,Ia nrorress has been made toward greater SIM
ncitv The lawyers will discuss this year the con-
soldation of the Supreme Court. the delays IN 'he
administration of justice, and the Appellate Court
Of Illinois At the { Hyss H IsF od Pont
Comfort there will be papers by seye ira dsyere
IA, yudss a. NJ Rose. Of Little Rock Ark He will
sneak e1 Of "The Present State of the Law Judge
rose Is ~ead napers before the American Bar AS
ISOLATION.
,rA ,.rsonal r,ecu,iarities of the editors Of law
journals are often manifested with great freedom
in their respective publications. L. B. PROCTOR LOT
instance the new Editor Of The American ha"'T,
"a unusually prolific in "reminiscences and mas IN ms
memory also many anecdotes OF members OF the Day
who practised before the date when his own recoi-
,ection beeins He tells stories of the eminent
noembers of the bar with much spirit though with
freedom in quoting alleged conversations which IS
inconsistent with historical accuracy. In the June
number of Mr.. Proctor's magazine. which mas just
been issued, these peculiarities of his nina are
shown The first editorial article has reference to
legal decision rendered within or two out the
second editorial graph Is incident In The HE
of the late William H. Seward, the third relates 10
Snas Wright and the fourth 10 Daniel Webster
Ogden Hoffman. Aaron Burr, Charles O'Conor.
James T. Brady and other lawyers. who are not now
| living The sixth paragraph Ia quotation from a
letter of Thomas jefferson, the seventh is anec
dote Of Ogden Hoffman and Richard Cranston and
| the Succeeding article contributed by the editor.
Contains con an account of meeting between si.as
Wright and Justice Martin Grover The magazine
as a result of the editors love Of the past. is in
direct contrast with THE University Law Review,
in which Professor Austin Abbott seldom allowed an
article which did not have the most direct reference
10 recent decisions or to new developments In prac-
tice, or TO fresh judicial construction of the law
The Editor Of The Chicago Legal News also has
weaknesses, which are, however, amiable ones The
reader Of the journal is to find in each weekly
edition some reference TO the rights Of women and
probably references 10 old friends of the editor,
Judge Bradwell, who is among the most venerable
and popular Of the members of the Chicago bar His
especial pet of late is his granddaughter, who has
the remarkable family record of having a grand
father, grandmother, father and mother who
or have been members Of the bar The latest feat
Of the little girl, who Is six years old. Is the
| telling of several original fairy stories which her
mother has written for her and her grandfather
has published in her behalf. The little girl an
nounces that 81 of the money received for the books
will be given TO the monument TO Eugene Field and
all the rest 10 the orphans and sick babies. Judge
Bradwell "booms' the book with all the resources
OF modern publishers. and in the latest number OF
OF which shows her in the arms OF her publisher.
All of this gives personal attraction and senti
mental interest 10 the columns Of the law paper, in
agreeable with the usually dry and life.ess
tone of legal periodicals.
Cases in which the old system Of slavery is con-
sidered are not frequently before the now,
as over thirty years have passed since 1t went out
Of existence in the United States. recent decision
rendered In Richmond. Va, based the codi-
ell OF will in which the testator said. II intended
/ to give my negro man, Bob. his freedom. but in
writing the foregoing will 1t escaped me-" He then
provided that Bob might go to Liberia or the
State of Ohio, and If he was unwilling to accept
his freedom. his executors were to so arrange 1t
10 secure him good master. In a later codicil
he said that he had given Bob" his freedom. and
he bequeathed him annuity Of $50 for the term
of his life. The Court held that the slave was
emancipated by the will Provisions Of the docu-
ment by which the testator sought TO allow him
TO remain In some condition of servitude, but with
the privilege of taking his freedom at any time.
were declared 10 be void and not To affect In any
way his liberation by the terms of the will.
There is growing practice on the part OF Eng
lish lawyers Of quoting before the English courts
the opinions rendered In the courts of the United