New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
BENCH AND BAR.
GATHERED AMONG LAWYERS AND IN
THE COURTS.

THE COURTS.
The Committee on Character appointed by the
Appellate Division to examine applicants Ior ao-
mission to the bar met yesterday afternoon The
committee for the present year consists OF Joseph
Iarocoue John L. Cadwaader and william u
Guthrie all so eminent In the PROFESSION that 'her
decision as to the good character OF the apphcahts
will be accepted without question The rule which
they adopted requires the applicant not oriS b 10
also to include in 1t statement OF the iacts upon
which the affidavit Is based Of he bar without
much knowledge OF the applicant pu. tne P,icants
rue o brne certcaes only from those who know
them well enough TO be able 10 TESTIFY ih'e"ee"''N
as TO their moral character.
Tho tustices of the Appellate Division have made
n change in the rules regulating the Special Term
practice SO as to proven. adjournments OF the
equity parts at early hour OF the day lot WANT
of work The calendar Of cases VIII De maoe up
each week and will be called on Frdey afternoon
hv the Justice assigned TO Part " OF the Special
Term If II appears that the number OF cases set
down for trial in the ensuing week VIII not De SUI
fcient to occupy the available time OF all the
special terms CT the court. new calendar OF cases
may be ordered TO be called on the ioio"ins
Wednesday morning The courts even , unHep pc sne
pied because of the many rTIuests ion anSency
ncnts made by the counsel the ony a ~ my
which Will Justify the passing ior the uhy oa 'oe ne
case on the day calendar Is the engagene9i ,p Oa
counsel that day in the suprs as Of SoSe
the Appellate Division, or court OF record ~ a ,nv
city Of NewYork or the 1.y 0i she POSTPONE
ment of the case It must be set down f9r some
other day in the same week or arraneements thus
made there should always be enough ipl al ~
equity courts to do and cases should be promptly
disposed Of
The changes in the assignments OF justices 10 cir
cults made by the United States Supreme Court
entb Circuit more than other sections of the Unit
ed States Justice Harlan, who has been assigned
for nearly twenty years to the Chicaso |"euN
Will now go to the Sixth Circuit. when mas pee"
held by Justice Brown. and Justice Brown mas peeh
assigned to the Seventh Chicago Circuit inc
changes were made necessary partly by the APP
nointment of Justice Peckham. Chief Justice Full
ler who bv residence would have the Seventh Cir
cult. continues TO hold the Fourth Justice fecK-
ham is properly assigned to the Second or New
York Circuit Justice Harlan has been popular IN
Chicago and he has presided at InaIS i'p ~ Km '
49, from which he was appointed. The Supreme
Court Justices now sit infreQuentIy IN mos, W III.
Sns made il possible to organize the Court OF APP
peals without calling upon the supreme court JUS
tees
'The Green Bag" for February contains as It's
opening article a sketch Of Thomas Bartlett VINO
occupied a peculiar place at the vermont par LOT
many years lie was OF the most active prac-
try Jurors. He could tell a story WELL and had
peculiar faculty OF winning attention and favor
from those who listened to his oratory The long
article sketching the history Of the Supreme Court
Of Maine IS continued In the February number. The
present nstament Is especially interesting from the
full account of Justices Edward Kent and Jonas
Cutting Justice Kent was the candidate for Gov
crnor in the campaign OF 1870 and his victory was
p,irn .erbe American Law Review for Jan
and February
T. Bayard delivered at Edinburgh wncn mas chu is
so much comment. and n careful ana ihterestlns
review OF the Durrant murder case by Professor
John H. Wigmore. OF the Northwestern University
Law School in Chicago. Other articles are by Judge
Seymour D. Thompson Frank Goodwin and J. V.
ROsenberger. Judge Thompson furnishes IN me
publishers department another insialment OF ms
graphic description OF the Battle Of Shiloh in
which he took part
The address delivered by Judge Henry w Blod-
rett on The Early Bar Of Chicago" has been pub
lished 1t was read tho annual meeting OF the
Illinois State Bar Association Judge John ID. "a
ton in his "reminiscences had told something OF early
practice at the Chicago bar. Judge Bodgetts ad-
dress gives more detailed account OF the lawyers
who came TO Chicago IN It's early days soon AFTER
the little settlement became town Russell T..
Heacock was apparently the first lawyer living In
Chicago bur ne, like many OF the other early MEM
bers Of the bar whose history IS skeched BY Judge
Blodgett engaged in buying and selling land Many
OF them became wealthy through investments IN
real estate Giles Spring, John u. Cation Grant
Goodrich. James H. Collins. Justin sutteriie'd'
lanes Grant Jonathan y. Scammon. Buckner y
Morris Ebcnezer Peck. Isaac y Arnold. Norman ID
Judd afterward Collector OF the Port, and other
LAWYERS are mentioned who went 10 Chicago IN lNS
and the three years following. Judge BlodSctt
memory runs back to incidents In the legal MS
tory OF Illinois In 1882. and most OF the men OF
whom he speaks well known to him, No mat
the stories which he relates were obtained at hfst
hand.
Surrogate Fitzgerald has written an opinion OF
much value and interest in deciding to admit to
probate the Will Of Mary A. Buchan. The Will was
written two sides OF a half-sheet OF notepaper'