The morning times., 1896-11-15

history records the fact that he had more
thah once L. explain why lie ~ spelled
IT. On one occasion he was asked by
lawyer who came to this city from Kansas
IRE reason i.T tc two II ~ and u,- 70
pied, Il do not know unless my father
spelled cart with two .'t's'' ur els. hc was
a suffering man
Judge Wyiie, well known to Washing
tonians, came upon the bench soon a fter
the organization ana assisted in the adj
ulnistration Of justice.
The Criminal cu..rt was presided over bv
Judge Fisher, and there were some storm Y
scenes. One occasion worthy of remem-
brdnce was connected with an interesting,
Criminal trial wherein Joseph H. Bradley.
the acknowledged leader of the bar at that
time, defended the man. So heated he
came the discussion over the merits of the
case that Bradley lost bis temper and told
the court that he was guilty of lying
Judge Fisher had rendered some decision
IN the case which anscred Bradley He
listened attentYcly, and ut the close OF
tiie Courts remarks asked il court had adj
Juurhed He was answered in the negative
nut misunderstanding It 10 be in tie az
iirni5iVe he said: Then declare in the
presence Of this audience and al present.
That the remarks just uttered from the
bench are utterly false'
SUSPENDED FROM PRACTICE.
For this Judge Fisher Immediately sns-
pended Bradley from practice. The law
yer took 1t to tie United States Supreme
Court, which decided that he was not
guilty Of contempt of court inasmuch as
the court was not in session AT the time Of
the utterance of the language.
This did not satisfy the other judges,
however, and there was much heated dis
cussion for weeks after before Bradley
was restored to practice.
Another fact worth knowing in con
nection with the District supreme court
is that it has the largest jurisdiction
OF any court in the United States This
may seem strange, but in no other court
can nonresident he sued except IN the
District. If a resident of the District
contracts debt in Indiana he ca nnoJ be
sued In Indiana for it. II, on III. ether
hand, resident of Indiana comes 10 this
city and contracts an Indebtedness lie be
comes resident Of the District OF Ioldm-
bia and is accordingly sued.
The location of the Capitol and other
departmental buildings also increases con-
siderahly its Jurisdiction. suit against
President Cleveland or any member of
his Cabinet would not be brought in the
State of his legal residence but in The
courts of this city
An illustration of this jurisdiction was
recently had in trial before Judge uagner
in the probate court. The mother of a
resident of New York died. namm. d Wash.
ington man as collector of the estate.
HAD To OBEY THE MANDATE.
The New York an had in his possession
several bonds belonging to the estate. and
suit was brought in this city to recover that
part of the estate. The New Yorker was
served with a summons to show cuus. VIII Y
he should not be charged with contempt Of
court for refusing to hand over the bonds to
the collector.
He appeared before Judge Hagner, hav-
ing come on from New York for that pur-
pose, and showed that the laws OF New
York make it misdemeaner for any one
to deliver out of the State the assets OF
any deceased person. To obey the In
junction of this court, he contended
"o""i oS w Nioiaee 'iie i.tW VI .NtW IoTh-
1t was not denied that he would amenabie
10 the New York Ia VS., yet Judge Hagner
insisted that the man must obey the man
date of this court and take the chances ol
being pu nished in New York.
Another Illustration was had in the re
cent suit brought by the Ferry seed deal
ers of Detroit, Mich, against Secretary ol
| Agriculture Morton for an injunction L
restrain the free distribution of seeds an,
| plants.
| These facts, in connection with the Dis
| trict supreme court and the historic Incl
dents, have made the present crimina
courtroom famous among tribunals of 1t.
kind in this and other countries