The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-19
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Sourt Oh CndnceryS CROWN Dy Juucldt
plauded for its force and direotness.
Circuit Court Judge Henry NJ Nevius,
cy 8ench e sad as fGhas that c61ntry laW
yer as he was, he always looked forward
1 lo the benches of the city, Gaughter)
for Ss Be made the udg
lawyers couldn't afford to give up their
lucrative practices, .c"Oh! ohp' and
laaghtefr.) Iasga fr 80 Judge Neyius paid cGmpli- I
in the State
Prosecutor Charles H. Winfield, who as
was unable to appear, and Mr., Spencer
Weart was asked at the last moment to
step in as substitute. which the city at
manner that he elected much applause.
He talked about the rapid work now be-
ing done by lawyers compared with that
To day. he said, "a lawyer has a
ste'nogrsapher og z at his desk and the type
Hoffman. and every one yelled with
laughter at the sally
Mr. Weart closed by deprecating any
sudden or drastic change in the judicial
Col. Charles W. Fuller, like the last
speaker, @ was called on at the eleventh
Judge R. S. Hudspeth " was es down SRrHfls For the :
DAY of Judgment" but he late in the
evening sent his regrets, and the witty
breach. His speech was followed by re-
peated bursts of laughter. He had op-
posite to him ex-Judge Hoffman, who kept
up a running fire of comments to which
Col Fuller .humorously replied. y "-iei'
Mr. PRESIDENT and gentlemen said the
Ssqionell that us, = from Judge Hoffman,
l dont wonder Judge Hudspeth had a
chill when. he read what toast was put
opposite his name. There is one thing
certain he won't have one after the Day
OF Judgment. Rears of laughter.) When
Judge Erwin whispered in my ear, Gel,
fuller, you are to take Hudspeth's place.
forgot for moment and replied. Thank
you, Governor but I soon found 1t was
not Governor Griggs' voice. (Renewed
mierrimento me nn Then the Colonel began to
witty fashion, and didn't forget the
Judges either, who he said usually came
7 to take the annual roast The legislators
promptu. closed with a story at the ex-
pense of the lawyers
Mr.. Rynier J. Wortendyke was the
next speaker and he delivered studious
Politics."
There followed here cries for ..Hoh-
man" and Mr.. William r. of that iIk
responded in delightful speech, brimful
he had had in New York in olden times
with MY friend, Jim vredenbergh. !
The witty Judge had scarcely finished
when Mr.. ]. B. Vredenbergh was asked
to reply, and the clever way in which
the genial counsel for the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company turned the tables on
his friend "Bill'' evoked shouts of laugh
| ter.
Assistant District Attorney Joseph M
Noonan was the next one from whom a
speech was demanded and he was funny
as usual With mock seriousness he
criticized the Court of Common Pleas
| opinions, Judge Kenny the law, and Judge
Hudspeth was permitted to take an in.
| telligent interest in the proceedings. Mr.
| Noonan referred to Reasonable Doubt
and created great laughter when he
gravely proceeded to define 1t.
1T was" he said, ''in the language OF
a certain judge, a reasonable doubt in
| the legal sense is this. as 1 understand
| it, that which exists beyond a reasonable
! doubt. Laughter)
Now" continued Mr.. Noonan, eff you
don't like that here's a more luminous
| one: This is the idea of reasona ble
doubt: When juror has reached a con.
| clusion in his mind in an honest endeavor
under his obligation to do his duty and
| then looks back and discovers no doubt
| in his own mind but that he has to a
moral certainty beyond a doubt, that he
| ought to allow it to interfere with the
one performance of his duty, reached a
| conclusion of substantial correctness. OF
| he is convinced beyond reasonable doubt
| (Roars of laughter)
A few more calls for Judge Blair and
Mr.. Gilbert Collins, both of whom laughed
and shook their heads, and the Bar din
ner OF 1897 was a thing of the past