The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-17

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m1nAaes the tntevv1sv. VII 80 out IN ths
vssa@1s s0d 1lscuss sfs massss wsth any
ons mandy.
The fmpoyssas preliminary hnsIiy SET
tied. the isstaaat sesoSss 70 Q new SHIFT
snesesss IN vsls thss part shall be pssd
NV. and the rest WHEN the case IL won:
~. " thu amount Of the nsef fee -
large ore. Ne WI sssss sndesvos 20 get the
brief taken fog t~ss than that. OF the
time and sroubls already spent he Jerks
not, and shs novie~ who allows any part
~ the fee 90 stand ovsy ns~f n~ver hope.
un;sss the case IL con. 60 500 the balance
" other clients come up MEANWHILE they
patiently sit IN the versnda on their
Launches unfn tho Interview within ~
hours.
Counsel having satisfactorily obtained
hs case and feauc~d Ma notes ~ some-
fbirG which iz more ~ iess ~ brief. thu
nest thing 20 d~eid~ II tfie court IN which
the ease IL 20 eonss on civil litigation IN
the mofussii comes before judges ~ vary
ing monetary and local Jurisdictions.
whose dscrcss are sppeaIsbie 20 higher
COUNTS, snf the decisions If those higher
courts IN their turn are sppestable on
points ~ lev 10 tbe supreme court 81 the
provinces
~ Ia IN THIS supreme cours. witch IN
ooanfHsnf both ~ the rfvff and
the criminal courts. that tho Eng.
iiah hafristev IL enrolled on pay
msnt ~ . fee. etc. and thvs becomes en-
titled 70 besotles before n and In al courts
suttriinsts 20 ~. ON the criminal side
Theirs sre magistrates ~ thres grodes. &C.
~ ka sa.tf
80 courts ~ ssssion and the supreme court
Appeals ore permissible IN certain cseea
ON the civfl side. there are no Iuris~ IN
the mofUsai. on the criminal. q European
is entitled 20 have one inpaneIef. and the
courts ~ session are always assisted by
Two native assessors who sre called on In
tho same was ~ jufymen ut home 10
ssfve. The bsffIster. ~ q rule. then must
formulate his views. legal and 81 fact.
with regard 10 the eject which they are
Hkeiy 70 have upon a single mind. N IL
system for and asains, which much may
La said
The majority ~ the Judges are members
of the indian civil service, also engaged In
executive wofk4a fact witch ~ times
leads counsel = pretty dance. when they
10 on tour In thu district. more especisiiy
IN criminal oss~s; but for tho most part
the courts sit in utsbie buildings erected
must HE 10 institute and conduct his
clients business. The large compound
which surrounds the building IL fun Of ma
tives, s'titofr snf witnesses suuattins in
groups under the trees or roaming round
the petition writer's In the veranda, who
ere recording IN the verpacular what the
lltiKant In person Intends 10 infict upon a
patient court II IN curious scene 10 see
. stun gown 60 nutteying in and about.
I'm al heJ II.
clients. The courts Themselves are strange,
INFORMAL places. Like schooimaster. on
y dais. sits n European In nannela or rid
ihEskit, his native reader ut bis A1e; in
front, beyond a barrier, are table and
seats for counsel trough and meager nc
cofnmodationp witness box and = dock:
y native " .sauattIns IN q corner mindng
nies 81 eases or writing summonses
" q case ia proceeding each witness In
turn. M no comes In from the open com
pound IN made to sit IN the court nnfll tho
other witnesses have been examined 9TH
erwise possible matter for crosp-examina-
'ioh would sufrer. All the examination fs
IN tho vernaoular. bu, the SQUIRT IL adj
dressed IN English and records the sub
stance 81 the evidence IN that language:
or the case may bc before q native fudge.
whom the scene becomes more or less Of an
AAatic at home"
more civilixed and Western air. As long
as his means last \ native appeals no rnat.
tor how 'rlning the dispute. and thus In a
great number ~ fn~'ances the decision ~
case has passed through three SITS OF
hands. The personal equation n great
consideration IN tho mofussiI, and IL can
hardly be expected that every cinrinnatt,x
taken from Tho pillow 81 executive work win
prove another Solomon
h. g..
possfbie. more appellate than original work.
he viii md his life in chambers passed
In reading judgments on behak " the ios-
Ing party, who dcMreN 20 be assured that
he Will win on appeal. Appeais on the
mnat 'rifirx values arc sometimes brought
by the smallest cuiivntors The great sub.
ieot ~ civil litigation Ia land and for THIS
no matter how small the srea, the nsh,
10 20 the bitter end. The tenure ~ land
N tho backbcne ~ tho mofusii civil courts
combined With tho facts % adoption and
Inheritance,
che m1fIseli barris'er ra@~s HE legal
life IN an atmosphere ~ iders witch are
40 remote from thar ~ his own existence
As fact from fiction.
Then there are the criminal courts ana
here che idloryncrssy ~ the native comes
into fail play. iiis great idea Ia 70 uae
the penal code az y weapon ~ orfense and
defense against bik civil opponents To
give m example. IN , dispute about land
each party wilt hope 20 run the other IN
fnr criminal trcspass or something STINT
lar, as q preliminary cantef N The hone
mat. besides causing annoyance. that
course may possibly provide evidence for
the cfvil suit
of vfnesssa little can t~ sail. the
counsei has 20 work with ne stuff sigen
him All thar need be said Ia that Zach
side provides So own. ara that counsel hss
no dsponiions. neatly taken by tts solic-
iior. 20 80 upon. AMI IN a criminal SUIT
prays doyou'ly and often that - were be-
lns duly Instructed Ike ~ brother - ne
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