The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-07-13

anda when Mr. A. b. Humphreys.
late ~ Phoenix. a. r., was named ~
one who might be- Induced To wear The
ofmlno ~ the circuit Court the AdvUr-
tiscr warmly approved. We saw that
our courts we're too reckless and unds-
lcipllucd. they stood too little on form
and ceremony, they were Inclined to
whuop things up and jump the traces,
wholly regardless Of the harm done TO
their dignity. The one thing they need
ed and have now got was a Judge
| trained In the punctilious etiquette OF
Arizona.
| "You mange-oaten tramp" said n
Tucson Judge to shirt-sleeved wit
ness some years ago, where's your
coat?"
IL left 1t at home. your Honor!" re-
piled the culprit in weak tones. 1T
was such hot weather that | felt more
comfortable without"
You did, did you" said the Judge
sharply. Now you mosey home and
get that coat. Court is adjourned for
an hour"
Four days later the witness reappear-
ed, then in proper garb. smiling to think
| that the Judge could find no further
fault. When the court saw him light
ming began to flash. An order to the
Sheriff brought the man before the
bench at quickstep. Where have you
been?" Numbered the Court.
Been home for my coat. ] rode as
fast as / could
| Where do you live?" was the next
question.
AT Holbrook!"
What" snapped the Judge, "a hun
dred and fifty miles from here? why
didn't you tell me that?"
| Because" was the sufficient answer,
you didn't ask
| There may be better illustrations of
Arizona judicial etiquette, but we were
reminded of that particular one by
Judge Humphreys course towards our
esteemed unconventional friend Mr..
Tesla, whose experiences are thus re-
lated, not without some tinge of per-
sonal bitterness, in Mr. Testa's own
paper:
Judge Humphreys of the Circuit Court
| of this small Territory is very particu-
lar. His Honor is on his dignity as no
| legal luminary has appeared to be in
| these Islands. He made an exhibition of
himself yesterday that would make an
idol grin, when he forbade Mr.. f. j. Tes-
TIA to talk to the clerk of the court while
not adorned with a coat. Tesla did his
usual function in the newspaper business
by copying court notes" and he was as
| most working men are during business
hours in this warm Climate-in his shirt
sleeves. The fact hurt the learned Judge,
who probably didn't have shirts when he
arrived here He deliberately insulted
Mr.. Tesla, who knows more about the
etiquette of n court In a minute than Mr.
Humphreys does in a year. and all be-
ba a fay
called special attention to the improprie-
ty of a Judge of the Circuit Court max
ing cowardly attack on brother
Judge, who had the misfortune of being
a Democrat. We hope that Mr.. Tesla
will take no notice of the insult Offered
to him by the petty-fogging carpet-bag-
ger, who has gained seat in our for
merly honorable courts. The Judge Is
too insignificant to be noticed whether
he has a shirt on or not. In the mean
time we hope our stan will attend 20
their business without asking the advice
of a Judge as to the size OF their collars
or their costume in general.
This Is indeed severe but We must
say that Mr.. Tesla committed rash
and inexcusable act when he appeared
to an Arizona Judge In anything ex-
cept Prince Albert coat and light
pearl gray creased trousers; white shirt
with small gold studs; link sleeve
buttons; high dickey with four-in-
hand tie; fob chain and carrying n
Youmans' silk hat of the latest block.
Had Tesla doomed up before the Court
in this, the usual costume of industri-
Gus newspaper men in the Honolulu
climate. the Judge would not have been
shocked. AS 1t was he was dumb
founded Never before had he seen a
lit. .lnn
sacred temple of Arizona justice; and
if the Court knows itself he never will
see such an unbecoming sight again.
Other men than Tesla have been
taught to respect the divinity that doth
hedge the court where His Honor sits
in awful state. The Attorney General
made bold to ask Judge Humphreys to
examine a certain point of law and was
brought up short with the remark that
the Court wanted no instructions from
him. EX-Judge Davis was yanked into
state of mindfulness so quickly that
he was under the impression, for sew
eral minutes, that he had been struck
by the Constitution. In fact it has
reached such a pass that the free and
easy lawyers and spectators OF former
years SILVER in their shoes every time
NANS NN'iiS NiNiAiii ioiiSS VI tiiS al iHohb
woolsack. And well they may, for most
of them know no more about the real
thing In judicial punctilio than n mule
knows about side pockets. But they are
learning. A Daniel has come to judg-
ment and woe to the man who enters
the temple OF justice in anything but
attire or is intent upon
making the irreverent suggestion that
an Arizona jurist could learn anything
by looking into law books.
The Grand Jury. which is one of our
coming institutions, is a good thing in .
some RESPECTS and n had one in nthers