The sun., 1902-11-05
THEIR HONORS on THE BENCH.
Charact eristics OF some Of the Present
Judges.

justice Lambert Of the Supreme Court
who came here from Buffalo and is illus
trating h the Molineux case how a notec
criminal trial cal he conducted strict ly
a'Id with celebrity, int aus,e:, persoa
as many Of the Judges who have set here
| IL rccci.t years. Yet all is decorum il. his
court room
Most Judges manifest some peculisrit '
which causes comment Justice Lambert
ohews so'ne'hug almost constantly while
on Tie hsnch The fact has caused grea,
u'Hl ~ si'ecllhtiuii a. to whether IL H. gum
or tobacco. No OH. has asked him.
Justice lamberts net, ds j.. tle Nnli.
neuN case havc brnight %. a great deal
oi CONNER datory coinir"i.t from lawyers
who -" fan.iliar with the way l.. whic.,
trlal- ~. e. hrrI, coI dUc;sd il, tho r.uiu. a.
Courts i'diitg Nothing has teen 50
marked ats III, qui"kuess to curb am ton .
dency on the part e the lawyers to step
away from the strict line of their case.
Among the NEWSPAPER mri, just ct isrr.
bert Is known as the hluc-p,ncil Judge.
because he cuts out cNtr0neoii. u.a.ir,'
ard articularly curbs a, v disposition o!,
the part uf counsel to il dulge ovc, l.. ha:. -
tering repartcc. Distric, Attorney Jerome
$50 NV oHiRt II ike III" Illu1t VINO mas
established reputation as shooter ard
Therefore does not have to draw his gun.
during the trial it las been interest in z
TO hear an Assistant District Attorney
VINO has made il "a practice to go As far
III the line of n.nu.Ido Al q imaginat ion as
ne mas thought the Judge would let him
hasten TO assure Justice Lambert that
he was not embarrassed, a. the Justice
suggested he might be-. by the fact that
ne had been IL terrupted by the Just ice
just as he was about to launch into a
long Illustration Of an abstract propost ion
he had laid down. Nothing would embairass
MN, the assistant has protested, except
To do one thing that the Justice might not
hk" and all he waited was 90 know what
the Justice would like so that he could
hasten to do il,
The lines of just ice LAMBERT face give
the Impression az a clirsory glance that
he IL smiling slightly most Of the time. a
closer examination shows that he ism,
by any means
pleasant smile H. one Of the character
ls'ics of Judge Newburger of General Se,.
sions, who has heard many important
case- His court Is probably he most
popular IN the parts of General Sessions.
hut n Is also one of the most orderly =
all the courts Judge N-whureer was
once reporter. but since he has been on
the bench II has been his rule never To read
anything about crime committed In this
county lest al some future time the case
might come before him for tria and he
iMHht nav" formed prejudice ore wav
or the other He is one Of the hree Tam
many Judges on the General Ses. ions
bench and the fact that lis nomination
FOR Supreme Court Jus;iceship this fall
would have meant the appoint ment of a
hepublcah IN his place. consequently
leaving the balance of power 70 Recorder
Con, caused Tammany 10 decide To keep
him where he is
Recorder COTS court room is ruled with
the greatest severity and he il arbitrary
IN his ruling. Nevertheless many law vers
who try cases before him presume to the
utmost upon his good nature The Re.
corder speaks in a peculiarly gentle, low
tone. and II il often difficult for Jurors
10 hear What he is saying amid the noises
that reach his court from the treet
IA" Recorders hair and beard are snow
White, and II Is generally believed that he
Is in poor health. One Of his peculiarities
II his dislike of accepting plea Of guilty
TO a lesser degree of crime than that named
IN the indictments. As result he sits
through more trials than he would il he
were willing TO take such pleas
Judge Cowing Of General Sessions i. a
~ h'Punl'diI WHO - serving ms second term.
though when he was renominated he got
IN" Iamnany vote a well as tho Republi-
can.
Judge Foster il the Youngest of the
Judges and II a bachelor to boot He
has expressed himself a. being luath TO
lnflct hard sentences upon the hireling-
of gamblers, But when last wear he tried
many cadet" cases he said he was sorry
that the law did not allow him to infict
more sever" punishmentS than h. was able
to bestow
Judge Mcmahon. the third Of the Tam
many Judges on the General Sessions
bench, Is war veteran and a General
HE lives with his sisters al the Murray
Hill Hotel His manner on the bench Is
brusQu", but his sentences are tempered
with mercv.
Justic John Proctor Clarke. W hila sitting
through a trial turns his chair sidewise
and rests the back of his head on his arm.
He Seems to be paving little attention TO the
proceedings, but any effort on LAWYERS
part TO presume upon his apparent pre-
occupation Immediately dsclcses that il
l. apparent, not real
Justice Blanchard is known as the dipnS-
fed Judge and frcQuenter= Cf the civil courts
are fond of pointing him out a. the exponent
OF how Supreme Court Justice should look
and act ~ bauouets he is n welcome
an entertai ming speaker.
Jus'ic" Hu-tIaie, who L. the senior of
the three Justices Of Special Sessions, is
afec'ionat"lv known among tNemas "Pop"
Hinsdale Justice HolbrOol; il man of
huge physique. Justice MAYER, the Young
est Of the three, is small and alert LAWYERS
regarded his disposition of the Florence
one of the most momentous cases that ever
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