The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-08

the last day of the term it was argued
at great length before him. The
Judge was due to open Court at
Mineral Park, hundred and forty
miles distant, the following week. He
was the possessor of a light ambu-
lance which he used in travelling the
circuit, but he owned no horses, find
ing it more convenient and economical
to hire animals for each journey.
Gentlemen" said the Court, this
motion which you have so deliberately
and ably presented will involve for it's
determination the examination of
large number of authorities, and I
will not have time to look into them
until after my return from Mineral
Park. 1 will therefore take the mo-
ton under advisement until then. And
gentlemen" said His Honor, urbanely,
Il understand that you are both going
to Mohave County to attend Court, I
will be glad to have you occupy seats
in my ambulance during the journey.
and I suggest that it will promote both
the ends of justice and our personal
comfort if I also take the mules under
advisement. The Court hears no OBJ
lection, Mr.. M. you represent the
plaintiff in the case and you are
native of Missouri and naturally I'M
derstand the needs and characteristics
OF mules. 1 appoint YOU Judicial
Equerry for the trip. Mr.. F., your
rotund form suggests familiarity with
the good things of life and where to
get them. I appoint you Judicial
Commissary and remind you that we
shall quite probably be obliged to
camp out one or two nights, and that
the water to be obtained is not good.
Is that all satisfactory" quite so.
The mules will. / am sure, enjoy the
trip. Mr.. Sheriff, adjourn Court to
, meet next Monday at Mineral Park"
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and able lawyer, who possessed a pri-
; vate fortune and who accepted the
position of Judge, because he liked the
work. He was not in the least taciturn
and was not disposed to sit mum and
allow the lawyers to do all the
talking. He would chip i'm and
participate in any discussion before
him with questions and dissertations
and side-bar remarks, and if the case
at bar did not offer opportunities for
, him he would refer to some other case.
Those lawyers who understood this
, idiosyncrasy of the Judge always hu-
mored him, and listened patiently until
he was through, and then proceeded
with the trial of the pending case.
But there was one member of his
bar who was annoyed at this habit
of the Judge, and who determined to
express his objections at the first OPP
portunity One warm afternoon in
August, when the valley of the CHA
was seething, and all the idlers in
Florence were sweltering under the
shade of the dirt rooted piazza which
surrounded the old adobe building
which served for a Court house; this
gentleman, who was employed for the
defendant in noted divorce case, was
contending before Judge French that
the rule of law that the residence of
the husband is the residence of the
wife. did not prevail in an action for
divorce brought by a nonresident
wife against a resident husband.
Counsel paused for a moment in his
argument to pour for himself glass
of water. Mr.. Blair said the Court,
II am satisfied that the decision of
the Supreme Court of California is not