The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-14
SAID ON BEHALF OF B0LTE
STAYEUE.T m Wax RJfE MI :
NENTHii ~ DEFENtE.
Same OF the Practices Complained or Said
to he Common IN the Supreme Court
The Complaining Lawyers Talk
OF Fast Side AttOrnc! ii cn rails.

Some OF the Practices Complained or Said
to he Common ~ the supreme Court
The Complaining Lawyers Talk
Of Fast Side kttOrne! ii cnerals.
Justice Herman Bolte declined tn say
anything further yesterday when he came
to town from his hone in White Plains
about the charge, flle1 against him by
District Attorney jerome on behalf OF
the East Side Civic Club. asking the APP
pellate Division TO remove him from office.
II would be beneath the dignity of his
position on the bench, he held, to answer
his accusers through the newspapers when
he is so soon 10 answer them formally
before the proper tribunal. He went 80
far however, as to say that the whole
attempt against him was political move.
the object of which was an attack on Tam
many Hall, and its sponsors and instiga-
tors, he said, were the same crowd who
lately had indorsed for appointment to
the bench a man who had only just come
from sanitarium.
President julius Rlumbcrg OF the Civic
Club and DR. Himowci of the clubs com.
mttee t.aving the matter in charge, said
that the club had been practically forced
to take some step by reason OF the many
complaints from citizens Of the Fast Side
who were dependen, ~ their small M.
said that in the talk Of the whole court
district everything depended upon what
litizant had secured 18th" Altorley-Gen-
erals" or one Of then, meaning two OF the
lawyers namci in the charges ~ already
published One of the charges before
THAT almost all the actions. brought by
Aaron Morris. Brinn 4 Goldberg, Elias
Rosen,hal. Israel NJ. Lerner, Marks Marks.
are assigned to parties for no consideration
and who have no interest whatever In the
action IL before for t said Herman Boi'e. That
the real parties to the actions brought
by the above-named attorneys reside out
side the boundaries OF the said court. and
said actions are wrongfully brought In
the said court with the intent and for the
purpose OF trying them before the said
Herman Bolte."
Another charge declares the Justice
unfit in that his decisions are gwen with
the view of pleasing his friends who appear
as attorneys and are not based upon the
law and evidence
Maurice B Blu'nenthal Of Blumenthnl.
Moss 4 Feiner, who have been retained
TO nd Justice Bolte. made statement
in deferc, of his client Yesterday Mr..
B,umenthal rays that Justice B"l'r's record
on the berch compares favorab'v with
lie says;
It will be observed that the charges pre-
sent ed are basel upon the affidavit OF young
lawyer who admit eddy has met with defeat
in two or three lawsuits tried by him before
the Judge, and whose disarIoiutuent has
led him u feel resentment AGAINST the Judge.
not entirely unusual OF unnatural IN IN" case
OF a defeated lawyer or litIgant
Mr. Blumenthal takes up in detail each
of the charges against Justice }olto nnd
asserts that they amount to nothing or the
complaint that favorits'n is sh""n to
certain lawyers, ha saws:
1t Ia well known that the practice in those
small courts Is in the hands OF . cDmpHra-
lively small number Of lawyers. vi 10 devote
all their time to attendance ~ snch courts.
anil il frequently happens that they have
eeycrnl cases IN different courts coming Up
on the same morning. II L. only, prouer
that these LAWYERS shonld be- INDUCED by
the Judges of the various Municipal Courts
40 az to cu,bi" them TO get around anu attend
to their business. While an adjournment
of these small cases sometimes works IN
convenience to ons set Of clients. in the long
run they sorv" the interest OF tn" larger
number
OF most of the charges relating to court
conditions, Mr.. Blumenthal says that
the same state ~ affairs EXISTS in the Su-
promo Court OF thN charges OF acu'al
dishonesty he has little to any except to
assert his clients inrocenc" AID declare
that n" was victim Of a corNccu'or's
fraud