The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-25
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stp yog know this mari" asked Justice
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JenefA"n MarkH' l""t ""n was nr"ush'
into opurt he spoke to me We sald oh,
you'rp the airl defended q month ago
I said I ems mo, He asked N I had q lawysr
snd ,orI him I Md nome
'HQ ~ Won QnE money! ne NANeu i
aid no and told him ] didn't ~snta hwyer.
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I paid sone 20 90, me ont Of the scrape I
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was IN my FANNY Wou'n hea' apou.
will y lawyer do me any goodF asked.
what do you suppose I have studied
law ,oy,. hs ren,iea
STh.n ha ,o,d ma % s,v. him NV watch
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and chain and locket that got at school
900. which was 10 90 90 him for taking charge
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him l was hkely TO De sent away Later ne
sent me the pawnticket and never saw
him afterward.-
Mear. tooL tho stand and admitted thu,
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L wish to state, he said. 0that ! thought
/ knew the girl and that when l went TO zee
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her. She put her hand in her waist. pulled
out a watch and chain and insisted on
pawning them. went with the messenger
TO zee that the money was not lost.
did you know hat she pleaded guilty
in the police court?" asked Justice Zeller.
81 did not, b" replied Meara.
"Didn't you ask her what she had done?"
"No. | didn't discuss the case with her
at all"
r-er, tblo pfortr IN ata rpr,ap potuvitbaf and
ing she pleaded guilty.
TShe retained me and | was entitled To
the fee"
How could you do your duty toward
this unfortunate woman unless YOU first
a asts whether she was guilty or not?S
Il didn't consider her an unfortunate
woman. IL didn't matter whether she
pleaded guilty or not. The plea could
have been changed"
In the eyes Of the court she Is an UNI
fortunate woman. don't suppose 1t
what methods thew use as long an they
get their fees. Such practice does not
commend itself to this court. You did
absolutely nothing for this GIRL
Il retained a LAWYER to defend her here
You did nothing Of the sort, And I
want to tell You, this is not the first time
a complaint has been made here against
YOU"
Il would like to know Of any Others
Never mind them now. This court
Ia going to present this matter to the Bar
Association az a deterrent to other lawyers
engaged in such sharp practices"
There are many of them doing the same
thing" said Justice McKeon.
II know IL" continued Justice Zeller.
1T is a disreputable practice to pawn
articles belonging to an unfortunate person
under arrest. No reputable lawyer would
do such a thing. This kind of practice
ought to stop. There is too much of il
going on In the police courts and elsewhere"